[1] Arjuna Ranatunga the Minister of Petroleum Resources Development on the next day addressed the situation to the media.
[1] Due to development of the tense situation the general public started panic buying causing the reserves to deplete faster than expected.
[2] However the crisis was brought to a stop after the ship Nevaska Lady on 11 November 2017 with 40,000 metric tonnes of fuel which was reported as being sufficient for twenty days.
Many steps were taken by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources Development to overcome the problem until any fuel shipments arrived A cabinet sub committee was appointed by the President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena in order to investigate the crisis on the 7 November 2017.
[8] According to the report submitted by the committee on 17 November 2017 the main reason for the crisis was the failure to maintain proper fuel stocks according to the average use and another reason was the failure to report the dire situation to higher authorities on time causing the whole situation to go out of hand.