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Argentina: Quejas por la escasez de gasoil

Fuel dispensers took aim against the national government's "watch and do nothing" attitude to avoid a shortage of diesel at service stations, estimated at 30 percent.

So there was the president of the Federation of vending fuels in the province of Buenos Aires, Luis Malchiodi.

"The diesel is still missing by 30 percent, and we have witnessed how oil companies are uninterested in the problem, since they are the real culprits for this. But in addition, the Government looks and does nothing,"

Bangladesh: The food, climate and energy crisis

Rising food prices and shortages have joined the energy and climate crisis, economic recession, and the war in Iraq, as headline news. While consumers struggle to pay their bills and put food on the table, Monsanto, Cargill, and Archer Daniels Midland rake in billions from taxpayer-subsidized biofuels. Monopolizing markets, polluting the environment with genetically modified organisms, and hoarding future reserves of crop seeds, wheat, rice, soy, corn, and other grains, the food and gene giants profit from global crisis and misery. Adding fuel to the fire, Wall Street speculators have shifted their greed from sub-prime mortgages to food and non-renewable resources.

Bolivia: Sube consumo de GLP por Urkupiña y se genera escasez en la ciudad

The demand for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has increased in recent days in Cochabamba, causing some supply problems and unrest in neighborhood groups that have blocked city streets, demanding that they ensure the provision of domestic fuel.

China: China July power output growth at 6-year low

China's power generation growth eased in July to 8.1 percent, it slowest in over six years, underlining the deepening supply woes that have forced nearly half the nation to ration power.

Power firms are cutting output in the face of costly and scarce coal and fixed electricity prices, threatening the worst summer power crisis in China since 2004 that is already being felt in a number of sectors, particularly energy-intensive metals.
Jiangxi Copper Co <0358.HK>, the country's top integrated producer of the metal, became the latest victim when it said on Thursday it would cut output of semi-finished products by up to 30 percent in August, after the local government asked it to reduce power use.

Mexico: Reportan escasez de gasolina en Chiapas

The restriction implemented by Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to dealers not to sell fuel in jerry cans and drums, has caused havoc to thousands of Indians and peasants, who remain "idle", particularly since their tractors, irrigation pumps, extraction water and spraying are crippled by lack of fuel.

Nepal: Essentials shortage in east

As the eastern region of the country continues to reel under the transportation strike called by various transport organizations for the past four days, shortage of foodstuff and daily commodities, including fuel has surfaced in various districts.

Northern Marianas: NMI under state of disaster

Gov. Benigno R. Fitial has declared a state of disaster emergency for the CNMI, citing that one of the power engines at the Commonwealth Utilities Corp.'s Power Plant 1 in Lower Base could explode at any time, maiming or killing power plant workers.

“This declaration is necessary to protect the health and safety of our children, or senior citizens, businesses and all other CNMI residents and visitors,” Fitial said.

Argentina: Continuarán los problemas de abastecimiento de combustible

Although the situation does not seem to be exacerbated by the winter holiday period looming, the truth is that problems persist by shortages of fuel in most service stations in Mar del Plata, many of whom have no diesel. This situation creates complications for tourists to obtain fuel for walks during vacations, or prepare to return to their places of origin.

China: July power shortfall for China's State Grid 16 GW

Power shortages across China's State Grid Corp network reached a peak in mid-July of 16.15 gigawatts (GW), well above previous government forecasts for the entire nation, the official Xinhua agency said on Wednesday.

By August 5, coal stocks at 219 plants connected to the grid had fallen below the level needed to guarantee seven days of generation, affecting a total 180 GW of installed capacity -- or around a quarter of China's total, the report added.

China: China's Hubei Province Starts Rationing Electricity on Shortages of Coal

China's central province of Hubei, which has the world's largest hydropower station, has started rationing electricity to meet demand during the Olympics and the summer after fuel supplies fell.

The provincial government decided to cut power supplies to the capital city of Wuhan by 34 percent, the city of Huangshi by 31 percent and Huanggang by 16 percent, the local economic commission said in a statement posted on its Web site.

India: Power crisis may worsen further

Barely 24 hours after city-based Sajag Nagrik Manch (SNM) and Prayas energy group raised questions about why Pune was made to suffer six-hour load-shedding when the power shortfall in the state was not even 4,000 MW, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) on Tuesday predicted that the power shortfall figures were going to go up to 5,262 MW on Wednesday evening.

India: As power plays truant, inverter sales soar

Demand so high that distributors run out of stock, batteries too in short supply

If there has been one beneficiary to the long power cuts that the city has faced over the last fortnight, it is the manufacturers of inverters. The demand for inverters has skyrocketed and sales gone up manifold. Major distributors are, however, are short of batteries, adding to the customer woes

India: Whispers of petrol shortage plague city

Just when Chennaiites had recovered from the fuel shortage that left commuters in a tizzy barely a month ago, the situation threatened to return on Tuesday when some petrol bunks in the city went dry and closed shop, saying stocks had not arrived.

Nigeria: PHCN rotates power rationing exercise

MANAGEMENT of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has rotated the ongoing power rationing for customers in the country with those who receive power supply in the day time now primed to receive at night time and vice versa.

It was gathered that power supply from the national grid has also dropped further owing to increased shut in crude oil output from the Shell Petroleum Development Company operated joint venture operations on behalf of the Nigerian National Corporation (NNPC) and others.

Nepal: Poor suffering most from oil crisis

As the government has failed to get its priorities right regarding the petroleum sector, low-end consumers - for whose sake the country suffered oil losses of over Rs 18 billion over the last four years - have been left to suffer the most from the deepening oil crisis.

Nepal: Petroleum Smuggling on Rise in Banke

With petroleum crisis deepening across the country, black marketing and smuggling of petroleum products is flourishing Nepalgunj.
While petrol pumps provide fuel to only few vehicles citing shortage of fuel, smugglers are cashing in the situation by selling sub-standard petroleum products smuggled from India.

Pakistan: Rental power plants : Government fixes power generation requirement

The government has decided that power generation by rental power plants must be at least 40 percent of their capacity and the plants generating less than that would be penalised, sources in Ministry of Water and Power told Daily Times on Tuesday.

Sources said that under the plan government has set a target of generating 1200MW through rental power plants to end the power shortfall in the country.

Vietnam: Electricity shortages leave blackouts across nation

Power supplies were still running short all over the country, according to Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN).

The EVN announced on Monday that the country’s maximal electricity consumption was estimated to increase to 12,000-12,500 MW per day, while the EVN’s electricity system could supply just 11,000 MW. As a result, the country has been running short by between 1,000 and 1,500 MW during peak hours.