The Kampala Fuel Storage Facility (KFSF) is an oil depot under construction in Uganda. It is intended to improve and "strengthen fuel security" in Uganda and "build infrastructure around its emerging oil industry". The facility will be the convergence of three pipelines, namely (a) the Hoima–Kampala Petroleum Products Pipeline (b) the Eldoret–Kampala Petroleum Products Pipeline and the (c) Kampala–Kigali Petroleum Products Pipeline. When construction is completed, the facility will be the largest tank farm in Uganda.
Location KFSF sits on an estate that measures in Namwabula Village, Mpigi District, Central Region, Uganda. Namwabula lies approximately , west of Kampala, Uganda's capital city off of the Kampala–Mityana Road. Namwabula lies approximatekly southwest of the suburb of Buloba in Wakiso District. Namwabula Village is located approximately above mean sea level.
Overview When the Uganda Oil Refinery is constructed, a refined petroleum products pipeline, the Hoima–Kampala Petroleum Products Pipeline, will connect the refinery of KFSF. The pipeline is expected to transport at least four products to Namwabula (1) gasoline, (2) diesel fuel, (3) jet fuel and (4) kerosene. The products will be distributed by truck from KFSF to airports, petrol stations and other oil depots in the Kampala Metropolitan Area and in the districts of the Central Region of Uganda.
The facility will also incorporate the "planned Mpigi Remote Refinery Terminal (MRRT)". Once the refinery, pipeline, MRRT and storage terminal are operational, the country "expects to have an integrated system for receiving, storing and distributing both imported and domestically refined petroleum products". If and when the Tanga-Kampala Refined Petroleum Products Pipeline is built, its eastern end will be located at the KFSF.
Ownership KFSF is owned 100 percent by the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC).
Construction As of September 2026, the Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor has not been announced publicly. Construction started on 18 September 2026 and is expected to last approximately 3 years. The budgetted construction cost is US$310 million.
See also East African Crude Oil Pipeline Uganda National Pipeline Company
References
External links UNOC Official Website