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Sri Lanka energy minister instructs to sack "disrupting" protesters amid fuel queues 

The protest has disrupted fuel distribution

March 29, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka in talks with India on oil pipeline to Trinco

There were on-going discussions on "bringing an oil pipeline from India to Trincomalee

March 28, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka to lease 450 state-owned fuel stations for Chinese, US, Australian firms with Shell JV

Sinopec has been eying Sri Lankan market for a long time, government officials say

March 27, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka Power Minister assures to cut fuel prices in April

Fuel prices have been more than tripled in the last 12 months after the country faced shortage

March 21, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to call bids for 90MW mini solar plants

Sri Lanka will call tenders for 90, one MegaWatt mini solar plants next month, Deputy Power Minister Ajith Perera said.

August 24, 2017 2 min read

Cabinet advice sought on stalled Sri Lanka 300MW IPP tender: minister

Sri Lanka's power ministry has sought cabinet advice on a stalled tender for a 300MegaWatt dual fuel power plant that is...

August 22, 2017 3 min read

China backs Sri Lanka LPG terminal on OBOR

State-run China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (SINOSURE) has backed a $20 million credit to Sri Lanka's Laugfs G...

August 20, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Pan Asian expects 25-pct return on hydro power investment

ECONOMYNEXT - Pan Asian Power said it had bought Lower Kotmale Oya Power Two (Pvt) Ltd., a special purpose vehicle compa...

August 18, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Laugfs gas in losses; hopes for market pricing

Sri Lanka's Laugfs Gas, a publicly traded liquefied petroleum gas distributor said it lost 455 million rupees amid price...

August 16, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka to move on market pricing fuel

Sri Lanka is in favour of formula pricing fuel to reflect international prices, a minister said, which is long required ...

August 12, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka IOC unit in the red in June 2017 quarter

Lanka IOC, a unit of Indian Oil Corporation, reported losses of 135 million rupees in the June 2017 quarter, down from p...

August 11, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka starts work on two 10MW waste-to-energy plants

Sri Lanka has started work on two waste-to-energy plants of 10 MegaWatts each to incinerate municipal waste in the Weste...

August 10, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka seeks energy security after oil strike

Sri Lanka will focus on energy security after the latest petroleum workers strike exposed the country's vulnerability wh...

July 28, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka deploys troops amid oil workers strike

AFP - Sri Lanka deployed troops and police to distribute fuel Wednesday as striking petroleum workers protested over pla...

July 26, 2017 2 min read
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Sri Lanka declares fuel distribution essential service to prevent strike

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government has declared fuel distribution an essential service after labour unions l...

July 26, 2017 1 min read

Mitigation begins at Sri Lanka's Iranian-built Uma Oya hydropower tunnel disaster

Work on mitigating an environmental disaster from a tunneling by a turnkey Iranian contractor on a hydro-electric projec...

July 20, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka regulator approves power plan without coal

Sri Lanka power regulator has approved a long term generation plan for 2018-2037 has been approved without coal plants, ...

July 20, 2017 1 min read

Chevron Sri Lanka unit June net down 34-pct to Rs526mn

ECONOMYNEXT – Chevron Lubricants Lanka’s net profit in the June 2017 quarter fell 34% to Rs526 million fro...

July 19, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Laugfs to make cylinders in Bangladesh, expand gas business

Sri Lanka's Laugfs Gas said it will will set up a cylinder manufacturing plant, and expand distribution and storage in B...

July 17, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka to build two LNG plants with India and Japan

Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had given the nod to build two 500 MegaWatt dual fuel power plants capable of burning l...

July 13, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's CEB losses almost treble in first four months

Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has lost 16.59 billion rupees in the first four months of 2017 up 187 per...

July 10, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka electricity utility asked to plan for wider generation options

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s energy regulator has asked the electricity utility to consider a broader range o...

June 30, 2017 5 min read

Sri Lanka’s LAUGFS group to expand offshore gas trading

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s LAUGFS Gas group has begun hiring traders for its new energy trading unit in Dub...

June 27, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka fuel distributor calls for formula pricing, ending price controls

Lanka IOC, a publicly traded unit of the Indian Oil Corporation, Sri Lanka's second-largest oil distributor, has called ...

June 5, 2017 3 min read