evidence: A team of officials and technical experts from the Chinese oil and gas enterprise, Sinopec, have visited Sri Lanka to finalize the agreements and commencement of operations for retail fuel sales, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said. [...] Earlier in April the government announced that China’s Sinopec, United Petroleum of Australia, and RM Parks of USA are slated to enter Sri Lanka’s retail market under a collaboration with Shell PLC. It was reported that they will be given licences with a validity of 20 years to import, store and distribute fuel in Sri Lanka, while they will also be provided 150 CPC fuel stations under the scheme. (NewsWire)