August 10 2008

Dominican Republic: Se reduce servicio de concho y taxi por aguda escasez del gas propano

The availability of LPG in the country has gone from bad to worse. Yesterday dozens of tankers remained in a row over a kilometer off the Dominican Petroleum Refinery, while carriers reported that over 50% of taxi service and conchos across the country went out of operation due to lack of liquefied gas.

India: No official end to 6-hr cuts yet

Once bitten, twice shy - that seems to the approach of the MSEB, which has withdrawn the six-hour power cuts in most cities and towns but is reluctant to announce it officially, fearing that the rains may play truant again.

Thane, Mulund and Navi Mumbai have not faced any load-shedding in the last two days due to a dip in demand and procurement from outside the state. Sources also say there has effectively been zero load-shedding in most big cities. The MSEB, though, is not sure about the stability of its generation sets or the rains.

India (Kashmir): Siege Throws Valley into Fuel Crisis

Petroleum stocks in the valley are on the point of running out because of the cutting off of supplies over the Srinagar-Jammu highway, and the shortage has assumed the proportions of a crisis.
But the government maintains that the valley has adequate reserves of petroleum products.

Nepal: Fuel price hike can only ease supply - Supplies Minister

Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Shyam Sundar Gupta Monday said that the price revision is the only alternative to ensure the smooth supply of fuel.

Addressing today’s Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting, Minister Gupta said that the government have been attempting find an alternative sources of energy in order to cope with the unresolved fuel crunch.