August 13 2008

Argentina: Advierten sobre la falta de nafta súper y gasoil

This morning the treasurer of the Chamber of vending fuels in the province of Santa Fe, Alberto Boz, reported that the lack of diesel and super naphthas is recorded throughout the province of Santa Fe, as in the rest of districts of the Central Region.

Argentina: Continúa preocupando la escasez de naftas

Lack of fuel in the province remains a concern for individual sectors and in this framework, retailers warn that under this situation, "we are very bad."

Bosnia: Bosnia Faces Fuel Shortage

Bosnia is facing a growing shortage of fuel after several big regional suppliers were reported to have reduced shipments to the country.

Dominican Republic: Summer, failures, not crisis cause blackouts, Dominican energy czar says

The vice president of the Dominican state-owned electricity companies (CDEEE) yesterday denied an alleged crisis in the sector and blamed the increase in blackouts on several breakdowns in power plants, as well as Summer’s increase in demand.

India: Diesel shortage to be probed, says Deora

Petroleum Minister Murli Deora convened a meeting of state-owned oil companies for next week to discuss the shortage of diesel in certain parts of the country.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Deora admitted there were reports of diesel shortage from western states, especially Maharashtra.

India: ANALYSIS-India power woes, pricing trigger diesel use surge

Indian diesel demand is surging ahead at its fastest rate in a decade this year with little sign of abating soon as more companies and homeowners use it to generate emergency power supplies.

While India's endemic power shortages have been a fact of life for decades, only recently has the prospering middle class been able to afford diesel generators in order to keep their homes air-conditioned, or have domestic firms been profitable enough to buy units for fall-back electricity supplies.

India: Shortage of diesel - Deora wants oilmen to explain

Oil minister Murli Deora is to seek answers from heads of state-owned oil marketing companies on Wednesday on reports of diesel shortages and resultant long queues at petrol pumps in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh.

India: Power shortage in South continues

Notwithstanding the recent spurt in monsoon activity in parts of south India, the power situation in majority of the States there, including Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, continues to be grim.

However, things seem to have improved considerably in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

Kenya: Raila - Energy shortfall has grown into a national crisis

The Government admitted for the first time that Kenya is in the middle of a worsening energy crisis.

Speaking in Nairobi on Wednesday, Prime Minister Raila Odinga also asked the private sector to join the search for alternative power solutions to ensure the crisis does not endanger implementation of Vision 2030, the Government’s national development plan. "Energy is in fact our greatest bottlenecks, with grossly inadequate supply for the current demand, leave alone for the business growth we pan," he said in Nairobi.

Nigeria: Ateke Claims Damaging Alakiri Gas Supply Line

Wanted leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement(NDVM), Mr Ateke Tom, yesterday said militants had damaged a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) gas pipeline transferring gas from the Alakiri gas station to Port Harcourt Refinery.

The attack, allegedly carried out by NDVM and Niger Delta Patriotic Force, according to a statement from spokesman of the two groups, Tamunokuro Ebitari, was to demonstrate that they can go below sea level to wreak havoc, if provoked.

Nigeria: No respite in sight as kerosene scarcity bites harder

FOR a long time, many Nigerians across the country have been groaning under the severe scarcity of kerosene; a product commonly used for cooking.

Shortage of the product, which reared its ugly head for the first time several years ago, seemed to have reached its climax recently when a litre sold for between N100 and N150 in several parts of the country.

Investigations by Vanguard Features (VF) last week showed that most petrol stations within the Lagos metropolis had not taken delivery of the product for years.

Pakistan: Rain brings life to a halt

Heavy rainfall on Tuesday disrupted not only the daily routine life of the city’s residents, but also affected the operations of most offices. One of the only offices that continued to operate on schedule was the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO); they remained prompt in shutting off electricity for load shedding.

Peru: Garcia says Peru not in midst of an energy crisis

Peruvian President Alan Garcia worked to calm concerns about the country's growing, if temporary, energy shortage on Wednesday, saying Peru is not in the midst of a crisis.

In the last two weeks, Peru has experienced two blackouts as spiking demand, a shortage of rains and poor infrastructure have combined to crimp power supplies. Garcia has met with energy industry leaders to discuss the problem.