“New” petrol stock released

7 July 2011 08:04 am Views - 5938

By Gandhya Senanayake

The much talked about 20,000 ton petrol stocks has been removed from the market and a new stock has been issued for public use, Petroleum Ministry officials told Daily Mirror online

The Ministry added that the public could use the newly issued consignment without any fear and that fuel distribution was successfully taking place Island wide.

Further releasing a statement the Petroleum Ministry stated that under the directions of Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha the newly imported petrol consignment was distributed island wide and the remaining petrol of the old consignment was removed from the refilling stations and brought back to the Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited (CPSTL) for testing.   

Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited Chairman, Major General M R W De Zoysa stated that the CPSTL supplied fuel to the CPC as well as the LIOC and that the new fuel consignment had been distributed to both parties.

The Chairman has also noted that the newly imported fuel stock was distributed after carrying out special tests to ascertain its quality and no fuel shortage existed in the market. (Daily Mirror online)