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Sri Lanka president reiterates power grid connectivity plans with India

“India’s electricity system and Sri Lanka’s electricity system will be connected. This will be across Mannar,” h...

October 23, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka's CPC may sell fuel competing with Sinopec after talks with IMF: Minister

CPC is going ahead with the IMF on the price formula: Minister

October 22, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Sinopec-shortlisted refinery tender to be awarded in “three weeks”

Government is now in the process of reviewing the RFPs - D V Chanaka

October 21, 2023 2 min read

US-based RM Parks to start fuel supply in Sri Lanka soon; United faces delay

United Petroleum Australia requested permission to remit dollars outside Sri Lanka

October 21, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka CEB system control 'amazing' in coping with invisible rooftop solar: energy expert

They don't have flexibility to control because they have limited inertia

Sri Lanka cascading power failure fanned by big rooftop solar share: CEBEU

Taking large power plants off the grid reduces system stability

Sri Lanka's Litro Gas emergency LPG supplies on way

Sri Lanka's state-run Litro Gas Plc had made an emergency purchase of 12,000 metric tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas, i...

November 3, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka awards Murban crude deal to BB Energy of Singapore

Sri Lanka has awarded a contract to supply 8.4 million barrells of Murban grade crude to Singapore based B B Energy (As...

October 30, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's IOC unit Sep profits grow on low crude prices

Net profits at the Sri Lankan unit of the Indian Oil Company grew 150 percent to 517.4 million rupees in the September q...

October 25, 2019 1 min read
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Sri Lanka unit of Chevron profits grow in Sep with higher sales

Sri Lanka's Chevron Lubricants Lanka Plc posted 622.3 million rupees in profits for the September quarter, up 20 percent...

October 25, 2019 1 min read

Two year struggle by Sri Lanka investment agency to get land for refinery

Sri Lanka now has almost 10 billion US dollars in committed investments, including in two oil refineries, but to get lan...

October 24, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's LTL Holdings could be listed to stop tug-o-war, COPE told

Sri Lanka's LTL Holdings, a 63 percent owned unit of state-run Ceylon Electricity Board could be listed to end a stalema...

October 22, 2019 2 min read
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Sri Lanka's Laugfs plans two 10MW floating solar power plants

Sri Lanka's Laugfs Gas group has sought approval through its power subsidiary to set up two floating solar energy plants...

October 21, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Laugfs Gas to list power subsidiary

Sri Lanka's Laugfs group is to list its renewable energy subsidiary Laugfs Power Limited with a reference price of 8.80 ...

October 17, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka power ministry raked over the coals on Turkey deal at COPE

A parliamentary committee on state enterprises took Sri Lanka's power ministry to task over failed deal to buy electrici...

October 10, 2019 3 min read

COPE chief faults CEB in audit battle over Sri Lanka's LTL group

The head of a parliamentary committee probing Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board, who is waging a battle to ...

October 9, 2019 2 min read
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Charges traded, buck passed for scuttling Sri Lanka cheap power plants at COPE probe

Sri Lanka's power ministry, utility officials and politicians blamed each other and the regulator for chaotic procuremen...

October 8, 2019 4 min read

Sri Lanka cuts LP gas price under formula

Sri Lanka has cut the price of a 12.5 kilogram cylinder of liquefied cooking gas by 2511 rupees under a pricing formula....

October 4, 2019 1 min read

Incentives for rubber, sequestration plantations in Sri Lanka energy policy

A new energy policy for Sri Lanka has suggested incentives to expand rubber cultivation which can be used for fuelwood ...

October 3, 2019 1 min read

Honeywell UOP to design upgrades to Sri Lanka refinery

US-based Honeywell UOP has won a deal to design upgrades to crude refinery operated by state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corpo...

October 2, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's CPC asked to study new refinery in 2019 energy policy

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board, has been asked to conduct a feasibility study on a new refinery, and exp...

October 1, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka in LNG and renewable energy push as mass extinction fears fueled

Sri Lanka wants to expand renewable energy and liquefied natural gas power as a 16 year old child warned that the world ...

September 30, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka cabinet clears 300MW coal plant in Norochcholai

Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had cleared a proposal to build a fourth 300 MegaWatt coal power plant in the West Coas...

September 25, 2019 1 min read
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Swiss Singapore Overseas wins Sri Lanka coal deal

Swiss Singapore Overseas (Pte) Ltd, a commodity trader, has won a deal to supply 300,000 metric tonnes of coal to Sri La...

September 22, 2019 1 min read

Bharat Petroleum gains share in Sri Lanka's lubricant market

India's Bharat Petroleum Corporation gained lubricant market share in Sri Lanka in the second quarter of 2019, overtakin...

September 20, 2019 1 min read

Dubai-based Mena Energy wins Sri Lanka, diesel, jet fuel deals

Dubai-based Mena Energy DMCC, has won term contracts to supply diesel and jet fuel to state-run Sri Lanka Petroleum Corp...

September 19, 2019 1 min read