The importance of inducting Sapugaskanda Crude Oil Refinery as soon as possible

 

 

The public has been brought to queue up in front of fuel supply stations whole over the country, in huge numbers the public, they are made to spend their daily life in the queues for few days sometimes for a week or two. This present state of affairs cannot be relieved, even if capable of importing variety of fuels on daily basis, the demand pressure has been brought to such level. Since you cannot relieve this status qua – by importation alone – most intelligent way to lessen this increasing pressure - is to making the Sapugaskanda Crude Oil Refinery to its full capacity, 7x24 day hours despite all these commotion situations. Rather than running here and there for refined petroleum products – plead from Iran and Russia for crude-oil supply that fits the type of Sapugaskanda Crude Oil Refinery basic requirement. You may also tap the other countries who can supply the same type of crude oil that can fit the, Sapugaskanda Crude Oil Refinery for uninterrupted function.

If this inappropriate (for long due to situation) of keeping this only oil refinery closed is reversed as soon as possible, the successful functioning will ensure 100% supply demand by essential services such as Heath, Public Transport system, port activities, etc.

Likewise other demands can be brought to manageable level, through available limited importation of refined products.

It is look like a mafia of refined petroleum products sale, by closing the  Sapugaskanda Crude Oil Refinery, and  if this only refinery kept closed for long – entire refinery become waste for permanent mafia, is it the objective?

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One of few reasons for the prolonging short supply Petrol and Diesel, LP-gas and in turn continuing long hours of electricity interruption is, closing down of the Sapugaskanda Crude Oil Refinery in which gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum naphtha are produced from each barrel of 159 litter crude oil that expands to 170 liters while on process includes above products listed. Sapugaskanda Crude Oil Refinery has a capacity of 50,000 barrels per steam day amounting to 7900cubic liters(7900x1000liters). The present government for bizarre reason, stopped refining crude oil which fulfilled the 30% to 33% of national daily requirement of the Petrol, Diesel and LP gas.

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In this context it is to remind that Ceylon Electricity Bord has heavily burden the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and has bankrupt the CEYPETCO, and the CEB has played havoc in country’s economy as well.  The CEB former management should be sued for defaulting the payments due for CEYPETCO. This dispute has to be settled through Ministry level for the sake of public interest, the Chairmen of the CEYPETCO shall as well come under close scrutiny for continuous authorization of supplying burn oil on loan amounting to nearly 300 hundred million rupees to CEB