Английская Википедия:Hambantota Refinery
The Hambantota Refinery (also called Greenfield Oil Refinery)[1] is an oil refinery to be developed in Mirijjawila, Hambantota, in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. The Шаблон:Convert refinery will be built and owned by Singapore's Шаблон:Nowrap (70%) and Oman's Ministry of Oil and Gas (30%). Silver Park International is an investment vehicle owned by India's Accord Group.[2] It will have a refining capacity of Шаблон:Convert per stream day, ten times the capacity of the Sapugaskanda Refinery, the country's only other refinery which was built in 1969 by Iran.[3][4]
At a cost of Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Nowrap, the refinery development is the single largest foreign direct investment in Sri Lanka's history. Construction of the first phase will commence on 24 March 2019 at a groundbreaking ceremony in the Mirijjawila Export Processing Zone, with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe attending as chief guest,[3] with the project slated for completion in 44 months.[4]
Almost the entire output from the refinery will be exported, generating an estimated annual revenue of Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Nowrap. However, CEYPETCO and Lanka IOC could bid for refined petroleum products at competitive prices to supply to local consumers.[3]
Storage and export
Under construction first phase, Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Nowrap will be assigned to construct the oil terminal, pipeline, and other infrastructure. The oil terminal will be able to store Шаблон:Convert of crude oil, and around Шаблон:Convert of refined petroleum products.
Exports from the refinery will be channelled through the now Chinese-owned Hambantota Port, which has been mostly idle for nearly a decade since being built. The port, initially state-owned, has been leased to China in 2017 for 99 years, after Sri Lanka was unable to service a loan from Beijing.[3][5]
History
- Before 2017, a Шаблон:Convert per stream day refinery was agreed to be built at Trincomalee by Indian Oil Corporation,[6] although no progress has been made since.[7]
- In September 2017, Sri Lanka engaged in talks with two Chinese companies for a $3 billion refinery in Hambantota.[6]
- During President Maithripala Sirisena's official visit to Tehran, cabinet spokesman Rajitha Senaratne stated that Iran has agreed to build a refinery and will send a team for assessments.[7]
- 19 March 2019, Sri Lanka confirms Шаблон:Nowrap refinery with Singapore's Шаблон:Nowrap and Oman's Ministry of Oil and Gas.
- 21 March 2019, Oman denies ever being aware of the Шаблон:Nowrap refinery deal. Director General of Sri Lanka's state-run Board of Investment, Champika Malalgoda, then stated that the project would still go ahead, although without clarification on this situation or how the missing investment would be covered.[8]
See also
References
Шаблон:Electricity in Sri Lanka
