The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) is set to construct a cooking gas storage facility at the Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd (KPRL). The transfer is predicted to ease the importation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) into the country, increasing competition amongst oil entrepreneurs and, in turn, bringing down the value of the gasoline.
The facility is also expected to enable gamers to import cooking fuel 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 products on behalf of the business. The bulk storage facility, to be owned by the government, may also usher in an era of price controls for cooking fuel.
KPC has began the search for an organization that it stated would offer engineering designs for the proposed facility, which can inform the method of choosing a contractor for the development works.
The consultant may also undertake environmental impact evaluation in addition to LPG demand in the Kenyan market. “ เกจวัดแรงดันไทวัสดุ proposed new facility is to be designed as a ‘common user’ facility for dispensing LPG to fascinated parties via rail siding, truck loading, and bottling services,” said KPC in tender documents.
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“KPC is desirous of implementing storage capability of at least 25,000 metric tonnes within the medium time period and 50,000 metric tonnes in the lengthy run subject to confirmation after undertaking the LPG demand study.” The facility at KPRL, which KPC runs through a lease, will be linked to the second Kipevu Oil Terminal (KOT 2), which is nearing completion.
In 2005, a research collectively performed by the Ministry of Energy and The World Bank recommended that LPG storage amenities with total capacities of 8700 tonnes be set up within the three cities together with Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu, and the 2 major 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 spice up its storage capacity. KPRL was positioned beneath the administration 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 merchandise whereas 233 million litres is for crude oil.
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