Kenyan company supplying Bor airport with fuel

March 16, 2016(BOR) – Dalbit, a Kenyan-based Petroleum company, said it has in stock enough fuel to supply both commercial and humanitarian aircraft with its products stored in depots at Bor airport.

An employee of Dalbit told Sudan Tribune that the company had stored enough fuel capable of refueling any plane in Bor and that future shortage of fuel will not affect them for the next six months.

“We a capacity of 350,000 litres of fuel which is enough for us to operate even when there is fuel short in South Sudan. We mainly supply humanitarian and business aircrafts within the country”, said the staff, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Although the airport is lately not very busy, up to 20 aircrafts takes off or land per day, with at least 12 per cent of them refueling in Bor.

The company’s director, John Paul Ng’ondi, said his company invested in February over $2 million to build the depot at Bor airport. Work started in September in 2015.

The company reportedly has one firefighter that ejects strong water current, which is capable of putting off fire in case of any breakout. Dalbit also employs a number of local staff, ranging from cleaners to managers tasked with running the company.

(ST)