Ministry of Petroleum Resources Development

The Ministry of Energy (Sinhala: බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශය Balashakthi Amathyanshaya; Tamil: பெற்றோலிய வள அபிவிருத்தி அமைச்சு) is the cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for oversight of the country's energy supply via crude oil import, storage and refining (carried out at the nation's sole refinery at Sapugaskanda), as well as sale (through the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation) of processed petroleum products. It is thus responsible for the maintenance of (and upgrades to) petroleum and petroleum product storage and transport facilities as well as for developing the country's natural gas^[1] and crude oil^[2] reserves.

Ministry of Energy

බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශය பெற்றோலிய வள அபிவிருத்தி அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed	April 30, 2010; 15 years ago (2010-04-30) (as Ministry of Petroleum Industries)
Jurisdiction	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Headquarters	80 Sir Ernest De Silva Mawatha, Colombo 07 6.906293°N 79.858462°E / 6.906293; 79.858462
Minister responsible	Udaya Gammanpila, Minister of Energy
Ministry executive	KDR Olga, Ministry Secretary
Child agencies	Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat Polypto Lanka
Website	petroleummin.gov.lk

In 2020 the minister was Udaya Gammanpila.^[3][4] The ministry's secretary is KDR Olga.^[5]

Minister of Energy
Incumbent Udaya Gammanpila since 12 August 2020
Appointer	Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Website	petroleummin.gov.lk