Sri Lanka, April 18 -- The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Chairman D. J. Rajakaruna stated that a barrel of crude oil was not purchased for US$ 286 when importing fuel into the country.Geographic Reference

Speaking at a special media conference held yesterday (17), he said that he had never purchased a barrel of crude oil for such a high price and that after the war situation in the Middle East began, a ship carrying crude oil arrived in the country on March 11 and the price was US$ 66.99 per barrel. The CPC Chairman expressing his views regarding the media reports being published on this matter stated that a crude oil ship is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on Friday, April 17 and its price per barrel is US$ 71.99.

He said that t...