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Petroleum refinery clings on to life under new owner KPC

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KPRL storage facility in Mombasa County. [File, Standard]

When it stopped refining crude oil a decade ago, many may have it written off, even written well-worded obituaries for the Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited (KPRL). The grand facility however refuses to die.

While what was the core of its operations since it was formed over 60 years ago - the two refining complexes - is unlikely to ever roar back to life again, the massive fuel storage infrastructure and the vast acreage that KPRL has given it another lease of life.

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