KBR History

KBR's history can be traced back over 100 years when, in 1901, Morris W. Kellogg opened a tiny pipe fabrication business in New York that grew to become a world-class engineering firm known as M.W. Kellogg. Kellogg's engineering expertise led to new technologies that have since become the foundation for the petroleum refining and petrochemical processing facilities that are still a major part of KBR today.

Another milestone in KBR's history was created in 1919 when brothers George and Herman Brown partnered with their brother-in-law, Dan Root, to start a construction business called Brown and Root. The company made its first mark when it contracted with the U.S. Government to build warships and the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station during World War II. Brown and Root's success continued after constructing the world's first offshore platform in 1947. Eventually, Brown and Root expanded their capabilities to become a renowned road construction company and general contractor. Brown and Root was purchased by the oilfield services company Halliburton in 1962.

In 1988 Dresser Industries, a provider of integrated services and project management for the oil and gas industry, acquired M.W. Kellogg and 10 years later, Dresser was purchased by Halliburton. As a result, Dresser's engineering subsidiary, M.W. Kellogg, combined with Halliburton's construction subsidiary, Brown and Root, to form the subsidiary known as Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc.

KBR remained a part of Halliburton for 44 years until it officially separated in April 2007 to become a stand-alone company. Today, KBR employs over 50,000 people and is considered to be a leading global engineering, construction and services company which supports the energy, petrochemicals, government services and civil infrastructure sectors. KBR serves its customers with a broad range of products and services through its Energy and Chemicals (E&C), Government and Infrastructure (G&I) and Ventures business segments.