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Argentina: ¿Vacaciones sin combustibles?

In light of the suffering faced throughout the year and under a possible increase in consumption, liquid fuel dispensers are afraid of a return to super gasoline and diesel fuel shortages during the next few days. If so, there would be a serious headache not only for those who are planning to travel on Christmas or New Year, but also for those who will leave in the first half of January.

Indonesia: Kerosene a luxury item in C.Java after conversion to LPG

Due to a shortage of kerosene, mainly used for cooking, Tofik told The Jakarta Post that every day he turned away dozens of people, predominantly housewives, searching for the scarce commodity. His store has become the local site for these women to vent their frustrations about the situation, Tofik said, and he was becoming concerned about the impact the shortage was having on people's lives.

Kenya: Fuel shortage deepens

A deepening of petroleum shortage is expected next week when demand peaks with Christmas festivities, but supply remains static with the stalling of Kenya Pipeline Company’s (KPC) capacity expansion project, industry players have warned.

Petroleum marketers said hopes that supply would improve with the commissioning of KPC’s expanded pipeline late last month have waned upon realisation that work on the project is yet to be completed.

Netherlands Antilles: Parliamentarians sound off about GEBE, fuel shortage

Fuel supplier SOL, utilities company GEBE and government need to be held accountable for the prolonged power outages endured by St. Maarten residents since Friday due to fuel shortage, say Parliamentarians Erno Labega and Frans Richardson.

Expressing disbelief that GEBE had no contingency plan in place to deal with a fuel crisis like this one, Labega (Democratic Party) said that as soon as possible interruptions to the fuel supply had been ascertained, arrangements should have been made by GEBE to ensure a continuous supply of electricity to the island.

Nepal: Govt to look for ways to end load - shedding

The government has decided to go for alternative means to minimize the load-shedding as the crippling hours of outage continue to hit industrial production and makes things difficult for households.

A meeting of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday decided to take immediate and long-term steps to end load-shedding.

Pakistan: Unannounced power load - shedding continues in Karachi

Electricity load-shedding of one to one and a half hour is being carried out in the city due to 200 to 250 MW power shortage being faced by Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC).

United Kingdom: Are we powerless to avoid blackouts as 'energy crunch' looms this ...

Following hot of the heels of the credit crunch, experts are warning Britain is facing an energy crunch. If proved right the recent rise in gas and electricity prices will seem a mere head cold compared to the double pneumonia of a country plagued by blackouts.

"I'm old enough to remember the three-day week of the 1970s and my children doing their homework by candlelight," says energy expert Professor Ian Fells, who has spent the last eight years trying to convince the Government of the realities of an energy crisis. "Everyone said that situation could never happen again, but it could and it will if nothing is done.

Venezuela: Táchira sufre gran escasez de gasolina

The state of Tachira is again suffering the ravages of the shortage of gasoline, after spending nearly three months without this problem, so the inhabitants of the region have appealed to the bike in order to move from their homes to their jobs.

Albania: Albanians face consequences for not paying energy bills

Albanians are used to irregular supplies and sometimes outright shortages of energy. But this winter, as their electricity distributor undergoes imminent privatisation, Albanians will experience for the first time a new kind of energy shortage: cutoffs of electricity to customers who haven't paid their power bills.

Bolivia: Escasea la gasolina y diesel en los surtidores de Cochabamba

The department needs an increase of over 70 thousand liters of petrol and 50 thousand liters per day.On Sunday, YPFB doubled the endowment, but it was not enough. Gas station owners are calling for imports to solve the problem.

Congo (Kinshasa): Manque d'électricité, la Snel s'engage à régulariser la situation dans une semaine

Reacting to complaints multiple regulatory chief receives American kudos, ADG of the National Electricity Company (Snel), M Yengo Masampu recognizes disruptions in the supply of electricity in the eastern part of the capital. He promised the restoration in a week. It also called on the population of the West of the city to denounce cases of load shedding which are not respected.

India: Mounting losses threaten TNEB’s viability

As Tamil Nadu's power managers struggle desperately to cope with an acute electricity shortage, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) is faced with another huge problem – its messy financial situation which is threatening its viability.

Reliable sources in the TNEB told The Times of India that its losses, mounting since 2005-06, stand at about Rs 9,000 crore. Officials are now worried that if the government fails to hike the power tariff by next year, the Board would have to dip into capital funds to meet its revenue expenditure.

India: State power utility reels under coal shortage , Dabhol woes

Faced with an acute coal shortage and frequent breakdowns of the 2,140 MW Dabhol power plant, the management of state utility MSEB on
Monday said the `matter is of great concern'. The utility has raised both these issues, which could affect supply of electricity in power-starved Maharashtra, with the state government as well as the Centre for an early resolution.

Indonesia: Lombok faces kerosene shortage

Over the past month, a kerosene shortage has hit Lombok Island including the West Nusa Tenggara capital, Mataram, forcing residents to queue for kerosene rations at local distribution posts.

Near Gunungsari market in West Lombok, people were seen queuing since early in Tuesday morning, some since Monday evening, to get their maximum five-liter allowance.

Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz energy minister fired amid crisis

Kyrgyzstan's president fired the energy minister Tuesday amid mounting public criticism over his handling of electricity shortages in the impoverished Central Asian nation.

Industry and Energy Minister Saparbek Balkibekov presided during a worsening power crisis that could leave large swaths of the country without electricity over the coming winter months.

Nigeria: Nigeria's power generation down by two thirds

Power generation in Nigeria has fallen to 1,000 megawatts from an average of 3,000 as a result of a shortage of gas supplies, the state-run power company PHCN said Tuesday.

The Power Holding Company of Nigeria said in a statement that there had been a shortfall in deliveries from the Nigerian Gas Company to the Egbin and Sapele power plants in recent months.

Nigeria: Power situation worsens as PHCN loses 1000MW

The prevailing load shedding of electricity supply across the country as a result of shortage of gas was caused by the vandalisation of pipeline facilities, the Power Holding Company said on Monday night.

In a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja , the management of the company said it was now losing about 1,000 mega watts of generation capacity from the national grid as Sapale power station was still shut down while Egbin capacity had dropped further.