Mombasa oil refinery set for reopening

(R-L) Petroleum CS John Munyes and his PS Andrew Kamau have a word when they met Senate Committee. [Photo/Standard]

The national government has announced that the closed Mombasa Refinery will be reopened in May to receive crude oil from Turkana County.

Speaking at a meeting with the Senate Committee on Energy in Naivasha yesterday, Petroleum Cabinet Secretary John Munyes said the refinery, which was being renovated, would receive eight trucks of crude oil from Lokichar daily.