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- Jul 19, 2013
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NAIROBI, Kenya, May 3 –
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC)
has awarded the Sh1.7 billion
contract for the construction of
the Kisumu oil jetty to Southern
Engineering Company
(SECO).The local company was
awarded the contract after a
competitive process that
involved five other local and
foreign bidders. The firm is 60-
year old engineering company,
specialises in a range of land
and marine, civil, mechanical
and structural engineering and
the flagship company of Alpha
Group’s Marine Division. SECO
will commence construction the
oil jetty this month and will
take six months to complete the
project. KPC Managing
Director, Joe Sang said the
completion of Kisumu Oil Jetty
will increase KPC’s competitive
edge in the region as the
leading oil transporter.
“The oil jetty’s target market
will create integrated marine
fuel transportation in the
region, making it more efficient
and commercially viable and
reduce transportation costs for
the oil marketing companies,”
said Sang in a statement.
He said the Jetty project will
also turn Kisumu into a focal
point of oil and gas commerce
in the region and one of the
busiest inland ports in Africa
boosting throughput in Kisumu
by one billion litres a year in
phase one and up to three
billion litres per year by 2028.
“KPC remains focused on
becoming a major regional
player supporting regional
growth by lowering the cost of
doing business by ensuring that
we operate a cost effective and
highly efficient pipeline and
related infrastructure system,”
said Sang.
The move follows the
completion of the new
Sinendet-Kisumu Pipeline that
has enhanced petroleum
product availability in the
Western Kenya and the export
market of Uganda, Eastern DRC,
Rwanda, Burundi and Northern
Tanzania. The line has
increased product flow to
Kisumu depot to 350,000 litres
per hour from the previous
110,000 litres per hour
increasing the country’s
competitive edge in the region
as a leading petroleum products
exporter.
Capital FM Kenya
business...company-gets-
sh1-7mn-kisumu-oil-jetty-
tender/
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC)
has awarded the Sh1.7 billion
contract for the construction of
the Kisumu oil jetty to Southern
Engineering Company
(SECO).The local company was
awarded the contract after a
competitive process that
involved five other local and
foreign bidders. The firm is 60-
year old engineering company,
specialises in a range of land
and marine, civil, mechanical
and structural engineering and
the flagship company of Alpha
Group’s Marine Division. SECO
will commence construction the
oil jetty this month and will
take six months to complete the
project. KPC Managing
Director, Joe Sang said the
completion of Kisumu Oil Jetty
will increase KPC’s competitive
edge in the region as the
leading oil transporter.
“The oil jetty’s target market
will create integrated marine
fuel transportation in the
region, making it more efficient
and commercially viable and
reduce transportation costs for
the oil marketing companies,”
said Sang in a statement.
He said the Jetty project will
also turn Kisumu into a focal
point of oil and gas commerce
in the region and one of the
busiest inland ports in Africa
boosting throughput in Kisumu
by one billion litres a year in
phase one and up to three
billion litres per year by 2028.
“KPC remains focused on
becoming a major regional
player supporting regional
growth by lowering the cost of
doing business by ensuring that
we operate a cost effective and
highly efficient pipeline and
related infrastructure system,”
said Sang.
The move follows the
completion of the new
Sinendet-Kisumu Pipeline that
has enhanced petroleum
product availability in the
Western Kenya and the export
market of Uganda, Eastern DRC,
Rwanda, Burundi and Northern
Tanzania. The line has
increased product flow to
Kisumu depot to 350,000 litres
per hour from the previous
110,000 litres per hour
increasing the country’s
competitive edge in the region
as a leading petroleum products
exporter.
Capital FM Kenya
business...company-gets-
sh1-7mn-kisumu-oil-jetty-
tender/
