Parliamentary committee proposes seismic data systems on oil blocks off SL coast

A top parliamentary committee has proposed to acquire minimum seismic data (2D) systems for the petroleum resources development blocks (20 core blocks, 890 sub-blocks) that have been identified at present in the Sri Lankan coast, to provide opportunities to the producers (upstream development).

 It has also proposed to commence an accelerated project (three-year) to supply natural gas to the gas turbines of the Ceylon Electricity Board. The parliamentary Sub-Committee on identifying short and medium-term programmes related to Economic Stabilization has proposed this in its report presented to Parliament recently. The committee is headed by MP Patali Champika Ranawaka. It is proposed to declare an Energy Emergency.

Considering that Sri Lanka is not currently accountable internationally for carbon emissions (considering Sri Lanka’s per capita carbon emission to be 0.95 metric tons, and considering the per capita carbon credits as 2.1 metric tons according to the 2007 International Convention on Carbon Credits), and considering both the facts that Sri Lanka is a country that is seriously affected by the weather and climate changes caused by international emissions and that Sri Lanka is an island nation, it is proposed to immediately redevelop practically the 2030 carbon emission targets. 

In so doing, the policies should be decided on taking into consideration the composition of primary energy that affects the overall emission rather than electricity, which is a secondary energy.