Kellogg Brown & Root Technical Center Tour

Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) has been active in Research and Development since the mid 1920’s.  Aimed originally at developing technology for the emerging petroleum refining industry, the field of application has increased over the years to include the petrochemicals and general chemicals industries and, more recently, the electric power generation industry.

The KBR Technology Center occupies some 70,000 sq ft of experimental and office accommodations situated on a 15 acre open site in the Park Ten Regional Business Center in Houston, Texas.

Over the years, KBR has designed and fabricated more than 100 pilot plants for their own and for others’ use.  The following pilot plants are currently set up in the KBR Technology Center and will be viewed on this tour:  ROSETM (Residuum Oil Supercritical Extraction), Fluidized Catalytic Cracking, Transport Reactor Test Unit, Hydrocarbon Pyrolysis, Delayed Coker, Visbreaker/Thermal Cracker, Continuous Distillation, Batch Distillation, and Cold Flow Circulating Solids Models.

The plant tour will take approximately 4 hours total.  Two hours of travel time will allow two hours for the site tour.  The first half hour will consist of an overview of the facility and its mission.  The next ninety minutes will consist of a walking tour of the pilot plant and laboratories conducted by Technology Center staff.

Visitors to the plant are to comply with the following rules: 1) Close toed, flat, non cloth shoes must be worn, and 2) Slacks are required for both men and women.  Safety glasses with side shields are required for the plant tour and will be provided by KBR.

Note: CAMERAS ARE NOT PERMITTED ON THIS TOUR