COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said that the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery will commence operations for the first time since March 20th with the unloading of a Crude Oil shipment on Friday (27).

The refinery will start producing Fueling in 6 days, he said.

The Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Sumith Wijesinghe stated that steps were taken to make payments for the Crude Oil shipment that will be unloaded on Friday (27).

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