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Minister of Energy
Minister of Energy
	Incumbent; Udaya Gammanpila; since 12 August 2020
Appointer	Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Website	petroleummin.gov.lk

Ministry of Energy
බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශය; பெற்றோலிய வள அபிவிருத்தி அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed	April 30, 2010; 16 years ago; (as Ministry of Petroleum Industries)
Jurisdiction	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Headquarters	80 Sir Ernest De Silva Mawatha, Colombo 07; 6°54′23″N 79°51′30″E / 6.906293°N 79.858462°E
Minister responsible	Udaya Gammanpila, Minister of Energy;
Ministry executive	KDR Olga, Ministry Secretary;
Child agencies	Ceylon Petroleum Corporation; Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited; Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat; Polypto Lanka;
Website	petroleummin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Energy (Sinhala: බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශය Balashakthi Amathyanshaya; Tamil: பெற்றோலிய வள அபிவிருத்தி அமைச்சு) is the cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for oversight of the country's energy supply via crude oil import, storage and refining (carried out at the nation's sole refinery at Sapugaskanda), as well as sale (through the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation) of processed petroleum products. It is thus responsible for the maintenance of (and upgrades to) petroleum and petroleum product storage and transport facilities as well as for developing the country's natural gas^[1] and crude oil^[2] reserves.

In 2020 the minister was Udaya Gammanpila.^[3]^[4] The ministry's secretary is KDR Olga.^[5]

References

↑ "Sri Lanka launches tender to develop natural gas site in Mannar Basin". Reuters. Reuters.com. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
↑ Haviland, Charles (12 March 2012). "Sri Lanka's potential oil reserves spark global interest". BBC.com. BBC. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
↑ "Mangala Sri Lanka finance minister, Arjuna Petroleum, Samarasinghe Ports". Economynext.com. Economynext. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
↑ "State and Deputy Ministers sworn". Asiantribune.com. Asian Tribune. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
↑ "Upali Marasinghe assumes duties..." Adaderana.lk. Ada Derana. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

External links

[1] "Sri Lanka launches tender to develop natural gas site in Mannar Basin". Reuters. Reuters.com. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[2] Haviland, Charles (12 March 2012). "Sri Lanka's potential oil reserves spark global interest". BBC.com. BBC. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[3] "Mangala Sri Lanka finance minister, Arjuna Petroleum, Samarasinghe Ports". Economynext.com. Economynext. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[4] "State and Deputy Ministers sworn". Asiantribune.com. Asian Tribune. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[5] "Upali Marasinghe assumes duties..." Adaderana.lk. Ada Derana. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

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