The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) is about to assemble a cooking gas storage facility on the Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd (KPRL). The move is predicted to ease the importation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) into the country, increasing competitors amongst oil entrepreneurs and, in flip, bringing down the price of the fuel.
The facility is also expected to allow players to import cooking gas by way of the Open Tender System (OTS), a gasoline importation mechanism supervised by the Petroleum Ministry that contracts oil companies with the bottom bids to import petroleum products on behalf of the trade. The bulk storage facility, to be owned by the federal government, could also usher in an era of worth controls for cooking gasoline.
KPC has began the search for a corporation that it said would offer engineering designs for the proposed facility, which can inform the process of choosing a contractor for the development works.
The advisor will also 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 events via rail siding, truck loading, and bottling services,” stated KPC in tender paperwork.
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“KPC is desirous of implementing storage capacity of a minimal of 25,000 metric tonnes within the medium time period and 50,000 metric tonnes in the long term subject to confirmation after enterprise the LPG demand study.” The facility 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 study collectively conducted by the Ministry of Energy and The World Bank beneficial that LPG storage services with complete capacities of 8700 tonnes be set up in the three cities including Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu, and the 2 main cities of Eldoret and Nakuru.
Meanwhile, KPC is looking for a transaction adviser to assist it conclude the takeover of the defunct KPRL as it seeks to boost its storage capability. เกจวัดแรงดันออกซิเจนราคา was placed underneath the administration of KPC in 2017 as a storage facility for imported crude oil after Indian investor Essar did not revive the country’s solely oil refinery.
KPRL has 45 tanks with a total storage capability of 484 million litres. About 254 million litres is reserved for refined merchandise whereas 233 million litres is for crude oil.
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