Agency Name: | Ministry of Energy |
Type: | Ministry |
Nativename: | Sinhala; Sinhalese: බලශක්ති අමාත්යාංශය Tamil: பெற்றோலிய வள அபிவிருத்தி அமைச்சு |
Seal: | Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg |
Formed: | (as Ministry of Petroleum Industries) |
Jurisdiction: | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
Headquarters: | 80 Sir Ernest De Silva Mawatha, Colombo 07 |
Coordinates: | 6.9063°N 79.8585°W |
Minister1 Name: | Udaya Gammanpila |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister of Energy |
Deputyminister7 Name: | --> |
Chief1 Name: | KDR Olga |
Chief1 Position: | Ministry Secretary |
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Child1 Agency: | Ceylon Petroleum Corporation |
Child2 Agency: | Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited |
Child3 Agency: | Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat |
Child4 Agency: | Polypto Lanka |
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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.
The current minister is Udaya Gammanpila.[3] [4] The ministry's secretary is KDR Olga.[5]
Post: | Minister of Energy |
Insignia: | Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg |
Insigniasize: | 50 |
Incumbent: | Udaya Gammanpila |
Incumbentsince: | 12 August 2020 |
Appointer: | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
Appointerpost: | President of Sri Lanka |