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KPA says Kipevu terminal
receiving healthy interest
AFRICA THE Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) this week (KPRL) and Kenya Pipeline Co. (KPC).
said that the $350mn Kipevu Oil Terminal Set to be completed in April, the offshore
(KOT) at the Port of Mombasa is already attract- facility will be able to load and offload very large
ing interest from shipping and oil companies sea tankers of up to 200,000 DWT that carry
ahead of its April launch. all categories of petroleum products, including
The company’s head of communications, crude oil, white oils and LPG.
Haji Masemo, said that the Ugandan affiliate of In December, Kenyan President Uhuru Ken-
France’s TotalEnergies and the Ghana Petroleum yatta, accompanied by visiting Chinese Foreign
Authority would be carrying out inspections Affairs Minister Wang Yi, said the new jetty will
with an intention to utilise the facility. He added enhance supply and ensure the price stability of
that Sturrock Shipping Company and Inchape petroleum products in Kenya and the region by
Shipping have already said they will offload oil replacing the 50-year-old onshore facility of the
at the terminal. same name.
The construction of the 770-metre-long jetty, When operational, Kenyatta noted that the
now 98% complete, according to KPA’s acting new offshore jetty will save the country in excess
managing director John Mwangemi, is wholly of KES2bn ($18mn) per year in demurrage costs
funded by the KPA and implemented by China incurred by oil shippers, thereby contributing to
Communications Construction Co. a significant reduction in fuel pump prices.
The unit includes five subsea pipelines that “Once complete, the new facility will be able
were buried 26 metres beneath the seabed to to reduce not only the cost of fuel but also to
ensure they are not disturbed by future dredg- ensure that Kenya is able to consistently have an
ing. It is connected by pipeline to storage tanks adequate supply of fuel for our needs and [the]
owned by Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd development needs that of our people,” he said.
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