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Sri Lanka govt to revise fuel prices, increase fuel quota from June

Fuel Quota currently allowed on the National Fuel Pass QR system will be increased from the next month

May 26, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka power minister lambasts regulatory chief, defends planned removal

“Being a member of an independent commission does not allow him to make political decisions."

May 24, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka's CEB proposes 23-pct power bill cut for low users: Minister

No mention was made of the proposed tariff for industrial or commercial users.

May 24, 2023 2 min read

Denying Sri Lanka PUCSL Chief entry to his own ouster debate deplorable: Eran

Sri Lanka parliament has 'bizarre record' over independent commissions

May 24, 2023 2 min read

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
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Sri Lanka's CPC losse Rs9.8bn on fuel sales in two months

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has lost 9,886 million rupees in the first two months of 2018, sellin...

April 12, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka mulls awarding oil exploration blocks on Swiss Challenge

Sri Lanka is considering awarding at least two shallow water oil exploration blocks off the island's north east coast on...

April 12, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka to revive oil exploration, bidding round in May 2018

Sri Lanka will call fresh bids for an offshore oil exploration block off the island's Northwestern coast in May 2018, wh...

April 11, 2018 1 min read

Chevron Sri Lanka unit says competition increasing, margins eroding

ECONOMYNEXT – Chevron Lubricants Lanka has said profit margins were getting squeezed with intensifying competitio...

April 10, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka warned against LNG 'take-or-pay' deal; call for competitive bidding

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's power engineers warned that a government-to-government deal for a 'free LNG terminal' was a pl...

April 10, 2018 4 min read

No Sri Lanka fuel price formula yet

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government is yet to decide on a retail fuel price formula that changes with fluctua...

April 2, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Thalpitigala hydropower reservoir funded by People's Bank, China

State-run People's Bank has agreed to provide 26.1 million dollars of counterpart funds for a 174 million dollar reservo...

March 31, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka extends Ace Power supply contract

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government has decided to extend a private power purchase agreement with Ace Power t...

March 29, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka to call for offshore oil exploration bids in May

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will call for fresh bids for offshore oil and gas exploration in May, Minister of Petrole...

March 26, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's CPC losses to increase after IOC price hike

Sri Lanka unit of Indian Oil Corporation has raised fuel prices though state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation is yet to ...

March 26, 2018 2 min read