{"id":1048,"date":"2026-03-28T06:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T06:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2026-03-28T10:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T10:16:44","slug":"kenyas-oil-industry-is-sliding-into-a-crisis-induced-by-the-persian-gulf-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=1048","title":{"rendered":"Kenya\u2019s oil industry is sliding into a crisis induced by the Persian Gulf war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kenya\u2019s oil industry is sliding into a crisis induced by the Persian Gulf war<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1049\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1049\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1049\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-US-military-carrier-patrolling-the-sea.-During-the-ongoing-Persian-Gulf-war-maritime-businesses-are-some-of-the-most-affected-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-US-military-carrier-patrolling-the-sea.-During-the-ongoing-Persian-Gulf-war-maritime-businesses-are-some-of-the-most-affected-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-US-military-carrier-patrolling-the-sea.-During-the-ongoing-Persian-Gulf-war-maritime-businesses-are-some-of-the-most-affected-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-US-military-carrier-patrolling-the-sea.-During-the-ongoing-Persian-Gulf-war-maritime-businesses-are-some-of-the-most-affected-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-US-military-carrier-patrolling-the-sea.-During-the-ongoing-Persian-Gulf-war-maritime-businesses-are-some-of-the-most-affected.jpg 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A US military carrier patrolling the sea. During the ongoing Persian Gulf war, maritime businesses are some of the most affected.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Andrew Mwangura<\/p>\n<p>The crisis currently unfolding in Kenya\u2019s energy sector has less to do with local failure in infrastructure or a routine logistical delay. Rather, it the impact of a distant war\u2014specifically, the ongoing conflict in the Middle East\u2014crashing onto the shores of the Indian Ocean with the force of a tidal wave.<\/p>\n<p>For months, the Kenyan government has championed its Government-to-Government (G2G) oil deal as a masterstroke of economic management; a mechanism to stabilize the shilling, defer payment pressures, and ensure a steady flow of fuel into a country that consumes roughly 100,000 barrels a day but produces not a single drop of its own.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, as the situation report circulating in policy circles makes abundantly clear, that policy is now hanging by a thread. The very nations entrusted with Kenya\u2019s energy security\u2014Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates\u2014are themselves under siege. The reality is stark: Kenya bet its fuel security on a region that has descended into open conflict, and the nation is now poised to pay a staggering price for that concentration of risk.<\/p>\n<p>The fragility of this arrangement is laid bare by the specific targeting of the Kingdom\u2019s energy infrastructure. Saudi Aramco, responsible for supplying two critical diesel cargoes to Kenya every month, has sustained direct hits on its assets. The drone strike on the SAMREF refinery in Yanbu on March 19 was a major blow on Saudi Arabia\u2019s primary remaining outlet for crude exports following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>When ballistic missiles are aimed at Riyadh and Yanbu, and when Aramco is forced to choke output at its oilfields, the repercussions are not contained within the Arabian Peninsula. They travel directly to the tanks of Kenyan importers like Galana Oil and Oryx Energy. The promise of 160,000 to 180,000 metric tons of diesel per month is now in jeopardy, threatened not by a lack of willingness on the part of the seller, but by a fundamental inability to extract, refine, and load the product amidst a warzone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supply disruption\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the situation in Saudi Arabia is dire, the scenario in the United Arab Emirates represents a full-blown collapse of the supply chain for Kenya\u2019s petrol needs. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), which supplies three petrol cargoes per month alongside jet fuel, has been the hardest hit among the G2G partners. The imagery is alarming: the Shah natural gas field set ablaze by a drone, the Habshan gas complex and Bab oil field shut down by falling debris, and the critical Ruwais West refinery\u2014a 417,000 barrels-per-day facility\u2014forced to shutter as a precaution against nearby fires.<\/p>\n<p>When the port of Fujairah, a vital node for global oil exports, suspends loading operations due to repeated attacks, the supply chain does not merely slow down; it seizes. Perhaps the most ominous development for Kenya is ADNOC\u2019s invocation of force majeure. This is not a logistical delay; it is a legal and commercial acknowledgment that the company is incapable of fulfilling its contracts. For Kenya, this means that the petrol expected under the G2G deal is simply not coming from its primary source.