KKB teams up with Brooke Dockyard

KUCHING: KKB Engineering Bhd (KKB) and Brooke Dockyard & Engineering Works Corp are planning joint collaborations to undertake jacket and other structural steel fabrication activities for the offshore oil and gas industry as well as the marine sector.

The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday for proposed strategic alliance and joint-venture activities.

KKB's core business is in steel fabrication and manufacture of steel pipes while Sarawak state-owned Brooke Dockyard is a leading marine engineering entity involved in the oil and gas, shipbuilding and repairs, bridge infrastructure as well as onshore manufacturing activities.

Brooke Dockyard began as a major offshore modules fabricator in 1996 and had completed more than 14 offshore modules, four offshore living quarters and nine sub-structures.

Brooke Dockyard's clients include major oil companies like Petronas, Shell and Murphy.

KKB said the MoU was valid for six months and during the period, both parties would formulate the framework for the proposed strategic alliance.

The company said the joint collaboration would include the lease of land in Muara Tebas, Kuching by KKB to Brooke Dockyard for its oil and gas substructure and other works, with the exclusive rights given to KKB to carry out such works.