Bergen Group to upgrade 3 Transocean offshore drilling rigs

Bergen Group to upgrade 3 Transocean offshore drilling rigs

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KBR to provide project management services to BP for four years

2008.06.04 - Contracts

KBR (NYSE:KBR) today announced that it has been awarded a four-year contract, including an option for extension, by BP to provide Engineering and Project Management Services (EPMS) for BP's future offshore developments worldwide.

In the agreement KBR and KBR subsidiaries Granherne and GVA Consultants will provide conceptual studies, Front End Engineering and Design (FEED), detailed design and project management services for BP offshore projects across the globe.

"We are excited about this opportunity to continue our forty-year working relationship with BP while continuing to demonstrate our track record of safety, quality personnel and experience in the offshore energy industry," said John Rose, President, Upstream for KBR. "This contract will lead to substantial work for project teams working together from offices in Houston and London to leverage KBR's proven ability to execute complex projects in any water depth anywhere in the world. Our ability to manage these types of projects and capture improvement from project to project is the cornerstone of our success in the global engineering and project management sectors."




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