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 nation, growing competition amongst oil marketers and, in turn, bringing down the value of the fuel.
ราคาเกจวัดแรงดันน้ำ is also expected to allow gamers to import cooking gas via the Open Tender System (OTS), a gasoline importation mechanism supervised by the Petroleum Ministry that contracts oil companies with the lowest bids to import petroleum products on behalf of the industry. The bulk storage facility, to be owned by the federal government, could additionally usher in an era of worth controls for cooking fuel.
KPC has started the search for a company that it mentioned would offer engineering designs for the proposed facility, which can inform the method of selecting a contractor for the construction works.
The consultant may even undertake environmental impact evaluation in addition to LPG demand within the Kenyan market. “The proposed new facility is to be designed as a ‘common user’ facility for allotting LPG to interested parties through rail siding, truck loading, and bottling facilities,” stated KPC in tender paperwork.
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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 term topic to affirmation 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 performed by the Ministry of Energy and The World Bank beneficial that LPG storage amenities with whole capacities of 8700 tonnes be set up in the three cities together with Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu, and the two major towns of Eldoret and Nakuru.
Meanwhile, KPC is seeking a transaction adviser to help it conclude the takeover of the defunct KPRL as it seeks to boost its storage capacity. KPRL was placed under 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 complete storage capability of 484 million litres. About 254 million litres is reserved for refined merchandise while 233 million litres is for crude oil.
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