Oil Pipelines
There are two Oil Pipelines planned within the LAPSSET Corridor. A Crude Oil Pipeline from South Sudan to Lamu through the Lokichar Oil Fields and a Product Oil Pipeline from the Port of Lamu to Ethiopia through Isiolo and Moyale.
Crude Oil Pipeline
The Pre-Front End Engineering Design (PRE-FEED) Studies were complete in 2015.
A joint development Agreement (JDA) signed in 2017 between GOK and Upstream investors (Tullow Oil, Africa Oil and Total),
Currently the Pipeline Project Nanagement Team is in the process of procuring an EPCM Contractor for the project's implementation.
The Front-End Eng, Designs (FEED) and ESIA Studies were complete in 2020.
The project is valued at 1.5 B$.
Product Oil Pipeline
Bilateral instruments have been signed between Kenya and Ethiopia for the implementation and technical preliminary studies for the product oil pipeline.
Crude Oil Pipeline numbers
1M
Depth
The crude oil pipeline will be buried 1 metre deep.
821KM
Length
The first phase of the pipeline will be 821 kilometers long from Lokichar to Lamu
89K
Barrels per day
The pipeline will transport upto 89,000 barrels perday
20"
Diameter
The pipeline will be 20 inches in diameter.