Nairobi, April 25 -- Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has taken over operations and maintenance of the Sh40 billion Kipevu Oil Terminal 2 (KOT2), targeting to improve the supply of petroleum products in the country and East African Community States.

KPC management signed a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) to run the facility, which can handle four ships at a time and cut ship demurrage charges.

In the deal, KPC will lease the facility and coordinate the supply of petroleum products to its reserves in Changamwe before being pumped countrywide.

KPC managing director Joe Sang said KPC will use the 100 million litre storage facility to store oil products to ensure a constant local and regional supply.

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