GAME-CHANGER AT HAMBANTOTA
A proposed oil refinery—and also an industrial zone with free port facilities—is expected to transform the Hambantota International Port and help it shake-off its reputation as a hub for automobile transshipments. Bogged in controversy, the proposed oil refinery will have a capacity ten times that of Sri Lanka’s only refinery at Sapugaskanda. 420,000 barrels […]
A proposed oil refinery—and also an industrial zone with free port facilities—is expected to transform the Hambantota International Port and help it shake-off its reputation as a hub for automobile transshipments. Bogged in controversy, the proposed oil refinery will have a capacity ten times that of Sri Lanka’s only refinery at Sapugaskanda.
420,000
barrels per day capacity of the proposed oil refinery
5M tonnes
annual output of the proposed facility
6,500
Expected direct employment opportunities from the refinery