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Comoros: Comores/pénuries électricité et carburant : les entreprises perdent 60

Shortages of fuel and electricity recurrent in recent months in the Comoros have been losing local businesses up to 60 million euros, according to the main employers' organisation of the archipelago.

"The losses are estimated between 20 and 30 billion Comorian francs (between 40.6 and 60.9 million euros)" since June, said this weekend to AFP Chamsoudine Ahmed, president of Employers Organization of the Comoros (Opaco), based on statistics of the Central Bank of Comoros.

Dominican Republic: Dominican drivers, homemakers again face propane gas shortage

As of today Monday the country will face a new round of shortages of propane gas (GLP), which began Saturday in the stations in the National District, and there’s concern that hundreds of public passenger vehicles that use it as fuel won’t be able to provide service.

On Sunday several GLP stations in the Capital were out of service and didn’t know when they would get resupplied with the fuel.

India: Penalty fails to curb power overdrawal

Amid a surge in short-term power costs triggered by acute shortages, State Electricity Boards (SEBs) are increasingly opting to overdraw from the grid and shell out the Rs 10 per unit maximum penalty, instead of sourcing power from more expensive liquid fuel stations.

While this trend is pushing the grid to the brink of a collapse, with frequency dipping way past the danger mark on numerous occasions over the past couple of days, rampant overdrawal by States comes even as nearly 3,000 MW of naphtha and diesel-based capacities lie idle across the country.

Iran: Sanctions not cause of blackouts: energy minister

The sanctions imposed on Iran for the nuclear program are not the reason behind the country's electricity shortage, Minister of Energy Parviz Fattah said.

Lebanon: Frustrations mount in Sidon as frequent power cuts keep city in dark

Frustrations are growing in Sidon as a result of the country's ongoing electricity crisis, which has forced residents of the southern coastal city and other outlying areas to endure extensive power cuts each day. Lebanon suffers daily power cuts, including in the capital Beirut where many businesses and apartment blocks use generators to tide them over during lengthy blackouts. The situation is even worse in areas outside the capital, with some areas experiencing blackouts for more than 12 hours a day.

Nigeria: Power Shortage Bane Of Kano Industries

Stark shortage of power supply, smuggling and unhealthy competition with imported goods have been identified as causes of the starvation of once vibrant manufacturing industries in Kano State.

Argentina: Continúa el desabastecimiento de combustible en todo el país

In a story that seems to have no end, Federation Vending Fuels in the province of Buenos Aires (Fedecoba) reported on Monday that it has not yet been normalized supply gasoline and diesel, and noted that service stations in the province of Buenos Aires are missing both products at 30 percent on average.

Argentina: Continúa la escasez de combustible

"It seems that this situation came to stay," said the owner of the vending Fuels Federation of the Province of Buenos Aires, Luis Malchiodi. He spoke about the supply problems naphthas and diesel for months that have affected the whole territory of Buenos Aires.

China: Shandong Sees Worst Power Shortage, Just in Time for the Olympics

Shandong Province, one of the economic power centers on China’s coast, is so short of electrical power that the government has issued an urgent order to guarantee its nearly 100 million population enough of the stuff to catch the imminent Beijing Olympic Games on TV, though that may be a physical mission possible.

On July 19, a major power shortage accounted for nearly 1/3 of total demand in Shandong. Weifang, a city in Shandong, reported that it was suffering the most serious power crunch in the past 15 years. In many areas, especially rural areas, power cuts come often.

China: China's Energy -Supply Shortages Continue

Despite massive investment in new capacity and an aggressive energy efficiency program, China is still suffering from shortages of energy supply. These arise from its high rate of economic growth and the system for pricing energy. China's economy continues to grow at more than 10% per year, and given its large size and its energy-intensive nature, this necessarily places an enormous strain on the energy sector.

China: China's Shandong province faces 10.2 mln kw power shortfall

Shandong province faces a power shortfall of maximum 10.2 mln kilowatts, nearly one third of total power demand, mainly due to coal shortages, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

Major power plants in Qingdao and Weifang have shut down five generators with total capacity of over 1.76 mln kilowatts as of July 28, the report said.

El Salvador: Población resiente escasez de propano

The consumer market of liquefied gas began to feel the effects of the lack of product, and gas companies have announced that they had only supply for two to three days.

India: Curbs on power supply to continue

Good rainfall last week in the catchment areas of major reservoirs has done little to change the crisis situation in the power sector in the State, according to the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB).

The KSEB called a board meeting here on Monday to review the monsoon’s progress and found that there was still no case for withdrawing the existing power supply restrictions in the State.

India: Diesel shortage spawns kerosene crisis

The unofficial rationing of diesel by public sector oil companies is now giving rise to another crisis — shortage and blackmarketing of kerosene. With its official sale price kept artificially low, kerosene has always been a favourite fuel of adulterators and blackmarketers.

Nepal: CA members take up fuel crisis with NOC officials

In the wake of the worsening fuel crunch, a dozen Nepali Congress Constituent Assembly (CA) members held talks with Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) officials about the petroleum crisis Monday.

The state owned NOC, repeated that the fuel crisis is deteriorating due to lack of sufficient money to buy the fuel.

Nigeria: Minister Explains Electricity Rationing

The Minister of State for Energy (Power), Hajiya Fatima Balaraba Ibrahim has attributed the Federal Government recent decision to ration the supply of electricity to shortage of gas supply. She added that the poner supply drastically dropped in the last two months because of the low water level at the hydro plants.

Pakistan: Pakistan to import 1000 MW electricity from Central Asian states

The World Bank has been trying to persuade Pakistan to import some 4,000MW of cheap electricity from Central Asian states, besides working on domestic sources to overcome electricity shortage.

The bank estimates that Pakistan's peak demand now exceeds some 14,000MW and the present installed capacity of 19,500MW has become inadequate on account of wide variations in water availability.

Pakistan: Warsak Road area facing long power cuts

PESHAWAR - With the weather getting hotter and humid, prolonged electricity suspension is putting out residents of Warsak Road and adjoining localities, especially at night.

People complain of experiencing tough days and sleepless nights.

Businessmen report low sales and blame it on frequent unscheduled power outages.

Russia; Russian 7 month oil output falls

Russian oil output edged up by 0.1 percent in July versus June but was still down year-on-year, casting more doubt on the government's target of averting the first annual decline in production since 1998.
Energy Ministry data showed on Monday that oil production stood at 41.361 million tonnes (9.78 million barrels per day) in July compared to 39.999 million tonnes (9.77 million bpd) in June.