Sri Lanka's Sunday Times has reported that the government may be getting around US sanctions placed on Iran by purchasing crude oil from ships in international waters.
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation is reported to have contracted a company called Mercol General Trading LLC to supply the shipment for its oil refineries.
Sri Lanka was hit hard by the sanctions imposed on Iran over its suspected nuclear programme, as the country's only refinery is designed to process Iranian-type crude.
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