KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Qingdao Haiwan Chemical Co., Ltd. (Haiwan Chemical) to license KBR’s leading phenol and acetone technology for a new phenol and acetone plant in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China.
Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide the technology license and basic engineering design (LBED) as well as technical and training services to Haiwan Chemical for building a grassroots 320,000-ton/yr phenol/acetone plant in Dongjiakou Industrial Zone, Qingdao, Shandong Province in China.