Gravity and Magnetic Field Data Collection and Survey conduction aimed at exploring petroleum resources in the shallow waters of the Mannar and Cauvery Basins started to do from the air for the first time in Sri Lanka.
The research is being carried out by Bell Geospace Pvt. Ltd. while the project is being carried out by the Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat under the Ministry of Energy.
Udaya Gammanpila, Attorney-at-Law, Minister of Energy expressed this during a media briefing held at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake yesterday (15) regarding the matter.
State Minister of Aviation and Export Zone Development – D.V. Chanaka, K. D. R Olga the Secretary to the Ministry of Energy, Chaminda Hettiarachchi the Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Energy, Surath Ovitigama the Director General of the Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat and Andrew Joseph Searle the Supervisor of Bell Geospace were present in the meeting.
