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PRODUCT OIL PIPELINE

PRODUCT OIL PIPELINE

LAMU-ISIOLO-MOYALE-ADDIS ABABA PRODUCT OIL PIPELINE

Product Oil Pipeline from Lamu to Isiolo to Moyale to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia);

PRODUCT OIL PIPELINE

The Product oil pipeline is one of the 7 key infrastructure projects planned under the LAPSSET
corridor projects list. The project runs from Lamu – Isiolo – Moyale – Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), a
distance of approximately 790 Kms. Considering that Kenya and Ethiopia are connected through
road infrastructure, it might be strategic to fast track the construction of a product Pipeline
connecting to Ethiopia which to-date does not have a product pipeline whose development is still
at planning stage. Even though Ethiopia plans to build a product pipeline connecting to the
Djibouti Port, Kenya still has the larger southern Ethiopia market which is the effective Kenyan
Market to be served through the Port of Lamu. Djibouti Port is therefore effective for Northern

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Part of Ethiopia while Lamu Port is effective for Southern parts of Ethiopia which also happens to
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be the Ethiopian government’s zone for investment focus. To commence and actualize this, LCDA
held a meeting with the Ethiopian State Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoMPNG)
during which it was agreed that a Bilateral Agreement be drafted and negotiated to provide a
framework for implementation of this project. Initial bilateral discussions took place culminating
in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of Kenya and
Government of Ethiopia on Oil and Gas. A bilateral agreement on the development of the pipeline
together with other LAPSSET components between Kenya and Ethiopia was signed in May 2018. A
process to establish a technical team led by the Kenya Pipeline Corporation (KPC) to carry out
detailed feasibility studies and eventual investment decision started in June 2019.

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The LAPSSET Corridor Program is part of the Kenya Vision 2030 Strategy which is the national long-term
development policy that aims to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing, middle-income country
providing a high quality of life to all its citizens by 2030 in a clean and secure environment. The Vision
comprises of three key pillars: Economic; Social; and Political. The Economic Pillar aims to achieve an
average economic growth rate of 10 per cent per annum and sustaining the same beyond 2030.

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