CPC suspends granting licences

Says issuing will resume once countrywide research ends

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has temporarily suspended granting licences for new filling stations. The Minister of Petroleum Industries Susil Premajayanth said that this temporary suspension is to do an island wide market research.

Once the research is concluded, issue of licence for news stations will commence, he further added.

According to the corporation all fuel Filling Stations Island wide which are under CPC are to be modernised on the instructions of the Minister of Petroleum Industries.

The Ministry also said that distribution sections of Kolonnawa Oil Refinery and CPC are to be reorganised along with the modernisation of filling stations in order to provide a better and efficient service to the consumers.

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