Still Trying
June 21, 2007 (AFP) - The tsunami-devastated Galle International Stadium may not be ready to host the first Test against England later this year. online …
Petroleum
Synthetic Fuel
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2007 (AFP) - A fiery debate has been rekindled in Washington as US lawmakers mull proposed incentives to produce diesel fuel from coal. …
Heaven Sent
June 16, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's power utility has increased its hydro storage after heavy rains in the last three days, and if the trend continues it …
Off-Grid
June 15, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will be able to light up 60,000 rural homes and also connect new private-sector renewable energy to the urban power grid …
Close Shave
June 12, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger saboteurs came close to cutting off a large chunk of Sri Lanka's electricity supply Tuesday by skirting tight security and …
Power Blast
June 12, 2007 (LBO) – A blast ripped through a vital high voltage electricity transmission line in a suburb of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, but it failed …
Oil Oil everywhere…
TEHRAN, June 6, 2007 (AFP) - Iran hopes to begin a much-delayed plan to ration petrol in the next two weeks amid continued uncertainty over its launch date, …
Precipice
June 10, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is on the brink of the dangerous path of petrol and diesel rationing, which will give set amounts of subsidized fuel to …
Divine Intervention
June 6, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state electricity utility warned that power cuts would be imposed if monsoon rains do not come in the next two weeks to …
Bunker Oil
June 05, 2007 (LBO) - Lanka IOC, a unit of the Indian Oil Corporation, has started a marine bunkering operation by supplying diesel to ships off the east coast …
Change Please
May 30, 2007 (LBO) – India's National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) which is hoping to build a coal plant with Sri Lanka's power utility has asked for …
Deal Flow
May 29, 2007 (LBO) – Globeleq, a unit of CDC investment group which is raising a billion dollars by selling power sector assets in Sri Lanka and other …
Power Foothold
May 28, 2007 (LBO) – The Malaysian firm Tanjong, controlled by billionaire Ananda Krishnan, has taken a foothold in Sri Lanka's power sector by acquiring …
Slipping In
May 25, 2007 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka unit of the Indian Oil Corporation is planning to boost its 13 percent share in the island's lube business after …
Oil Numbers
May 24, 2007 (LBO) – Lanka IOC, a unit of the Indian Oil Corporation has posted higher profits in the March quarter helped by a provision write-back and …
Flight of Fancy
May 11, 2007 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka plans to double the price of lottery tickets and use the extra cash to build a second international airport in Weerawila, the …
Total Failure
May 10, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's national power utility has started to restore power to the capital Colombo following an island-wide power failure, …
Little Damage
April 29, 2007 (LBO) – The Indian and Dutch partners of petroleum facilities targeted by Tamil Tigers, which are jointly owned with the government of Sri …
Take Off
April 26, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's international airport has re-opened after several flights were diverted as a precautionary measure following reports …
Oil Chase
April 26, 2007 (LBO) – India is eyeing two oil exploration blocks in Sri Lanka with two state oil firms engaging in open bidding as well as taking a …