China expresses interest to build an oil refinery in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota PortOn Monday, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe met a delegation from Chinese state-owned oil company Sinopec to discuss the construct...
15 Mar, 2023, 08.19 PM IST
India, Sri Lanka explore slew of maritime security agreements for Indian Ocean RegionThis mechanism include supply of Donier surveillance aircraft for the Sri Lanka Air Force, a ship repair dock for the Sri Lanka Navy in Tri...
10 Mar, 2022, 07.30 AM IST
Sri Lanka invites more Indian investments in ports, infra, energy and manufacturing sectorsWhile thanking India for the economic package, Rajapaksa welcomed more Indian investments in Sri Lanka, and assured that a conducive enviro...
16 Jan, 2022, 06.41 PM IST
Trincomalee oil tank deal a result of 30 years of Indo-Lankan effortThe lease agreements, which consolidate India's role in the project discussed since the time of the Indo-Lanka Accord of 1987, was cleared ...
08 Jan, 2022, 09.56 AM IST
India will support Sri Lanka in these difficult times: JaishankarIndia on Thursday assured Sri Lanka of its support to tide over "difficult times" even as it welcomed the Trincomalee tank farms project sa...
06 Jan, 2022, 10.45 PM IST
Sri Lanka, India ink deal to jointly redevelop strategic World War II-era Trincomalee Oil Tank ComplexThe World War II-era oil storage facility, with a capacity of nearly 8 million barrels of oil, located in the strategically advantaged port...
06 Jan, 2022, 10.32 PM IST
Sri Lanka agrees to extend lease of strategic WWII oil tank farm to India for 50 years: Energy MinisterSri Lanka in 2002 entered the original deal with India on the island's most strategic oil storage complex, which was used as a supply base ...
31 Dec, 2021, 03.52 PM IST
Shringla visits Trincomalee oil tank farm, key India-Sri Lanka economic partnership linkAccording to the Indian High Commission, the LIOC briefed Foreign Secretary Shringla about the developments undertaken at the tank farm "an...
03 Oct, 2021, 03.42 PM IST
Sri Lanka to re-acquire 99 oil tanks leased to Indian Oil Corporation: MinisterGammanpila told a gathering at the Colombo north suburb of Kolonnawa that talks with the Indian High Commissioner in Colombo on this issue ...
17 Feb, 2021, 07.31 PM IST
India nips at China's heels in race to collect Lanka port assetsIndia’s interests in the Sri Lankan port are more strategic than economic, part of its effort to displace hefty investment coming into the ...
27 Apr, 2017, 03.00 PM IST
GAIL, NTPC and Petronet LNG aim to regain ground in Sri LankaSri Lanka recently informed India that it was cancelling the proposal for the 500mw coal-fired power plant due to public protests over poll...
01 Jun, 2016, 11.36 AM IST
Sri Lanka, India to partner on oil storage project: PM Modi"A joint task force will be constituted soon to work out the modalities. India stands ready to help Trincomalee become a regional petroleum...
13 Mar, 2015, 01.31 PM IST
Sri Lanka hardens stand on pact to lease oil storage to IOCSources said with Sri Lanka government having reservations on leasing the facilities to Lanka IOC, the entire project is stuck.
10 Nov, 2013, 04.18 PM IST
- Govt rejects reports of Lanka taking over parts of IOC depot
Govt on Thursday denied reports that Sri Lanka had decided to reposses a part of a strategic oil depot Indian Oil as was announced by Infor...
21 Mar, 2013, 07.49 PM IST
Sri Lanka to seize part of IOC's oil depot after UN voteSri Lanka announced it would repossess part of a strategic oil storage depot after India supported international calls to probe war crimes ...
21 Mar, 2013, 07.21 PM IST
- LIOC losing $6 mn per month on spiralling crude prices
The Sri Lankan subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation is incurring a loss of nearly $ 6 million a month due to the steep rise in global crude...
10 Nov, 2007, 01.15 PM IST
- IOC looking at having oil refinery in Lanka's Trincomalee
Lanka IOC is the only private oil company other than the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) that operates retail petrol station...
15 Oct, 2007, 12.43 PM IST