A joint venture led by U.S. engineering company KBR has secured a front-end engineering design (FEED), turnaround engineering, and procurement support services contract for the Shah Deniz Alpha (SDA) platform in Azerbaijan.
The joint venture — SOCAR-KBR — will be responsible for the FEED services for decommissioning the existing five main power generators on the SDA platform. They will then create a power supply from the KBR-designed Shah Deniz Bravo platform through subsea cables and a back-up power generator.
This project will significantly reduce SDA's overall carbon footprint and increase operational efficiency, providing a robust, long-term, high-availability power supply.
“KBR has been working in the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey region since 1993, which gives us unrivaled expertise with on- and off-shore greenfield and brownfield assets,” said Jay Ibrahim, president of KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions. “Our SOCAR-KBR joint venture allows us to c
