KBR Delivers AI-Powered Operations and Engineering Solution to Enhance Plant Performance at Indorama
Key Highlights
- ➤KBR INSITE deployed across Indorama’s ammonia and olefins units in Nigeria
- ➤KBR INSITE uses physics-informed AI to monitor performance and identify optimization opportunities
- ➤EBIC signed agreement to implement KBR INSITE, targeting live deployment by year-end
- ➤Applied Computing raised $20 million Series A led by KBR in July 2026
Expert Statements
Hari Ravindran, Senior Vice President and Global Head, Technology Solutions, KBR
“Our relationship with Indorama spans decades, and this deployment will support their mission to transform operations through engineer-grounded AI.”
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.”
Deepu Sivdas, Chief Technical Officer, Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited
“KBR INSITE provides comprehensive insights into the performance of our ammonia and olefins plants through near-real-time analysis of key operating parameters.”
Deepu Sivdas, Chief Technical Officer, Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited
“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,”
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.”
Deepu Sivdas, Chief Technical Officer, Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited
“Backed by KBR’s expertise as a process licensor, we are already seeing practical benefits in our day-to-day operations.”
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.
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