The Sapugaskande Oil Refinery which had been closed for 50 days had re-opened today (07) 22 days after it's closure to refine a stock of crude oil received through a Crude Oil Tanker arrived in Sri lanka recently .
The Crude Oil tanker "Astro Sculptor" which arrived at Colombo Harbor on 30th of November had supplied Crude Oil to the Sapugaskande Refinery to refine it has been stated .The refinery had been closed in view of utilizing the expenses spending to import Crude oil to import essential items like Petrol, Diesel and Food items Government has announced ,