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    The Impact of the Hambantota Oil Refinery on Sri Lankan Politics

    Chulanee Attanayake

    18 April 2019

    Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe laid the foundation stone to build an oil refinery in the Mirijjawila Export Processing Zone (EPZ). The project is a joint venture between Singapore-registered Silver Park International and the Oman Oil Company. Soon after the project was announced by the Board of Investment (BOI) in Sri Lanka, it has been mired in controversies. The paper examines these controversies and their impact.