US-based KBR has won a contract for the supply of proprietary equipment for a new ammonia plant in Aswan, Egypt.

KBR is a global technology, engineering, procurement and construction company serving the hydrocarbons and government services industries.

The contract was awarded by Tecnimont (part of Maire Tecnimont Group) for the license and basic engineering design (BED) of the ammonia plant to be built by Chemical Industries Holding Co (Kima), said a statement from the company.

KBR is providing Tecnimont with post BED support and proprietary equipment for Kima's new plant.
The plant is being built on a fast-track basis and will support regional development plans in Aswan as well as Egypt's drive to build modern fertiliser complexes, it added.
 
The project is expected to reach provisional acceptance in 34 months, it said.

Since 1943, KBR has licensed more than 230 ammonia plants, pioneered large-scale ammonia facilities and introduced numerous commercially successful ammonia process technologies.

The revenue associated with this project is undisclosed and the new contract will be booked into backlog of unfilled orders for KBR's Technology & Consulting Business Segment in Q1 of 2016, added the statement.

John Derbyshire, president, KBR Technology and Consulting, said: “Our company’s ammonia process is a benchmark in the industry as is evidenced by our global installed base.”

“We look forward to working closely with our EPC partner Tecnimont to deliver a world-class ammonia plant to Kima,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service