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(Isria) The Ministry of Petroleum and Petroleum Resources Development has collected 2D seismic data offshore Galle and Hambantota to evaluate petroleum potentials.

The survey which was carried out in 2009 was intended to investigate the petroleum potential of two gravity anomalies indicated by satellite off the Southern coastal belt of Sri [...]

(AS) A long-suffering country finds a bit of good news Sri Lanka, battered by four decades of Tamil separatist violence that ended a year ago, appears finally able to begin to exploit its sizable domestic oil and gas sources and reduce its crippling dependence on imports.

In one of [...]

(Sunday Observer – by Dr. Janaka Ekanayake)

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The interest towards renewable energy is growing in all parts of the world. Out of the many renewable options wind power is considered as the most promising renewable energy option in many countries. Despite the economic downturn and financial crisis in many [...]

(Sunday Times – By Malaka Rodrigo)

With Sri Lanka having fully exploited its ability to generate hydroelectricity and now moving towards coal power which is not environmental friendly, geologists say the country has the potential of using geothermal power.

The geologists say world-renowned experts will begin a survey next week to [...]

(Daily Mirror – by Ameen Izzadeen) President Barack Obama has been busy for the past few weeks, thinking of whose ass to kick for the unprecedented environmental damage being caused by the uncontrollable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

He is under fire for not acting decisively or being soft on the [...]

(Daily Mirror -  By Dr. Amara Ranaweera) Petroleum ScientistContd from yesterday

Hydropower

Like all forms of renewable energy, hydropower is environmentally sound as long as valuable natural wildlife preserves are not destroyed. The era of the large power plants in Sri Lanka will come to an end soon. The last of the undeveloped waterways [...]

(Daily Mirror – By Dr. Amara Ranaweera – Petroleum Scientist)

The World Energy Situation

There is a prevailing belief that the current model for the world’s energy policy is not sustainable. The major reasons are well known: rising greenhouse gas emissions and their negative impact on the climate, as well as concerns regarding the [...]

(The Island – By Dr. Janaka Ratnasiri)

(Continued From yesterday)

Outlook for NG use in India

Several analysis reports available in the internet forecast heavy shortfall of NG supply in India in the near future. According to a report prepared by the consultancy firm Mckinsey and quoted in Financial Express, India’s demand for NG will [...]

(The Island – By Dr. Janaka Ratnasiri)

Since winning the war, according to media reports, persons in both the public and private sectors have been talking about converting Sri Lanka into various hubs in such sectors as business, aviation, shipping, energy etc. Yes, Sri Lanka does have the potential to [...]

(Daily Mirror – by Ashoka Abeygunawardene) All energy experts worldwide are aware that there is no future for fossil oil and coal because of the high rate of depletion of resources and the prevalent challenges to control climate change. The pertinent question against this backdrop is “what are the alternatives for fossil [...]

(The Island – By Heidi Blake)

The size of the “digital universe” will swell so rapidly this year that a new unit – the zettabyte – has been invented to measure it.

Humanity’s total digital output currently stands at 8,000,000 petabytes – which each represent a million gigabytes – but is expected [...]

(Daily News) Continued from yesterday

RAM Ratings Lanka has published this report on Sri Lanka’s power sector

Electricity sales – in giga-watt hours (“GWh”) – mostly stem from the domestic and industrial segments. That said, domestic sales have been rising in line with the country’s increased electrification, although the pace of expansion [...]

(LBO) – More private investment is likely to get attracted to Sri Lanka’s power sector given stable and growing demand and improve profitability especially among hydro-power producers, a ratings agency report said.

However, investments will be restricted to small power plants of less than 25 megawatts capacity as a new electricity law [...]