India, Europe hubs supply 25pc of Kenya’s G-to-G fuel
Kenya has shifted its fuel import logistics, sourcing over 25% of its petroleum from India and Europe instead of the Middle East. This change follows supply chain disruptions caused by regional conflicts in the Middle East.
Why it matters
The shift highlights how geopolitical instability in the Middle East forces African nations to diversify their energy supply chains to ensure national fuel security.
More than a quarter of petroleum shipments under Kenya’s Government-to-Government (G-to-G) deal were sourced from hubs in India and Europe in the year to June 2026, amid disruptions that forced Gulf oil majors to seek alternative loading points outside the Middle East region following the US and Israel war against Iran.
Kenya inked the G-to-G deal with Aramco Trading Fujairah FZE (Aramco), Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Global Trading Ltd and Emirates National Oil Company (Singapore) Private Limited (ENOC) in March 2023 to import fuel on a credit period of 180 days.
For close to two years, supplies from Aramco, ADNOC and ENOC were mainly loaded from ports in the Arabian Gulf, but the US-Israel war with Iran forced a change in the logistics pattern to avoid attacks on vessels on the Strait of Hormuz, the vital maritime choke-point that connects Gulf waters and the wider Indian Ocean beyond.
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