Sri Lanka Must Shift from Supply-Chain Endpoint to Regional Energy-Security Hub 📈

Sri Lanka needs to move away from being a passive price-taker at the end of global supply chains and leverage its strategic geographic position to become a regional energy-security node. • Strategic Imperative: Energy insecurity directly leads to national economic and social instability; resilience must be built prior to crises rather than improvised. The country sits on busy East-West sea lanes between Middle Eastern producers and South Asian demand centers. • Infrastructure Assets: Hambantota LPG Terminal: Features a 30,000 MT capacity facility capable of transshipment, storage, and regional redistribution. LPG plays a vital role as a bridge fuel for domestic, commercial, industrial, and clean cooking sectors. • Regional Vision: Transform national storage into a networked buffer for South Asia for transshipment and emergency supply. Align policy, international partnerships, private sector capabilities, and capital to turn port assets into strategic leverage.