The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) is about to construct a cooking gas storage facility on the Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd (KPRL). The transfer is predicted to ease the importation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) into the nation, rising competitors among oil marketers and, in turn, bringing down the worth of the gas.
The facility is also anticipated to enable gamers to import cooking gasoline via the Open Tender System (OTS), a gas importation mechanism supervised by the Petroleum Ministry that contracts oil corporations with the lowest bids to import petroleum merchandise on behalf of the industry. The bulk storage facility, to be owned by the government, might also usher in an era of price controls for cooking fuel.
KPC has began the search for a corporation that it stated would offer engineering designs for the proposed facility, which will inform the process of selecting a contractor for the construction works.
The consultant may also undertake environmental impression assessment as properly as LPG demand within the Kenyan market. “The proposed new facility is to be designed as a ‘common user’ facility for dispensing LPG to involved events via rail siding, truck loading, and bottling services,” mentioned KPC in tender documents.
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“KPC is desirous of implementing storage capability of at least 25,000 metric tonnes in the medium time period and 50,000 metric tonnes in the lengthy term subject to affirmation after enterprise the LPG demand research.” The facility at KPRL, which KPC runs via a lease, might be linked to the second Kipevu Oil Terminal (KOT 2), which is nearing completion.
In 2005, a examine collectively performed by the Ministry of Energy and The World Bank really helpful that LPG storage amenities with complete capacities of 8700 tonnes be set up in the three cities including Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu, and the two main towns of Eldoret and Nakuru.
Meanwhile, เครื่องมือวัดความดันคือ is seeking a transaction adviser to assist it conclude the takeover of the defunct KPRL because it seeks to boost its storage capability. KPRL was placed under the management of KPC in 2017 as a storage facility for imported crude oil after Indian investor Essar didn’t revive the country’s solely oil refinery.
KPRL has forty five tanks with a total 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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