escasez de naftas

Bangladesh: Bangladesh Power Sector Beset by Plethora of Woes

The power sector experts see no respite from the country's power crisis in the next few years, although the new government announced that they would bring around 750 MW by June and increase power generation to 5000 MW by 2011, as viewed by experts.

Although there is a declared announcement in the Planning Commission's chart that lenders are showing interest in financing various power projects in the country -- upto 700 MW in private sector and another 1,200 MW in public sector, the situation is not the same as the previous political and caretaker governments have failed to tap funds and now the lenders are hit by global recession.

Indonesia: Rolling blackouts continue in West Nusa Tenggara

State electricity company PT PLN's West Nusa Tenggara office has continued applying rolling blackouts of around four hours a day across the province, due to a deficit in supply that hit the region four months ago.

The office's deputy communication manager Lalu Mawardi said Friday there was no certainty when the blackouts could be put to an end, as there was also uncertainty about when the electricity crisis would end.

Kenya: Airlines could face fuel shortage due to supply hitches

Airlines face fuel shortage that might interfere with flight schedules after it emerged that the country risks running out of aviation fuel from this week.

Oil marketers are attributing the imminent jet fuel shortage to delay by marketer Gulf Energy in importing the commodity at a time when airlines have nearly consumed the strategic stocks contained in the Kenya Pipeline storage facilities.

Malawi: Malawi’s frequent power supply cuts worsen

Peterson Zembani, the Chief Executive Officer of the troubled Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM), the country\’s solo utility supplier, on Monday said that the damage of the boom at Liwonde Barrage and Nkula A Hydroelectric Power screens, has led to frequent blackouts the country has been experiencing in the past two months.

Malawi has been experiencing frequent power interruptions, unplanned blackouts and load shedding since last year.

Speaking when briefing journalists on the situation of electricity supply in the country in Lilongwe on Monday, he said that the damages have forced his company to take emergency measures by shutting down the power station at Nkula A Power Station on the Shire River, the country’s biggest, thereby lessening the power supply in the country.

Pakistan: 12 to 16 hours of load shedding on the cards for summer

Consumers will face load shedding once again, beginning from the month of March, sources in the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) told Daily Times on Sunday.

They said the duration of power outages would be increased gradually and around 12 to 16 hours of load shedding would be conducted in peak summer season.

The PEPCO sources said despite new plants producing around 1,500 megawatts (MW), the company would face around 2,000-2,500MW shortfall.

Paraguay: Hay escasez en la provisión de naftas de la petrolera estatal

In recent days there has been trouble with the supply of naphtha from Petróleos Paraguayos (Petropar), as reported by Ausberto Ortellado, vice president of the Association of Owners of service stations and Allied (Apes).

Zimbabwe: Council services paralysed

Erratic fuel supplies have also contributed to the challenges council is facing, with five out of nine teams charged with patching potholes having also suspended operations.
“The fuel shortage has grounded the teams with no activity whatsoever. This unit had nine teams to start of with, but was down to four. The Bedford vehicles were now obsolete and needed to be replaced,” read the latest council minutes.

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.