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EUROPE speaking market , and has a legal system based on English law .” And in order to avoid any short term supply side constraints KBR has deliberately chosen diverse locations , at present Pune in the west , Chennai in the east and Delhi in the north .
Sadara and beyond So what is the current state of KBR ’ s involvement in the region ? By far its part in the Saudi Aramco / Dow Chemical Sadara project at Jubail in Saudi Arabia . Sadara has become the world ’ s largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase . With 26 integrated world-scale manufacturing plants , over three million metric tons of capacity per year , and a total investment of about US $ 20 billion , it is anticipated that Sadara will become a Fortune 500 company within the first year of full operation – 2016 / 17 .
KBR ’ s part in this massive project was to execute the project feasibility and pre-FEED ( front-end engineering and design ) for the entire complex , as well as the FEED scopes of several

“ We do all these things out of India because it is a very competitive country , a largely English-speaking market , and has a legal system based on English law ”

– Graham Hill

KEY PERSONNEL

Graham Hill
Executive Vice President responsible for Global Business Development & Strategy
Graham Hill is KBR ’ s new Executive Vice President responsible for Global Business Development & Strategy . He joined KBR in November 2014 .
He has 38 years of experience in the hydrocarbons industry in all aspects of contracting ; commercial foundations for mutual success ; negotiation and all technical aspects of the EPC business .
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