Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery closed again
Posted by Editor on March 21, 2022 - 7:00 am
The fuel refinery operations at the Sapugaskanda oil refinery will be closed from midnight yesterday (March 20) due to insufficient stocks of Crude Oil, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Chairman Sumith Wijesinghe said.
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) stated that Crude oil has been ordered from several companies.
Further, the CPC said that a specific date for receiving the relevant orders has not been announced yet.
However, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation said that operations at the refinery will resume as soon as the order is received.
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Where is the Energy Minister (Lokuge) and where is the Power Minister (Pavithra Devi).
Are they throwing pots into the Mahaweli to seek godly assistance to the crisis?
Citizens, we were promised Saubhagye Demka 2 1/2 years ago.
We were promised Mahinda Sulanga almost 7 years ago.
Nothing done. Nothing realised.
We soon have to eat our own excreta to survive.
Saubhagye Dekma.