A Web- based petroleum products quality data converter for Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC)

Abstract

The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) is a state-owned cooperation which operates under the Ministry of Energy and petroleum (MoEP). The sole purpose of the companies existence is to facilitate safe storage of petroleum products and transport the petroleum products through a pipeline running from Mombasa to different depot stations within the country. The Kenya Pipeline Company, Nakuru depot, in the Quality Control department they carry out their daily operations manually which includes conversion of petroleum products and transfer the converted data into a book, The Ground-Fuel Recertification which is later manually typed into a preexisting word document which serves as the daily report form. This is extremely monotonous which can reduce staff morale especially when it is carried out every day. The proposed solution is to develop a web-based application that will automatically convert data for the different products being fed into the system and generate printable reports which can be used by management for further analysis. The development methodology to be used is prototyping this is because it revolves more around the users of the system which makes it easier to attain the user requirements