Petroleum & Industrial Products

Sarpah introduces Kenyan cement majors — Bamburi (Amsons), Mombasa Cement (Tanna), National Cement / Simba (Devki), Savannah, Rai — and sulphuric-acid and mining off-takers to upstream originators across two petroleum and industrial lines: petroleum coke (petcoke) and technical-grade granular sulphur. Both are large-parcel B2B flows handled at Mombasa under documented infrastructure. Sanctions diligence (producer-entity scoping) is handled per cargo at SPA stage — see Sanctions, AML & KYC.

The Lines

Loadports

• Black Sea transit (Poti, Batumi — Georgia) — non-Rosneft petcoke and sulphur transit
• Vladivostok — Far East petcoke and sulphur
• Aktau (Caspian) — Kazakh sulphur via overland and onward routing
• Qatari ports — sulphur

Compliance

For petroleum products, the document flow extends the standard agricultural-commodity protocol:

• EPRA licensing under the Petroleum Act 2019 for downstream petroleum-product handling and storage where applicable
• KEBS Certificate of Conformity at load port (PVoC under the 2026–2029 cycle)
• NEMA environmental compliance for sulphur handling under the Air Quality Regulations 2014
• Marine insurance with chemical / oil-tanker P&I coverage from an IG Group club; non-IG cover (RNRC) is not accepted under SPA terms
• Sanctions: Petcoke is technically distinct from "petroleum products" under the G-7 price-cap regulations, but producer-entity designations apply independently. See Sanctions, AML & KYC for the current Rosneft / Lukoil / Gazprom Neft scoping
• EAC CET: Petcoke (HS 2713.11) 0% non-calcined / 10% calcined. Sulphur (HS 2503.00) 0%

Where we don't operate

Sarpah does not introduce buyers to designated producers or to cargo originating their controlled marine terminals. Rosneft (UK OFSI asset-freeze, EU CFSP, OFAC SSI), Lukoil (UK OFSI 15 October 2025) and Gazprom Neft are full-block under one or more regimes; the Tuapse refinery and marine terminal are Rosneft-affiliated and outside scope. Non-designated producer chains are documented per cargo with full beneficial-ownership disclosure at SPA stage.

Buyer Universe

• Cement majors — Bamburi Cement (Amsons Group, post-Holcim divestiture closed December 2024), National Cement / Simba (Devki), Mombasa Cement (Tanna group), Savannah Cement, Rai Cement — for petcoke
• Sulphuric acid plants — Kel Chemicals (Thika) — for technical sulphur (the recurring Kenya buyer)
• Mining off-takers — for technical sulphur in copper-belt re-export volumes via the Northern Corridor

Why a Mandated Agent

Petroleum-line cargoes carry higher sanctions, insurance and environmental complexity than agricultural cargoes. Sarpah is a mandated agent paid commission by the seller side under NCNDA / IMFPA. We do not take title, do not open or hold instruments, and do not warehouse. We introduce vetted upstream originators to qualified East African industrial buyers, choreograph the documentation chain, and stay close to the cargo through inspection, sailing, discharge and settlement.

Payment

The buyer's bank issues; the seller's bank advises or — where required — confirms. Sarpah is not on the instrument chain. Standard structures: TT MT103 (50/50 split) at factory-direct cargo level; DLC under UCP 600 with charter-party B/L under Article 22 + ISBP 821 G6–G11 for trading-house flow; SBLC under ISP98 / URDG 758 for multi-shipment frame contracts.

A note on LNG: Russian Arctic LNG infrastructure (Saam FSU at Murmansk, Koryak FSU at Bechevinskaya Bay) sits inside the OFAC-designated Arctic LNG 2 / Novatek perimeter, and Kenya has no commercial LNG regasification terminal at Mombasa or Lamu in 2026. We do not currently introduce LNG flows. Where Kenya's LNG-import infrastructure develops, we will revisit.

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