HOUSTON (AP) — A former KBR Inc. chief executive faced sentencing Thursday for his role in a scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials in return for $6 billion in engineering and construction contracts. Albert “Jack” Stanley pleaded guilty in 2008 to conspiring in the decade-long scheme related to the company’s natural gas operations in Nigeria […]
February 24th, 2012 | Posted in News Coverage,Other National News | Read More »
On February 15, 2012, he Houstont Press published an extended article about the ongoing litigation by U.S. and British servicemen against KBR for exposure to sodium dichromate (hexavalent chromium) during the Iraq War. Sodium dichromate, a known toxic and carcinogenic chemical, was spread throughout the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant worksite in Iraq. KBR hired […]
February 16th, 2012 | Posted in Blog,Houston Press,Local Newspapers,Qarmat Ali Blog | Read More »