By John Lee. A federal magistrate in Oregon has ordered Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) to pay $85 million to a dozen National Guard soldiers for illnesses suffered while guarding an oilfield water plant during the Iraq war. The soldiers said they suffer from respiratory ailments after exposure to sodium dichromate, and they fear that […]
KBR has announced that it has been awarded a contract by First Global Company to revamp the North Fertilizer Plant in Baiji [Beiji, Bayji], Iraq. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a license for its proprietary Ammonia Process and related engineering services to increase the plant capacity to 120 percent of the […]
Morris Corporation, owned by Brisbane-based Robert McVicker, is suing one of the biggest US military contractors, Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), for millions of dollars following the abrupt termination of an Iraq deal in mid-2003. According to the report from the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian company that provides mass catering for US troops and […]
Fluor Corporation has dropped a protest filed last month with the Government Accountability Office challenging a $500 million award to KBR for a logistics support contract in Iraq, according to a report from Bloomberg. According to the news agency, a Fluor spokesman said the company had no comment. The contract was on hold until the […]
Tamimi Global will pay $13 million to settle U.S. criminal and civil allegations that it paid kickbacks to a KBR employee and improper gratuities to a U.S. Army sergeant, according to a report from Bloomberg. The Dhahran-based unit of the Saudi Arabian construction and manufacturing Tamimi Group, gave kickbacks to get Army logistical support subcontracts […]
KBR (NYSE: KBR) has announced that it has been selected by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to provide life support, vehicle maintenance and healthcare services across Baghdad, Basra and Erbil in Iraq, and Kabul and Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan. This builds on KBR’s existing relationship with FCO delivering services in challenging environments. The […]
KBR announced on Monday that it received a $15.5 million award fee related to its LogCAP III work in Iraq for the six month period of performance beginning March 2010 and ending in August 2010. On March 21, 2011, KBR received its LogCAP III award fee determination letter confirming the award fee from the United […]
Bloomberg reports that KBR managers in Iraq and Kuwait are accused by US authorities of taking $45,000 in kickbacks from a dining facility subcontractor from late 2002 through 2003. Terry Hall, who was KBR’s regional food services manager for the two countries, and his deputy, Luther Holmes, were accused of violating the False Claims Act […]
Tamimi Global Co. has won a $35 million arbitration award in London against Houston-based KBR for work it says it did in Iraq, according to court documents filed in Houston. The Houston Chronicle reports that Tamimi, based in Saudi Arabia, worked as a subcontractor for KBR, providing dining and food services for U.S. troops. The […]
Halliburton Co. and KBR Inc. must face lawsuits brought by military personnel and contractors allegedly harmed by contaminated water and toxic emissions from burning waste in Iraq and Afghanistan, a judge has said. U.S. District Judge Roger Titus in Greenbelt, Maryland, who is overseeing 43 lawsuits on the matter, yesterday rejected the companies’ claims of […]
KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced that it has been awarded two contracts by the Republic of Iraq Ministry of Oil through the South Refineries Company. KBR will provide licensing and basic engineering services for the construction of Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) and Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) units at the planned grassroots Maissan Refinery in Maissan [Maysan], […]
