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With the aid of the computer and suitable programs, design calculations are feasible at a reasonable cost. Moreover, these calculations can be made without having to make questionable assumptions. A program has been developed by the Brown Root Company that gives good results, enabling companies to perform quality studies. 

Pratt, J. A. Priest, T. and Castaneda, C. J. (1997). Offshore Pioneers Brown Root and the History of Offshore Oil and Gas. Houston. TX Gulf Publishing Company. 

Kellogg Brown Root—KBR (formerly The M.W. Kellogg Company)... 

MTBE/ETBE and TAME/TAEE Etherification technologies-Axens m-Xylene - UOP LLC, A Honeywell Company Natural detergent alcohols - Davy Process Technology, UK Normal parafins, C g-C 3 - UOP LLC, A Honeywell Company n-Paraffins - Kellogg Brown Root LLC Octenes - Axens... 

Different companies have their own PP coating specification, among which are ADCO, Agip, BP, Brown Root Braun, Chevron, Conoco, Elf... 

On land, power plants are usually designed by architecture and engineering companies. KBR (Kellogg, Brown Root), a company that resulted from the merger of Brown and Root with M. W. Kellogg, is... 

In most FCC units, the solids flow rate around the system is controlled by a slide valve. FCC units designed by the Kellogg Brown and Root Company use another type of valve called a cone, or plug valve, to control the solids flow rate (Wrench et al., 1985). 

In the past, many different companies have offered ammonia technology to the market. The competitive situation has, however, been such that today (1992) only five licensors of ammonia technology are active, namely Braun (original name C. F. Braun, later Santa Fe Braun, and most recently Brown Root Braun), ICI, M. W. Kellogg, Haldor Topsoe A/S, and Uhde GmbH. 

In 1987 M. W. Kellogg was acquired by Dallas-based Dresser Industries, which specialize in the design, engineering, and construction of LNG plants. In 1998 Dresser joined with Halliburton, another Texas-based company, and as a result M. W. Kellogg was combined with Brown Root Engineering and Construction, which was owned by Halliburton. Brown ... 

There are many cost reduction approaches that management jumps to when looking for improvement in the bottom line. Most address the cost itself, not the root cause for the cost. As Crispin Vincente-Brown states at the beginning of this chapter, Cost is a consequence. Costs are a result of company and supply chain processes. Improving these processes is the only way to reduce these costs. 

Usually, the cost in one company is influenced as much by others in the supply chain as it is by its own operations. Crispin Vincenti-Brown of The Bourton Group represents the situation well when he states "cost is a consequence." In other words, look at costs as a signal of a root cause, not a root cause in themselves. When it comes to costs in the supply chain, ask "why" several times. That process leads to one of several root causes that stand in the way of controlling or reducing supply chain costs. 

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