Sri Lanka gets interest from 24 firms to import and sell fuel: Minister

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has received interest from 24 companies to import and sell fuel using the facilities of state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said in a twitter.com message.

Companies from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, USA, China, India, Russia, UK, Malaysia, Norway and the Philippines have expressed interest he said.

Sri Lanka is offering filling stations of state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation for a fee and terminal facilities successful companies.

The CPC has about 1,100 filling stations. Several companies may be offered parcels of 200 to 400 filling stations Minister Wijesekera has said.