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Argentina: Falta gasoil y sobra fastidio

Luis Malchiodi argued that the authorities of the Nation distill "indifference" and added that over the weekend lake lacked super diesel and naphtha in many establishments in La Plata, the Atlantic coast and other cities.

China: China Grid Prioritizes Olympic Supplies as Power Shortage Worsens Fivefold

State Grid Corp. of China, distributor of electricity in 26 provinces, said it is prioritizing supplies to the Beijing Olympic Games after the nation's power shortfall increased five fold.

The deficit has reached 17 gigawatts from the year earlier in the areas covered by State Grid's network, the Beijing-based utility said in a statement on its Web site today. The situation may worsen should coal supplies fail to improve, it said.

Dominican Republic: Distribuidores de gas amenazan con paralizar la venta, si el ...

Companies importing liquefied gas (LPG) have threatened to stop dispatching fuel in a week if the Government does not pay more than four billion pesos they owe to this sector.

India: Tamil Nadu fuel crisis spells losses for fishermen, rice growers

Tamil Nadu’s transporters, fishermen, cold storage operators and vegetable and food grain growers could lose at least Rs.250 million a day because of an acute diesel crisis triggered by an unending electricity shortage.

While green and dry grocers said their cumulative losses would cross at least Rs.100 million, transporters pointed to bigger shortfalls in income.

India: South Goa towns reel under fuel shortage

Margao struggled through a second day without adequate fuel supply on Monday with serpentine queues forming outside most refill stations. A few pumps even shut down for want of stocks.

Police had a hard time controlling traffic near refill stations as large numbers of two- and four-wheelers spilled onto busy roads.

Kyrgyzstan: Electricity blackouts to start from August 21 in Bishkek

The electricity restriction is a saving measure to provide Kyrgyzstanis with enough electricity in winter time as in June the customers of the Severelectro Company raised limits by 55mln kW/h.

Malaysia: No choice but load shedding

Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) resorted to load shedding on Monday due to reduced generating capacity of 100MW, thereby affecting several parts of the State.

According to SESB Managing Director Baharin Din, the exercise was necessary due to the faults at the Patau-Patau generating station and also the Tenom-Pangi Hydro Station.

Malaysia: SESB says again: Coal the only option

ESB maintains that coal is the only option Sabah has to address the East Coast power deficiency.

"It is very clear we don't have much choice in the East Coast," SESB Managing Director Baharin bin Din said. "Coal is not available in the East Coast but it can be made available.

Nigeria: Kerosene crisis

As kerosene scarcity bites harder in the country, consumers of the product are daily resorting to alternative means in meeting their energy needs. The price of the product, which rose sharply to N85 per litre at filling stations three months ago has risen further. A litre of the product now sells for between N120 to N150 across the country, contrary to the Federal Government’s fixed price of N50 per litre.

Pakistan: Many unable to watch history unfold

People living in the areas where load shedding is scheduled at 1pm or 2pm expressed anger with the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) on Monday, as the lack of electricity prevented them from seeing to see President Pervez Musharraf announce his resignation.

Pakistan: Shortage of oil products feared

The country is feared to face a severe dearth of petroleum products, particularly diesel, which may put a brake on the slow-moving wheel of economy, as oil marketing companies have not enough liquidity to place orders for import of petroleum products, The News has learnt.

Philippines: WESM key to averting Visayas power shortage

The chambers of commerce in the Visayas are pushing for the commercial operations of the electricity spot market here to prevent a power shortage starting late this year.

Representatives of the 16 Visayas chambers, who gathered here on Friday last week for the 17th Visayas Area Business Conference, passed a resolution asking President Gloria M. Arroyo to order the start of operation of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in the Visayas.

Yemen: Gas and diesel crisis strikes again

The crisis witnessed by the domestic markets for the past four days with the lack of domestic gas was the result of a technical malfunction in one of Safer refinery laboratories. “This ultimately led to a decrease in gas volumes for the domestic market”, said Najeb Al-Awaj, Deputy Executive Director General of the Yemen Gas Company.

Argentina: Cada vez circulan menos ómnibus por la falta de gasoil

The tucumanos who want to move eastward by bus from the province, will need to seek an alternative means of transport.

