The government is in possession of nearly 42,000MT of 92-Octane Petrol, at present.
Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said based on the data released by the Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited as of 12.10pm today; they are also in possession of 14,041MT of 95-Octane Petrol.
Furthermore, the CPSTL indicated that the government has 14,433MT of Auto Diesel, 58MT of Super Diesel and 1,621MT of Jet fuel at present.
Minister Kanchana Wijesekera added they are expecting a diesel cargo to arrive at the Colombo harbour by 6pm today.
Meanwhile, operations at the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery also resumed today after a lapse of more than two months.
The Refinery is expected to produce fuel in six days.
