Petroleum Coke — Fuel-Grade for Cement Kilns + Anode-Grade on Enquiry

Specification — fuel-grade for cement-kiln substitution

Sarpah leads with fuel-grade petcoke for Kenyan cement-kiln coal substitution. The buyer universe is the cement majors — Bamburi, Mombasa Cement, Devki, Savannah, Rai — and their internal cement-grade specification.

The high-sulphur, high-calorific profile of independent-refiner petcoke is competitive against US Gulf and Saudi Arabian petcoke for cement-kiln applications, with attractive price differentials into East African markets. NEMA stack-emissions consents and the buyer's environmental impact assessment govern end-use.

Anode-grade B on enquiry

Anode-grade B (aluminium-anode manufacture, calciner feedstock) is available on confirmation of end-use. Kenyan demand for anode-grade is small — the country has no aluminium smelter — and the anode-grade flow is typically routed to regional calciner buyers or specialty industrial users on a per-cargo basis.

Producer-entity scope

Russian petcoke is produced at multiple refineries. Sarpah introduces buyers only to non-Rosneft producer chains with documented beneficial ownership — Rosneft (UK OFSI full asset-freeze 15 October 2025, EU CFSP) operates the Tuapse refinery and marine terminal, and Sarpah does not introduce buyers to cargoes originating from Rosneft-controlled facilities. Tuapse port itself was added to the EU 20th sanctions package transaction-ban schedule on 23 April 2026 and is out of scope for any commodity. See Sanctions, AML & KYC.

Origin

Russia.

Loadports & Transit

Sarpah does not load petcoke at Tuapse. The Tuapse refinery and Tuapse marine terminal are operated by Rosneft-affiliated entities (PJSC NK Rosneft / Tuapse Refinery LLC). Rosneft is on the UK OFSI Consolidated List (asset freeze), the EU CFSP sanctions list, and the OFAC SSI list. Cargo originating Tuapse marine infrastructure is not in Sarpah's introduction scope. Non-Rosneft producer cargoes transit through Poti or are loaded at Vladivostok, with full beneficial-ownership disclosure per cargo at SPA stage.

Volume

15,000–25,000 MT per shipment.

Delivery Terms

FOB / CFR / CIF Mombasa.

Payment

Buyer's bank issues; seller's bank advises or — where required — confirms. Sarpah is not on the instrument chain.

Standard: TT MT103, 50% advance payment on signing the contract; 50% on presentation of shipping documents at port of departure.

For multi-shipment SPA: SBLC under URDG 758 / ISP98 with TT settlement against documents.

Application

The dominant Kenyan use-case is cement-kiln fuel substitution:

• Bamburi Cement (Amsons Group, post-Holcim divestiture closed December 2024)
• National Cement / Simba (Devki Group) — Athi River and Merrueshi
• Mombasa Cement (Tanna / Indo-East Africa group)
• Savannah Cement — Kibini / Kitengela
• Rai Cement

Cement-major economics drive petcoke demand: petcoke at $80–140 per MT CIF Mombasa with 7,800+ kcal/kg calorific value is structurally cheaper per useful BTU than coal (~6,000 kcal/kg) in most East African market windows. Sulphur content (typically 4–7%) is partially absorbed in clinker chemistry; the balance is subject to NEMA Air Quality Regulations 2014 and operational SOx limits at the kiln stack, and buyer-side flue-gas treatment may be required at higher sulphur grades. NEMA and KEBS environmental approvals are operating-licence prerequisites.

For aluminium-anode use, calcined petroleum coke is a separate spec line (HS 2713.12.00, EAC CET 10%); Sarpah introduces buyers to specialised originators of calcined petcoke on confirmation of end-use.

Compliance

• EPRA licensing under the Petroleum Act 2019 for downstream petroleum-product handling and storage where applicable
• NEMA environmental compliance for petcoke storage and handling under the Air Quality Regulations 2014
• KEBS Certificate of Conformity at load port (Bureau Veritas at Poti; SGS at Vladivostok)
• Certificate of Origin from the country-of-origin chamber
• COA at load port (sulphur, volatiles, moisture, ash, calorific value)
• Marine insurance with petroleum-product P&I coverage from an IG Group club; non-IG cover is not accepted under SPA terms
• Sanctions: Petcoke is technically distinct from "petroleum products" under G-7 price-cap regulations, but producer-entity designations apply independently. 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; cargoes originating from these producers' controlled marine terminals — including Tuapse — are not in Sarpah's introduction scope. Non-Rosneft producer cargoes are documented per cargo with full beneficial-ownership disclosure at SPA stage. See Sanctions, AML & KYC
• EAC CET: HS 2713.11.00 (non-calcined) — 0%. HS 2713.12.00 (calcined) — 10%

Logistics

Petcoke discharge at Mombasa is handled at general bulk berths (KPA Berths 1–10) using grab-discharge equipment, under the buyer's clearing agent. Free storage windows under the KPA Tariff Book 2025 (effective 22 December 2025): 4 days domestic / 15 days transit for containers; bulk concession terms separately. Onward inland transport by road or SGR-Mombasa-Naivasha to cement-plant intake.

For cement majors, the buyer's appointed forwarder typically integrates CIF-to-plant logistics — Mombasa discharge through Mariakani / Athi River / Merrueshi delivery — and Sarpah introduces logistics partners where requested.

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