<\/p>\n<p>The ripple effects extend to the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), which, while perhaps not suffering a direct missile strike on a specific refinery, finds its logistical backbone shattered. ENOC is Dubai-based and relies entirely on the free flow of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and the safety of the Fujairah export terminal. With maritime traffic in the Gulf plummeting by nearly seventy percent and shipping lines imposing prohibitive war-risk surcharges, the ability to dispatch vessels to Mombasa has evaporated. The conflict has effectively imposed a blockade on the very waterways that were supposed to guarantee Kenya\u2019s energy independence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenya\u2019s buffer stock\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Turning to the domestic front, the arithmetic of survival is brutal. Kenya relies on importers to maintain a 21-day stock buffer\u2014a safety net designed to weather minor disruptions. But this is not a minor disruption. With ADNOC invoking force majeure and Saudi exports bottlenecked, that buffer is being consumed at an alarming rate. The Petroleum Outlets Association of Kenya has already confirmed that major suppliers are rationing products, and rural stock-outs are becoming commonplace.<\/p>\n<p>The forecast is grim: a widespread petrol shortage is anticipated before the end of March. This is not merely an inconvenience; it is a threat to the mobility of the nation, the functionality of emergency services, and the continuity of agriculture and manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crude price jumps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, the economic strain is escalating into a crisis of affordability. The geopolitical risk premium has driven the cost of Murban crude\u2014the grade imported by Kenya\u2014from a stable $76 to over $116 per barrel. Cash Dubai has reached a record $157. The landed cost of fuel for Kenya has effectively doubled. While the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority managed to keep pump prices unchanged in mid-March by drawing on pre-war inventory, this reprieve is temporary.<\/p>\n<p>The April pricing cycle will inevitably reflect these global hikes. For the average Kenyan, this translates to higher transport costs, increased food prices, and a general acceleration of inflation. For the government, it means that the very premise of the G2G deal\u2014stabilizing the shilling through deferred dollar payments\u2014is unraveling. As the import bill doubles, pressure on foreign exchange reserves will intensify, potentially undoing the currency stability the deal was designed to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>This situation forces a difficult reckoning with the viability of the G2G model itself. The primary objective of the deal was to shield Kenya from the volatility of the spot market by securing long-term supplies from stable, resource-rich allies. Yet, this crisis exposes the fundamental vulnerability of relying exclusively on a single, volatile region. In seeking shelter from price fluctuations, Kenya inadvertently tied its energy security to the geopolitical stability of the Gulf. Now that that stability has shattered, the government is left scrambling for alternatives. Talks of sourcing from the Dangote refinery in Nigeria or other distant markets are emerging, but such alternatives come with their own challenges: spot market prices that negate the deferred-payment benefits of the G2G arrangement, longer shipping times, and unproven supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the impact on Kenya is not a future threat; it is a present reality. The G2G partners have been compromised either by direct strikes or by the suffocating blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. ADNOC\u2019s force majeure is the smoking gun. Even if hostilities were to cease at this very moment, the path to recovery would be long and arduous.<\/p>\n<p>Repairing the damaged infrastructure at Ruwais, Shah, and Yanbu would take months. Clearing the backlog of hundreds of vessels stranded by the conflict and normalizing insurance premiums would take even longer. Kenya must now prepare for a sustained period of fuel rationing, significant pump price hikes in April and May, and an intense battle to preserve its foreign exchange reserves.<\/p>\n<p>The lesson is painful but clear: in a world of cascading conflicts, energy security cannot be outsourced to a single neighborhood. Diversification is no longer a matter of economic prudence; it is a matter of national survival.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya\u2019s oil industry is sliding into a crisis induced by the Persian Gulf war By Andrew Mwangura The crisis currently unfolding in Kenya\u2019s energy sector has less to do with local failure in infrastructure or a routine logistical delay. 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