August 19 2008
Argentina: Falta gasoil y sobra fastidio
Luis Malchiodi argued that the authorities of the Nation distill "indifference" and added that over the weekend lake lacked super diesel and naphtha in many establishments in La Plata, the Atlantic coast and other cities.
China: China Grid Prioritizes Olympic Supplies as Power Shortage Worsens Fivefold
State Grid Corp. of China, distributor of electricity in 26 provinces, said it is prioritizing supplies to the Beijing Olympic Games after the nation's power shortfall increased five fold.
The deficit has reached 17 gigawatts from the year earlier in the areas covered by State Grid's network, the Beijing-based utility said in a statement on its Web site today. The situation may worsen should coal supplies fail to improve, it said.
Dominican Republic: Distribuidores de gas amenazan con paralizar la venta, si el ...
Companies importing liquefied gas (LPG) have threatened to stop dispatching fuel in a week if the Government does not pay more than four billion pesos they owe to this sector.
India: Tamil Nadu fuel crisis spells losses for fishermen, rice growers
Tamil Nadu’s transporters, fishermen, cold storage operators and vegetable and food grain growers could lose at least Rs.250 million a day because of an acute diesel crisis triggered by an unending electricity shortage.
While green and dry grocers said their cumulative losses would cross at least Rs.100 million, transporters pointed to bigger shortfalls in income.
India: South Goa towns reel under fuel shortage
Margao struggled through a second day without adequate fuel supply on Monday with serpentine queues forming outside most refill stations. A few pumps even shut down for want of stocks.
Police had a hard time controlling traffic near refill stations as large numbers of two- and four-wheelers spilled onto busy roads.
Kyrgyzstan: Electricity blackouts to start from August 21 in Bishkek
The electricity restriction is a saving measure to provide Kyrgyzstanis with enough electricity in winter time as in June the customers of the Severelectro Company raised limits by 55mln kW/h.
Malaysia: No choice but load shedding
Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) resorted to load shedding on Monday due to reduced generating capacity of 100MW, thereby affecting several parts of the State.
According to SESB Managing Director Baharin Din, the exercise was necessary due to the faults at the Patau-Patau generating station and also the Tenom-Pangi Hydro Station.
Malaysia: SESB says again: Coal the only option
ESB maintains that coal is the only option Sabah has to address the East Coast power deficiency.
"It is very clear we don't have much choice in the East Coast," SESB Managing Director Baharin bin Din said. "Coal is not available in the East Coast but it can be made available.
Nigeria: Kerosene crisis
As kerosene scarcity bites harder in the country, consumers of the product are daily resorting to alternative means in meeting their energy needs. The price of the product, which rose sharply to N85 per litre at filling stations three months ago has risen further. A litre of the product now sells for between N120 to N150 across the country, contrary to the Federal Government’s fixed price of N50 per litre.
Pakistan: Many unable to watch history unfold
People living in the areas where load shedding is scheduled at 1pm or 2pm expressed anger with the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) on Monday, as the lack of electricity prevented them from seeing to see President Pervez Musharraf announce his resignation.
Pakistan: Shortage of oil products feared
The country is feared to face a severe dearth of petroleum products, particularly diesel, which may put a brake on the slow-moving wheel of economy, as oil marketing companies have not enough liquidity to place orders for import of petroleum products, The News has learnt.
Philippines: WESM key to averting Visayas power shortage
The chambers of commerce in the Visayas are pushing for the commercial operations of the electricity spot market here to prevent a power shortage starting late this year.
Representatives of the 16 Visayas chambers, who gathered here on Friday last week for the 17th Visayas Area Business Conference, passed a resolution asking President Gloria M. Arroyo to order the start of operation of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in the Visayas.
Yemen: Gas and diesel crisis strikes again
The crisis witnessed by the domestic markets for the past four days with the lack of domestic gas was the result of a technical malfunction in one of Safer refinery laboratories. “This ultimately led to a decrease in gas volumes for the domestic market”, said Najeb Al-Awaj, Deputy Executive Director General of the Yemen Gas Company.
