September 20 2008

Gabon: Pénurie de carburant à Ndendé et à Lébamba

The cities of Ndendé and Lébamba located in the province of Ngounié (South Central), have known for a week a severe shortage of fuel due to disruption of the supply chain as a result the declining level of water from the river Ogooué that allows the delivery of the fuel station storage Ndjolé - Lambaréné (Center) before their transport by road to places via Moulia above reported Saturday GABONEWS source.

Guinea: Labé - La crise d’ électricité persiste

Uninterrupted and prolonged load shedding, malfunction of processors are true sport during the EDG plays in this prefecture. This phenomenon comes from the will and power that many subscribers are making some serious failures on their machines, televisions, freezers and others.

India: Daytime power shutdowns bring no relief to KSEB

When it comes to saving power, the one-hour loadshedding during daytime proposed by the KSEB is not going to be of much use. But it has taken a rather odd experiment to prove it to the beleaguered Electricity Board.

The hour-long powercuts experienced throughout the state on Thursday triggering widespread protests were, in fact, part of the ‘experiment’ to test how much electricity can be saved, according to Electricity Minister A K Balan.

Nigeria: Nigerian Militants Claim another Pipeline Bombing

Nigeria's Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said on Saturday it had destroyed another oil pipeline in the Niger Delta, the southern oil-rich region. The group has launched a series of attacks on oil facilities and military targets in Rivers state since it declared an oil war last Saturday. Gilbert da Costa has more in this report from Abuja.

USA (Tennessee): AAA: 85% of Nashville-area stations out of gas

The gasoline shortage that has plagued Middle Tennessee for more than a week, and which took a turn for the worse Friday, will probably persist for at least several days, state and industry officials said.
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At least 85 percent of the stations in the Nashville area were without gasoline Friday morning, AAA Auto Club South estimated, and those that had it were running out quickly, despite regular deliveries to the region.