COLOMBO (News 1st); A shipment of crude oil reached Colombo last night (13).

The Minister of Energy, Kanchana Wijesekara stated that the crude oil consignment is due to undergo quality sampling on Sunday (14).

Moreover, he said that a second crude oil cargo of 120,000MT is scheduled to arrive between 23rd and 29th of August, and that both cargos contain Russia's Ural Crude oil.

The Sapugaskanda refinery will commence operations by mid next week, he added.
 

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