The transformation will be completed soon, as the giant Kvaerner sign above the office's entrance disappears.
Back under its 160-year-old name after a five-year stint as Kvaerner Hydrocarbons, John Brown has plans to move into new oil and gas engineering and geographical areas recently barred to it.
Its new master as of November 2001, Russia's Yukos oil company, considers the John Brown name to be an asset in its international operations.
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