It was reported recently that the Sapugaskanda oil refinery will be closed for 50 days.
It is reported that due to the non-importation of crude oil and the fact that there is no crude oil for the refinery, the employees are now spending their time idle.
Although the Sapugaskanda oil refinery is not working, its employees report to work daily and it is said that it costs around Rs. 100 million a month.
If crude oil was imported, it could have been used to produce fuel oil, aviation oil and kerosene for consumption through the Sapugaskanda refinery and due to the closure of the refinery those oils had to be imported in dollars, said the President of the Petroleum General Employees Union Ashoka Ranwala. Has been declared.