Press Release Mar 17, 2009

Jacobs Receives a Contract in Phase-III Refinery Project from MRPL in India

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PASADENA, Calif., March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received a contract from Mangalore Refinery Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management consultancy services for a Crude Distillation/Vacuum Distillation (CDU/VDU) project as part of the Phase III expansion program at MRPL's refining complex in Mangalore, India. The project involves the CDU, VDU unit, LPG treatment, and ATF merox unit.

Officials did not disclose the contract value, but estimate the overall project cost at $100 million.

In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Chris Nagel stated, "We are delighted to work with MRPL to help them ensure that their facility continues to meet their customers' expectations for a high-quality product."

Jacobs, with over 55,000 employees and revenues exceeding $12.0 billion, provides technical, professional, and construction services globally.

Any statements made in this release that are not based on historical fact are forward-looking statements. Although such statements are based on management's current estimates and expectations, and currently available competitive, financial, and economic data, forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain. We, therefore, caution the reader that there are a variety of factors that could cause business conditions and results to differ materially from what is contained in our forward-looking statements. For a description of some of the factors which may occur that could cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements please refer to our 2008 Form 10-K, and in particular the discussions contained under Items 1 - Business, 1A - Risk Factors, 3 - Legal Proceedings, and 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. We also caution the readers of this release that we do not undertake to update any forward-looking statements made herein.

SOURCE Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. -0- 03/17/2009

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Robin Shermer, +1-626-578-6968, for Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

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