The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) is ready to construct a cooking gas storage facility at the Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd (KPRL). The move is expected to ease the importation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) into the nation, growing competitors among oil entrepreneurs and, in turn, bringing down the cost of the gasoline.
The facility can also be anticipated to enable players to import cooking fuel by way of the Open Tender System (OTS), a fuel importation mechanism supervised by the Petroleum Ministry that contracts oil companies with the lowest bids to import petroleum merchandise on behalf of the business. The bulk storage facility, to be owned by the federal government, could additionally usher in an period of value controls for cooking gasoline.
KPC has began the search for an organization that it mentioned would supply engineering designs for the proposed facility, which can inform the method of selecting a contractor for the development works.
The consultant may even undertake environmental impression evaluation in addition to LPG demand in the Kenyan market. “The proposed new facility is to be designed as a ‘common user’ facility for allotting LPG to involved parties through rail siding, truck loading, and bottling amenities,” said KPC in tender documents.
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“KPC is desirous of implementing storage capability of no much less than 25,000 metric tonnes in the medium time period and 50,000 metric tonnes in the lengthy run subject to affirmation after undertaking the LPG demand examine.” ร้านซ่อมเครื่องวัดความดันโลหิต at KPRL, which KPC runs by way of a lease, will be linked to the second Kipevu Oil Terminal (KOT 2), which is nearing completion.
In 2005, a examine jointly performed by the Ministry of Energy and The World Bank beneficial that LPG storage facilities with whole capacities of 8700 tonnes be set up in the three cities together with Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu, and the two main cities of Eldoret and Nakuru.
Meanwhile, KPC is seeking a transaction adviser to assist it conclude the takeover of the defunct KPRL because it seeks to spice up its storage capability. KPRL was placed underneath the administration of KPC in 2017 as a storage facility for imported crude oil after Indian investor Essar failed to revive the country’s only oil refinery.
KPRL has 45 tanks with a complete storage capacity of 484 million litres. About 254 million litres is reserved for refined products while 233 million litres is for crude oil.
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