The government is to call for international bids for the tender to select a contractor who could lay the pipeline to convey fuel from the Colombo port to the fuel storage terminal at Kolonnawa.

The existing pipelines are some 40 to 70 years old and need replacement. The Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited (CPSTL) is to prepare a study on the laying of these pipelines and the necessary infrastructure facilities.

The contractor selected after the international bids are called for has to carry out the work according to this CPSTL recommendations based on the study.