KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded the license and engineering contracts to perform front end engineering and design for a potential expansion of Mosaic’s Ammonia Plant in St. James, La.
KBR’s “lean FEED” approach will debottleneck the plant and increase Mosaic’s ammonia production capacity by 20% at their plant located on the banks of the Mississippi, just south of Baton Rouge. KBR’s proprietary ammonia technology will be utilized to revamp and expand the original KBR designed plant. Additionally, KBR will provide the basic engineering design and the FEED requirements necessary to produce a final estimate prior to project approval.
Expected revenue from the contract was included in the third quarter 2014 backlog of unfilled orders for the Hydrocarbons segment. The contract value was not disclosed.