HOUSTON, Nov. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — KBR has deployed its artificial intelligence (AI) solution, KBR INSITE®, across Indorama Corporation’s ammonia and olefins process units in Nigeria.
KBR INSITE is an operational and engineering AI platform designed for complex, safety-critical process facilities. It utilizes physics-informed AI, historical and real-time plant data, KBR’s expertise and plant operating knowledge to autonomously and continuously monitor asset performance, identify optimization opportunities, recognize emerging process and equipment anomalies, support root-cause analysis and provide explainable insights.
KBR INSITE places real-time decision-support capabilities directly in the hands of those running the plant every day, with a thoughtfully considered interface designed with users in mind.
KBR INSITE integrates Applied Computing’s Orbital AI that was developed with KBR’s design, operations and advisory expertise. The integrated solution resulted in a world model for ammonia that learns cause and effect across a whole plant rather than just patterns in data. As a result, KBR INSITE can be deployed faster, reducing the time from contract signature and data handover to a live model delivering value to the plant.
“Our relationship with Indorama spans decades, and this deployment will support their mission to transform operations through engineer-grounded AI,” said Hari Ravindran, Senior Vice President and Global Head, Technology Solutions, KBR. “KBR INSITE will help Indorama evaluate operating scenarios and act on clear, traceable recommendations generated from physics-informed models and site-specific data, helping increase plant throughput, improve asset availability and support more reliable, efficient operations.”
“KBR INSITE provides comprehensive insights into the performance of our ammonia and olefins plants through near-real-time analysis of key operating parameters. It helps identify tangible opportunities to optimize energy consumption, increase throughput, detect operational constraints and develops systematic root cause analysis—enhancing plant reliability, efficiency and profitability,”
said Deepu Sivdas, Chief Technical Officer, Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited.
“Like a seasoned specialist, it combines physics-based models with data analytics and explains the technical reasoning behind each conclusion, giving our engineers the confidence to act on its recommendations. Backed by KBR’s expertise as a process licensor, we are already seeing practical benefits in our day-to-day operations,” he continued.
KBR is also expanding deployment of KBR INSITE across its customer base. Egypt Basic Industries Corporation (EBIC) has signed an agreement to implement KBR INSITE at their plant, with the platform expected to be live by year-end.
This award is the direct application of KBR’s strategy to enhance and deploy our AI solutions with physics-informed AI models across the global industrial market we support. Earlier this year, KBR announced its investment in Applied Computing to accelerate the development of next generation AI solutions for the energy and industrial sectors, combining advanced AI with KBR’s process technologies and industry expertise.
About KBR
KBR is a global, capital-light lifecycle solutions company serving customers in high-complexity industrial, energy and infrastructure markets. Through its advisory, technical, engineering and operating expertise, KBR helps customers shape investments, reduce risk, deploy complex technologies, improve performance and deliver reliable outcomes across the asset lifecycle.
Following the planned separation of the Mission Technology Solutions business, KBR will operate as a focused standalone company with differentiated customer relationships, global execution capabilities and a capital-efficient business model. The company is positioned to benefit from long-term secular growth trends across energy security, energy transition, industrial modernization, and infrastructure investment. KBR’s 16,000 employees operate across more than 30 countries.
About Trinzic
KBR’s Mission Technology Solutions business is expected to be spun off as an independent public company in January 2027 and will then operate under the new name Trinzic. The name is inspired by the word intrinsic, reflecting the essential capabilities, deep expertise, speed and trusted performance that have defined the business for decades. Trinzic will enter the market as a global company and partner to customers supporting some of the highest priority missions across national security, human performance, global operations and space. Trinzic will launch with more than $5 billion in annual revenue, established partnerships and contracts, 20,000 employees and a global footprint.
About Applied Computing
Applied Computing builds AI for energy operations. Its product, Orbital, is built on a world model for energy that combines physics-grounded intelligence with models across chemical engineering, time-series forecasting and language. Orbital provides real-time optimization that operators can trust in the most complex environments, from refineries and petrochemical facilities to LNG, wind and hydro. Founded in London by Callum Adamson (CEO) and Dr. Samyakh Tukra (Chief AI Officer), Applied Computing is already working with some of the world’s most complex industrial sites. In July 2026, the company raised a $20 million Series A led by KBR, with participation from Databricks Ventures. Visit appliedcomputing.com
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