KBR is a Houston-based global engineering and professional services company with a global DLE technology deployment alliance with GeoLith and project delivery capabilities for lithium facilities.
KBR is a global engineering, technology, and professional services company headquartered in Houston, Texas. In 2024, KBR formed an exclusive global alliance with French DLE technology company GeoLith to deploy GeoLith's Li-Capt® Direct Lithium Extraction technology across international lithium brine projects. The alliance combines KBR's project delivery and engineering execution capabilities with GeoLith's selective ion sieve DLE technology, which processes geothermal, salar, and oil and gas brines to produce battery-grade lithium products.
KBR's broader business provides front-end engineering and design, engineering procurement and construction, and technology licensing services across energy transition sectors including hydrogen, ammonia, chemicals, and critical minerals processing. The company has delivered complex large-scale industrial process facilities globally and applies this project delivery capability to the growing pipeline of commercial lithium projects in North America and internationally. KBR joins Fastmarkets Global Lithium, Battery & Critical Materials in Las Vegas in June 2026 as a sponsor.
