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Sri Lanka to ramp up weekend fuel deliveries after petrol price cut

CPC and CPSTL have not been operating on Sundays and public holidays in the last 4 months

June 2, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka cuts petrol to Rs318 a litre, kerosene to Rs245

Lanka Industrial Kerosene will be cut by 60 rupees a litre to 270 rupees.

May 31, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka inks deal with Korea for floating solar plants

KIAT will give a grant of 5.2 million  dollars to the Sustainable Energy Authority in order to build the projects.

May 31, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka raises fuel quota for cars to 40 litres, bikes 14

The new ration will be effetive from midnight May 31.

May 28, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka awards diesel contract to Singapore's BB Energy

Contract to supply 4 shipments of diesel (0.05% MS) from December 15, 2024 to June 14, 2025

Sri Lanka examining Adani projects, reports sought: Minister

We have not yet taken a decision

Sri Lanka approves plans for three LNG power plants

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government has approved plans to set up three liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plan...

May 10, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka cabinet approves formula pricing of fuel

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's cabinet has approved pricing fuel by formula, Science and Technology Minister Sarath Amunugama...

May 10, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka state refiner mulls investments amid energy policy changes

ECONOMYNEXT - The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), Sri Lanka’s state-run refiner, says more clarity on governm...

May 9, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka IOC unit losses fall in March 2018 quarter

Losses at Indian Oil Corporation's Sri Lanka unit, Lanka IOC Plc, contracted 84 percent from a year earlier to 103.4 mil...

May 9, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's CEB engineers to work-to-rule from May 08

Engineers at state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has said they will go ahead with a work-to-rule campaign which may lead ...

May 6, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka to bring coal power back, optimal mix required: Central Bank

Sri Lanka's power ministry has proposed to bring back coal plants to the energy mix in a bid to lower long term generati...

May 2, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka's Chevron Lubricants revenue, profits slide continues to 2018

Sri Lanka's Chevron Lubricants profits fell 15 percent to 697 million rupees in the March 2018 quarter from a year earli...

April 30, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka 300MW diesel IPP delayed after appeals: report

The award of a contract to build a 300MegaWatt dual fuel power plant on a 20-year power purchase agreement to Sri Lanka-...

April 30, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's CEB short term debt soar to Rs138bn in 2017

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board's short term debt has soared 50 percent to 138 billion rupees, as the uti...

April 30, 2018 1 min read

ABB India wins Rs1.4bn Sri Lanka power substation deal

ABB India Limited has a won 1.434.11 million rupee deal to improve and build a grid substation for Sri Lanka's state-run...

April 29, 2018 1 min read
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Sri Lanka LP gas prices hiked 17-pct

Sri Lanka has raised the price of domestic liquefied gas by 17 percent to 1,676 rupees for a 12.5 kilogram cylinder, as ...

April 28, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka President asks regulator, CEB to discuss disputed long-term generation plan

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has asked the regulator and Ceylon Electricity Board to discuss a disputed lo...

April 26, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka takes key step to help market price electricity

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has set up a costing account that will make, generation, transmission and...

April 26, 2018 2 min read

Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprises wins Sri Lanka crude oil deal

ECONMYNEXT – Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprises Pte Ltd. has won a Sri Lankan tender to supply seven million ba...

April 25, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka looks to rope in generators at state agencies in emergencies

Sri Lanka's power regulator said it is looking at roping in standby generators of more than 130 MegaWatts idling at stat...

April 25, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's coal power bounty has ended; costs shooting up

Sri Lanka's power generation costs are rapidly outpacing selling prices and a bounty from a 900 MegaWatt coal plant had ...

April 20, 2018 7 min read

Sri Lanka oil refinery operating after overhaul

Sri Lanka' state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation said its 50,000 barrels-a-day refinery has started operations after a ...

April 19, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka power utility engineers delay industrial action till May 08

Engineers at Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board said they were delaying industrial action till May 08, until...

April 18, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka CEB engineers threaten TU action; no co-operation with regulator

Engineers at Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has given notice of a work-to-rule campaign from April 20, w...

April 17, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's CEB shuts coal plant over emission concerns

State-run Ceylon Electricity Board has shut down one of three coal plants in Sri Lanka's North West coast after an envir...

April 13, 2018 1 min read