It has been two months since the refinery was closed today (19th) and Rs. 3200 million has been spent on salaries for the two months, the Trade Union Alliance for Fuel, Ports and Electricity said.
In addition, a delay of $ 120,000 per day is being paid due to the delay in the landing of the crude oil tanker that arrived in the country on the 25th, and today a delay of over $ 28 million has to be paid, said the UPFA spokesman Ananda Palitha.
He said the refinery was closed on March 19 due to a shortage of crude oil, but that maintenance and security at the refinery should continue, adding that Rs. 160 million a month was needed to pay the workers.
He also said that the price of a barrel of crude oil has come down to US $ 83.
He said that 5,000 metric tons of crude oil could be refined to produce the required amount of fuel per day for power plants, adding that it could produce about eight products including petrol, kerosene, diesel naphtha gas and tar.
Mr. Palitha said that by providing the fuel required for the power plants, the diesel used for power generation could be provided to the people and a solution could be found to the diesel crisis as well.
He said that with the closure of the refinery, the country has lost the quantity of these products and as a result an additional sum of Rs. 700,000 per day is required to import the relevant products into the country.
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