Mombasa-Nairobi Petroleum Products Pipeline

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Mombasa-Nairobi Petroleum Products Pipeline is an existing petroleum products pipeline, running from Mombasa to Nairobi within Kenya. It is being replaced by a new pipeline, currently under construction.

Location

The pipeline runs from Mombasa in Mombasa County, Kenya, to Nairobi in Nairobi County, Kenya.

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Project Details

• Owner: Government of Kenya
• Current capacity: 125,000 barrels per day
• Length: 450 kilometers
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1978, 2018

Existing Pipeline Background

The existing Mombasa-Nairobi Petroleum Products Pipeline was commissioned in 1978. It is a 14-inch, 450-kilometer pipeline that can carry 125,000 barrels per day. It is owned by the Kenya Pipeline Company, which is owned by the Government of Kenya.

Replacement Pipeline Location

The replacement pipeline will run along the same route as the original pipeline, from Mombasa in Mombasa County, Kenya, to Nairobi in Nairobi County, Kenya.

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Replacement Project Details

• Owner: Government of Kenya
• Proposed capacity: 287,000 barrels per day
• Length: 0 new kilometers
• Status: Construction
• Start Year: 2023

Replacement Pipeline Background

KPC is currently building a new, 20-inch pipeline to replace the existing line. The new pipeline would be able to carry 287,000 barrels per day by 2023. The pipeline cost is $500 million.

In July 2014, the construction contract was awarded to Lebanese firm Zakhem International. Construction has been subject to repeated delays, as well as repeated cost overruns; completion was pushed back to April 2017, then to the end of 2017, then to April 2018, and finally again to July 2018.