Press Release

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HOUSTON (August 15, 2017) Ð KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today it has been awarded a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract by Occidental of Abu Dhabi Ltd. on behalf of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) for management of the Front End Engineering and Design Services (FEED) phase of the Dalma Gas Field Development and the Detailed Design and Surveys phase of the Hail & Ghasha Islands project at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide project management consultancy services. This work is expected to be performed over 24 months, with an option to extend another 12 months.

ADNOC is undertaking a project for the development of the Dalma Gas Field in line with its objective to deliver a more sustainable and economic gas supply by implementing a fully integrated gas master plan that increases productivity, performance and delivery.

The Hail & Ghasha Project, one of the largest sour gas fields projects that ADNOC is developing, is forecast to produce about 1 billion cubic feet of sour gas per day.

The infrastructure requirements for the Hail & Ghasha Project include a minimum of eleven offshore artificial islands to be designed and constructed.

"KBR is pleased with the opportunity to continue our sustained relationship with ADNOC by providing our expertise, best practices and knowledge in project management to oversee ADNOC's field production activities in Abu Dhabi," said Jay Ibrahim, KBR President for EMEA.

"This project demonstrates KBR's ability to offer cost-effective solutions to our customers in the EMEA region by combining our global expertise and local presence," Ibrahim continued.

Revenue associated with this project was undisclosed and will be booked into backlog of unfilled orders for KBR's E&C Business Segment in the second half of 2017.

About KBR, Inc.
KBR is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program life cycle within the Government Services and Hydrocarbons sectors. KBR employs over 34,000 people worldwide (including our joint ventures), with customers in more than 80 countries, and operations in 40 countries, across three synergistic global businesses:Government Services, serving government customers globally, including capabilities that cover the full life-cycle of defense, space, aviation and other government programs and missions from research and development, through systems engineering, test and evaluation, program management, to operations, maintenance, and field logisticsTechnology & Consulting, including proprietary technology focused on the monetization of hydrocarbons (especially natural gas and natural gas liquids) in ethylene and petrochemicals; ammonia, nitric acid and fertilizers; oil refining; gasification; oil and gas consulting; integrity management; naval architecture and proprietary hulls; and downstream consultingEngineering & Construction, including onshore oil and gas; LNG (liquefaction and regasification)/GTL; oil refining; petrochemicals; chemicals; fertilizers; differentiated EPC; maintenance services (Brown & Root Industrial Services); offshore oil and gas (shallow-water, deep-water, subsea); floating solutions (FPU, FPSO, FLNG & FSRU) and program management.

KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, integrated EPC delivery and long term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.

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