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Oil pipeline doubles pumping in Kenya

Wed, 9 September 2009

The Kenya Pipeline Company has completed its capacity expansion project on the Mombasa – Nairobi Oil Pipeline, doubling pumping capacity to 880 cubic metres of oil per hour, local news sources have reported.

The $US1.3 million expansion project included four pump stations installed at Konza, Makindu, Manyani and Samburu, as well as three booster pumps at the Kipevu Oil Storage Facility in Mombasa.

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The 14 inch diameter pipeline has a total length of 452 km.

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