Argentina: Alertan de crisis energética en Argentina más allá del conflicto del campo
Argentina today warned of an "energy crisis" in the country, with gas and fuel shortages and whose causes are "beyond" the shortages caused by cuts by road blockades by protesting farmers.
"We are in the midst of an energy crisis, but today the problem are the blockades by farmers," said the manager of the Chamber of Argentina Gas Distributors (Cadigan), Osvaldo Spanu, in statements to Radio Continental de Buenos Aires.
Argentina is going through four years of periodic crises shortage of natural gas, liquid fuels and electricity, especially in times of high consumption, as the winter and summer.
Argentina: La escasez de combustibles paraliza al interior provincial
The sale of fuel these days is very rationed and it is common to see long queues at service stations. Meanwhile, the streets look deserted because people are no longer circulating in their cars. There are no short-term solutions on the horizon.
China: To Stem Shortages, China Allows Oil and Electricity Prices to Rise
The Chinese government has finally allowed oil and electricity prices to rise to cope with both an oil shortage that is spreading across the country and with the accumulating losses of the energy industry, and to guarantee a steady energy supply this summer, especially during the Olympic Games in Beijing this August.
China: China freezes coal prices to avert power crisis
China's decision to freeze thermal coal prices is an attempt to avert possible power shortages this summer, but could exacerbate the situation if coal miners decide to curb supply further.
Late on Thursday night, China said it would cap thermal coal prices at Thursday's level through the end of the year, while hiking diesel, gasoline and jet fuel prices immediately and electricity tariffs beginning July 1.
Guinea Bissau: Total agite la menace d'un retrait
"A severe fuel crisis" is looming in Guinea Bissau, predicts a representative of Total, which threatens to leave the country if the government does not increase fuel prices at the pump.
India: ' Load shedding 'resumes.'
Expressing serious concern over the 'resumption' of power cut, despite good generation of wind power, small industries in the region have appealed the State government to initiate steps to avoid "frequent" power cuts.
The power cut or load shedding has resumed from last week, ranging from four hours to six hours, and more in the industrial belts, which has put the industrialists into lot of hardship, Coimbatore District Small Industries Association (CODISSIA) said in a release here.
India: Power supply hit in city
Two units of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) at Talcher in Orissa tripped at around 11.45 am on Thursday causing sudden shortfall of power supply in Andhra Pradesh after grid disturbance.
Power supply was disrupted in several areas of the city, especially in Uppal, Malkajgiri, Medchal, Ramchandrapuram, Hi-Tec City and Vanasthalipuram, for the whole day.
Iran: Iran Imports 300 MW of Electricity From Northwestern Neighbours
The managing director of the Electricity Company of East Azarbayjan Province has said that if people save at least 10 per cent of the electricity they consume, we will not have power cuts.
Pointing out the shortage of power generation at hydroelectric power plants due to low rainfall, Baharivand said that the export of electricity will be stopped and we will start importing electricity from Armenia and the Azerbaijani Republic.
Netherlands Antilles: Fuel leak starts fire at GEBE
GEBE intends to assess completely the damage following this blaze today, Friday. The loss of 4.5MW of power will result in more load-shedding, a process that involves the systematic disruption of power to certain districts to prevent overload, over the weekend following the fire.
"t will be on a two-hour rotation for the various districts and will take place during the peak hours when the demand of electricity is the highest," the company said. GEBE is hoping that by Monday the load-shedding will be at a minimum.
Nigeria: UPDATE 1-Nigeria president tells army to bolster oil security
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has ordered the country's armed forces to tighten security in the Niger Delta and hunt down militants behind an attack on Shell's main offshore oil facility, his office said on Friday.
"The president has ... directed that security be beefed up at all oil facilities and installations in the Niger Delta to forestall further acts of terrorism by criminal elements in the region," his office said in a statement.
Shell on Friday declared force majeure on oil shipments for June and July from Bonga, which has a nameplate capacity of 220,000 barrels per day, meaning it cannot guarantee to meet its contractual obligations.
Nigeria: Nigeria 'shock' after oil attack
Oil production at an oil installation off the Nigerian coast remains halted because staff are suffering from shock after a militant attack, officials say.
The attack on the Royal Dutch Shell facility stopped about 10% of Nigeria's oil production. Shell also said the militants had damaged equipment.
Nigeria: Shell Nigeria Assesses Impact After Attack on Bonga Offshore Oil Facility
Royal Dutch Shell Plc's Nigeria venture said it's assessing the impact of yesterday's attack on its Bonga oil production facility to determine when output can be restored.
Shell spokesman Tony Okonedo, speaking by telephone from Lagos, declined to comment on when the evaluation will be complete or on whether the company will declare force majeure, a legal clause allowing producers to miss contracted deliveries because of circumstances beyond their control.
Nigeria: Shell deepwater platform attacked as Nigerian separatists step up protests
An attack by armed separatists in speedboats has forced Royal Dutch Shell to shut down its biggest offshore oil production unit in Nigeria, removing a tenth of the Opec state's output.
The raid on Bonga, a vast floating oil production and storage facility 120km offshore, has caught Nigeria's foreign oil operators by surprise. The deep water installations in the Gulf of Guinea were previously thought to be beyond the reach of the militant groups that continue to harass and disrupt oil production in the swamps of the Niger Delta.
Pakistan: Fahim warns Wapda to carve bills as per loadshedding hours
PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim Thursday warned Wapda to carve the electricity bills according to the loadshedding hours or get ready to face the wreath and anger of the poor.
Expressing grave concern over the energy crisis during his talk with the mediapersons here at the Parliament House, the PPP leader said though the Wapda was conducting loadshedding from 8-9 hours daily, yet there were no reduction of amounts in the electricity bills.
Pakistan: Diesel shortage grips Pakistan
Diesel supplies across Pakistan have begun drying up, largely due to a squeeze caused by a payments crisis, and some 15% of outlets in the country have stopped selling the fuel.
Sri Lanka: Blackouts in Sri Lanka as power engineers work-to-rule
Parts of Sri Lanka blacked out Friday night as engineers at Sri Lanka's power utility worked-to-rule, demanding the ouster of the state-run organization's chairman, even as negotiations began with senior government officials.
The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union (CEBEU) had discussions with Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother Basil and senior minister Nimal Siripala de Silva and with power minister John Seneviratne later in the day, a union official said.
Vietnam: Blackouts cause headaches for business
Ton Thi Nga, director of Hiep Thanh Garment Trading Company in District 8, said her company was supposed to deliver more than 230 clothing parcels to Russia on June 20.
Constant power cuts without notice, however, stopped the company completing the order by deadline.
Nga estimated that the company would have to pay another $US20,000 to transport the parcels by air, not to mention the salaries for 300 employees during the power cuts.