Starting today, the company El Tigre-which covers the area of San Andres, Los Villagra, Los Bulacio, Ingenio Leales, Santa Rosa and Villa de Leales-stop circular because it has no more fuel. "Until today (yesterday) we offered 70% of services. But we decided to stop services because we can not guarantee that the units will arrive at their destination, "said Luis Vazquez, of that company.

Australia: Fuel tankers diverted to help ease gas shortage

One of Australia's biggest diesel suppliers has been forced to divert shipments of the fuel to Fremantle because of WA's gas crisis.

An explosion at Apache Energy's Varanus Island gas plant more than a fortnight ago has cut the state's energy supplies by 30 per cent and has forced many companies to make the costly transition from gas to diesel power.

Australia: Carpenter pleads with WA to lay off the gas

A run of cold mornings in Western Australia has utility company Alinta warning that demand for residential gas in the state could double, even as Premier Alan Carpenter goes on radio and TV to warn that the state's gas crisis means energy use must be cut.

Botswana: Solar energy tapping welcome

Given Botswanas generation power shortfall, all options of power generation must be exploited.

Updating Batswana on the latest measures to address the supply shortfall, Mr Kedikilwe said Morupule B power station project evaluation of the tenders for the first phase of 600MW had been completed.

He said the project was currently at the pre-contract negotiation stage with the preferred bidder, adding that construction was expected to start this year and commissioning was scheduled for December 2011.

India: Flood trips Kolaghat power plant

All six units of the Kolaghat power plant collapsed this morning as the rainwater that had flooded its switchyard and cable trenches could not be pumped out because of high tide in a river.

The districts suffered long and frequent power cuts — up to six-seven hours in some places — because of the sudden 1200MW drop in generation. But the city was spared because the rain also brought down demand drastically.

India: 114 mm: City on its knees

The deluge over the last 24 hours may throw the state in darkness, literally.

Six units of Kolaghat thermal power station have become inoperational, as the power station has been inundated with water. This could lead to 1,000 MW shortage in power suppl

Lithuania: Lithuania's Mazeikiu refinery shut down after power cut

Lithuania's trouble-prone Mazeikiu Nafta oil complex, the only refinery in the Baltic states, was shut down in an emergency on Monday after electricity supply problems developed, its operating company said.

"The voltage in the electric power supply system dropped, for as yet unidentified reasons," Mazeikiu Nafta, which belongs to the Polish group PKN Orlen, said in a statement.

Mexico: Run on diesel fuel creating public transit crisis in Tijuana

A critical shortage of diesel fuel resulted Wednesday in cancellations and delays in public and private transportation.

Gas stations still selling diesel have reported huge lines of semis, pickups and municipal buses, something never before seen.

Mexico: Denuncian escasez de diesel en Tijuana por ...

The supply of diesel to petrol stations in the city of Tijuana on theU.S. border is insufficient due to U.S. truckers going to Mexico bbecause of the high prices in their country, said a source in the sector.

The president of the Association of Petrol stations in Tijuana, Joaquin Aviña said that the supply of diesel delivered in the area is not sufficient to meet demand, which prompted local truckers to began a "buying panic".

Nepal: Industries siphoning off public-use fuel

Staffers of the eastern regional office of the Nepal Oil Corporation, in connivance with the dealers, are supplying petroleum products meant for domestic use to industrial units. As a result, private and public vehicle operators here are facing fuel shortage, despite the price hike.
NOC sources admitted that 90 per cent of the petroleum products meant for domestic use were being supplied to industries.

Pakistan: DHA Phase-I, several areas of Cantt ‘powered off’ for most of day

The Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Phase I and a large portion of the Cantonment faced a power outage for most of Wednesday because its power supply was being shifted from the Defence Grid Station to the newly-established RA Bazaar Grid Station.

The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) cut the mentioned areas’ electricity supply at 7am. The company had earlier announced that the suspension would continue till 2pm, but it continued till 5:30pm. The company also failed to answer why the power had not been restored at the announced time.

The Gambia: Fuel Shortage Hits Banjul, KMC

Reports reaching this paper have it that yet another bout of fuel shortage, mainly Diesel, is imminent in the Greater Banjul Area, forcing many commuters to jostle against one another for room in the few commercial vehicles or tarry for hours on end, especially during rush hours.