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