Minister of Petroleum Resources Development (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Petroleum Resources Development

ඛනිජ තෙල් සම්පත් සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍යාංශය பெற்றோலிய வள அபிவிருத்தி அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed	April 30, 2010; 7 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°54′23″N 79°51′30″E / 6.906293°N 79.858462°E / 6.906293; 79.858462
Ministers responsible	Arjuna Ranatunga, Minister of Petroleum Resources Development Anoma Gamage, Deputy Minister of Petroleum Resources Development
Ministry executive	Upali Marasinghe, Ministry Secretary
Child agencies	Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat Polypto Lanka
Website	petroleummin.gov.lk

Minister of Petroleum Resources Development
Incumbent Arjuna Ranatunga since 22 May 2017
Appointer	Maithripala Sirisena
Website	petroleummin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Petroleum Resources Development (Sinhala: ඛනිජ තෙල් සම්පත් සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍යාංශය Khanija Thel Sampath Sangwardhana 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 possible natural gas and crude oil reserves.

The current minister and deputy minister are Arjuna Ranatunga and Anoma Gamage respectively. The ministry's secretary is Upali Marasinghe.

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