VIDEO: Minister to investigate interruption in operations at Sapugaskanda
May 15, 2013 03:54 pm
An investigation will
be held concerning the interruption in refining operations of crude oil at the
Sapigaskanda refinery, the Petroleum Industries Minister Anura Priyadarshana
Yapa stated.
When Ada Derana
contacted the Minister with regards to the situation at the refinery, he said
that it was of great concern that no crude oil had been imported even with the
stock of crude oil nearing depletion.
He said that he had
instructed officials to import the necessary crude oil while the Ceylon
Petroleum Corporation states that despite operations being halted at the
refinery, fuel can be provided with no shortage.
After imports of
crude oil have been delayed the CPC had taken a decision to halt operations at
the refinery.
Media Coordinator of
the CPC, Ajith Dharmapriya stated that a decision was taken to perform
necessary maintenance work to the refinery during this period.
