River crossings complete on Kenyan pipeline project
Wed, 27 April 2011
China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Corporation (CPPEC) has completed the final river crossing on Kenya Pipeline Company’s Line IV expansion pipeline between Nairobi and Eldoret, Kenya.
CPPEC completed the crossing of the Ailikaite River, the last of 28 river crossings on the project, ahead of the wet season.
The Line IV expansion project involves the construction of a 14 inch, 325 km pipeline, which runs parallel to the existing Multi-Product Oil Pipeline from Nairobi to Eldoret.
CPPEC was awarded the construction contract in 0ctober 2009 and the pipeline is scheduled to be completed by mid-2011.