KBR to Support Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Expansion in the Pilbara, Western Australia, with Major Fuel Infrastructure
January 17 2012 - 5:30PM
Business Wire
KBR (NYSE: KBR) has been awarded a contract to upgrade Rio
Tinto’s fuel assets as part of the mining company’s investment in
power and fuel supply projects to underpin existing and future
expansion of iron ore production capacity in the Pilbara region of
Western Australia.
KBR’s minerals division will provide engineering, procurement
and construction management (EPCM) services to install fuel assets
and storage in five locations: port facilities at Cape Lambert and
Dampier, mines at Brockman and West Angelas and a maintenance yard
located near Dampier. The infrastructure will help provide
certainty in meeting Rio Tinto’s fuel requirements.
Once the project is complete, Rio Tinto’s fuel network in the
Pilbara region will use the company’s rail network to transport
diesel to hubs for storage and further distribution to mines and
power generation facilities. This will reduce the requirement for
road trains to transport fuel on public roads from Port Hedland,
400 kilometers to the north.
“KBR is glad to have this opportunity to expand our support to
an important customer,” said Mark Read, President, KBR Minerals.
“We will draw on our global network of people to provide the
resources to complete this project, which will be an integral part
of Rio Tinto’s 333 expansion program.”
KBR has been involved in projects in the remote Pilbara for more
than 30 years. The fuel infrastructure project follows KBR’s
completion of a definitive engineering study for Rio Tinto that
defined the diesel storage and transfer facilities required to
support the company’s expansion in the Pilbara.
KBR will leverage its national network of resources to deliver
the project, with project management services supplied from Western
Australia and engineering services from the Adelaide engineering
operations center. The project will begin immediately and is due to
be completed in July 2013.
KBR is a global engineering, construction and services company
supporting the energy, hydrocarbon, government services, minerals,
civil infrastructure, power, industrial, and commercial markets.
For more information, visit www.kbr.com.
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