Sapugaskanda oil refinery too in a muddle: CPC and union contradict each other
(Lanka-e-News- 04.Sep.2012, 11.55PM) The Ceylon 
petroleum Corporation (CPC) , Jathika sevaka sangamaya (JSS) alleges that the oil refinery at Sapugaskande of the CPC had been closed from the 3 rd not because of a problem in the oil pipelines as claimed by the Corporation. According to the JSS Secretary, Ananda Palitha , the actual reason for this closure is , the import of Arabian light crude oil from Arabia instead of Iranian light crude oil, resulting in the refinery encountering difficulties.
In any case , in order to minimize the adverse effects on the production at the refinery , the CPC officials have decided to mix a variety of Mir light oil from Arabia with the crude oil .The CPC Industry Ministry meanwhile states that eleven lakhs 35 thousand tons of Arabian light crude oil had been imported already.
The Petroleum Industry Ministry issuing a communiqué on the 1 st however stated , the operations at the Sapugaskanda oil refinery had to be suspended due to sudden refurbishment to be effected on a section of the pipeline at the Colombo Port.
In any event , it is learnt that two vessels loaded with oil have already arrived , and they cannot be unloaded due to these hindrances. Consequently , there are warning signals of an oil shortage in the near future.
(Lanka-e-News- 04.Sep.2012, 11.55PM) The Ceylon petroleum Corporation (CPC) , Jathika sevaka sangamaya (JSS) alleges that the oil refinery at Sapugaskande of the CPC had been closed from the 3 rd not because of a problem in the oil pipelines as claimed by the Corporation. According to the JSS Secretary, Ananda Palitha , the actual reason for this closure is , the import of Arabian light crude oil from Arabia instead of Iranian light crude oil, resulting in the refinery encountering difficulties.In any case , in order to minimize the adverse effects on the production at the refinery , the CPC officials have decided to mix a variety of Mir light oil from Arabia with the crude oil .The CPC Industry Ministry meanwhile states that eleven lakhs 35 thousand tons of Arabian light crude oil had been imported already.
The Petroleum Industry Ministry issuing a communiqué on the 1 st however stated , the operations at the Sapugaskanda oil refinery had to be suspended due to sudden refurbishment to be effected on a section of the pipeline at the Colombo Port.
In any event , it is learnt that two vessels loaded with oil have already arrived , and they cannot be unloaded due to these hindrances. Consequently , there are warning signals of an oil shortage in the near future.
