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KBR, SOCAR JV awarded second program management contract in Azerbaijan
KBR, Inc.’s JV with SOCAR was awarded a second program management consultancy contract for the Azerikimya Production Union of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan.
This award marks the second award to the JV, SOCAR-KBR LLC., since its inception in mid-2015. SOCAR-KBR LLC. was formed to help further Azerbaijan's ambition for creating a world-class Azerbaijan based engineering company. SOCAR-KBR LLC will build upon KBR's more than 20 years of projectexperience in Azerbaijan to perform program management services from its established offices in Baku for the Azerikimya modernization project.
Addressing the audience at the contract signing ceremony, Rovnag Abdullayev, SOCAR's President, said, "The modernization project will make it possible to increase the production facilities at Azerikimya, ensure the supplyof raw materials to polyethylene and polypropylene production installations and to meet the demand in the country. It will also increase the country's export potential, enhance the security of the technological process and the quality of raw materials and finished products."
The value of the contract is undisclosed and will be booked into the backlog of unfilled orders for KBR's Engineering & Construction business segment in Q4 of 2016.
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