Canada (Alberta): Petro-Canada gas shortage affecting up to 90 stations in BC, Alberta
A problem at Petro-Canada's refinery near Edmonton has led to gas shortages or pumps running dry at as many as 90 Petro-Canada and independent stations in B.C. and Alberta, CBC News has learned.
The Calgary-based company is still scrambling to fix a catalytic cracking unit necessary to refine fuel at the facility that broke earlier this month, said Petro-Canada spokeswoman Kelli Stevens.
China: China tells firms to cut coal exports from Sept
China has asked its coal exporters to reduce exports, as it is in the grip of its worst power crisis since 2004, largely caused by a coal shortage and high prices.
The government is eager to keep more supply back for local generators, many of which have been unable or unwilling to buy expensive coal.
China: Olympics add to China's power crisis
China's industrial heartland is facing crippling power shortages, with more than a dozen provinces already rationing electricity.
The country is suffering from its biggest power crisis since 2004, when a 40-gigawatt shortfall left three quarters of China in the dark.
India: Chennai IT industry hit by diesel shortage
The city's cup of woes on the power-supply front may overflow with another problem on hand. After petrol being in short supply, it is now the turn of diesel to disappear from fuel outlets.
And the most affected by this shortage is the IT sector, which needs barrels and barrels of the black gold.
India: City suffers three-hour power cut
Barely two days after the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) announced adequate availability of power to keep Pune free from load-shedding, Puneites were on Wednesday subjected to over three hours of power cut on the ground that electricity was not made available by Tata Power Trading Company Ltd (TPTCL).
India: Load - shedding back in Thane, Navi Mumbai
Over 20 lakh electricity consumers in Thane, Mulund, Bhandup, Navi Mumbai and Pune areas are again experiencing nearly six-hours of load-shedding.
“This will continue till we are assured of firm power to serve these areas,” a Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) official said.
India: Promised and forgotten - zero load shedding
Power cuts are back in the city, days after the authorities had announced that there would be zero load shedding.
The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) had announced that there would no more load shedding as long as Tata Power Company (TPC) was able to maintain supply. But the MSEDCL made it impossible for TPC by instructing the company not to buy power from the energy exchange, even though it is available as cheap as Rs 4.50 per unit.
Norway: StatoilHydro May Shut Kvitebjoern Field in Norwegian Sea Until Next Year
StatoilHydro ASA, Norway's largest oil and gas producer, may shut its Kvitebjoern natural-gas field in the North Sea until spring next year after a leak was discovered in a pipeline, sending U.K. gas prices to a record.
The pipeline to Kollsnes will shut down until repairs scheduled for spring 2009 are completed, spokeswoman Rannveig Stangeland said today from Stavanger, adding that the company may be able to get the work done earlier.
