KBR, Inc. has been contracted to provide detailed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services to ExxonMobil Corp.
KBRs EPC services will be for ExxonMobils offsite and interconnecting units as part of the supermajors refinery expansion in Beaumont, Texas, which was announced by the company on January 29.
ExxonMobils Beaumont project, which is already in the early stages of the construction, consists of adding a third crude unit to the 366,000 bpd Beaumont Refinery. This will expand the companys ability to refine light, crude oil from the Permian Basin. The facilitys crude refining capacity is expected to increase by 250,000 bpd and should reach the start-up phase in 2022.
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