escasez de GLP

Bolivia: La falta de diesel pone en peligro cosecha de soya

The most affected are 15,000 small farmers. La preparación para la siembra de verano y la fase final de la zafra de caña también enfrentan dificultades. The preparation for the sowing of summer and the final stage of the cane harvest also facing difficulties. En Pando continúa la escasez de GLP. In Pando continuing shortage of LPG.

India: Load shedding hits small scale units hard

Industries, traders, private hospitals and residents in the city are irked over the spate of unannounced load shedding in the past few days.

According to J. Selvam, president, Kappalur Industrial Estate Manufacturers’ Association, till October 1, load shedding was confined to the scheduled five hours spread over a day.

Northern Marianas: CUC emergency extended anew

The new order also states that, while the Aggreko generators' additional 13 megawatts of power to the island has “meant the difference between continued rolling blackouts and largely continuous service to CUC electric customers,” unforeseen technical issues have arisen, causing some forced outages. One of the challenges, according to the declaration, is the failure of the electrical production and distribution facilities, in particular the Chalan Kiya distribution transformers, which require immediate maintenance.

Pakistan: PESCO appeals masses to conserve energy FP Report

Due to unexpected change in climate the gap between supply and demand has once again increased. To uphold the national cause of energy conservation, PESCO appeals honorable customers to extend their cooperation and conserve energy in the larger national interest to overcome the current energy crisis. It is incumbent upon us that together we strive for overcoming the load shedding so that the duration of load shedding could be minimized.

Pakistan: IESCO announces new loadshedding

Islamabad Electricity Supply Company (IESCO) has announced its new load-shedding programme to save 153 MW electricity during 24 hours as per quota given by National Power Control Centre (NPCC), WAPDA.
“Load-shedding would be consisted upon 2 to 3 durations of one hour during 24 hour to cater this load,” IESCO announced here Saturday. However, load shedding duration can be increased or decreased as per requirement in over populated/over-loaded and some other areas.

Saint Kitts and Nevis: Police deal with load-shedding mischief

With the present load-shedding schedule posing a potential threat of heightened criminal activity, the high command at the Royal St. Christopher/Nevis Police Force has announced that its security patrols has been enhanced.

Argentina: Vuelven los problemas para cargar gasoil en La Plata

The shortage of diesel fuel is a problem in the region and this was reflected in a journey that included other businesses such as Shell, 17 and 532, the YPF, 29 and 33 or 44 and 31, among others. "We are prohibited from putting up posters saying there is no diesel, that's why we put these other posters up which do not give any reasons for the lack of attention," said an employee of one of the stations at YPF.

Bolivia: Pando y Beni todavía esperan el arribo de gasolina , diésel y GLP

The residents of Beni and Pando are still suffering the consequences of the protest blockade. Lack of diesel, petrol and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), although Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) will ensure that the distribution is normal during the next few hours.

India: Patriarch Under Siege

THE DMK Government in Tamil Nadu is facing its toughest test yet since its coming to power in May 2006. Faced with an unprecedented power shortage of about 2,000 MW (against the state’s total demand of about 10,000 MW), the government is finding it hard to cope with the crisis. The situation turned grim in late August when parts of the state went without power for about five hours every day. Chennai and its suburbs suffered power cuts for between one-and-a-half to three hours.

Indonesia: Industries may face gas supply shortage

Indonesian industries could suffer a gas shortage of up to 200 billion British thermal units per day (BBtud) next year as state gas distributor PT PGN begins increasing supplies to state power firm PT PLN.

PGN president director Hendi Prio Santoso on Thursday said the company would not actually reduce its supply to the market, but would not be able to meet rising market demand while increasing supplies to PLN.

Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan to Extend School Winter Holidays to Spring 2009 Due to Power Crisis

Due to a power crisis, winter holidays will be extended for several schools in Kyrgyzstan from 25 December to 1 March [2009], the Kyrgyz minister of industry, energy and fuel resources, Saparbek Balkibekov, said in parliament today.

He said that nearly two-month-long holidays would have to be introduced in only secondary schools that had failed to switch from electrical heating to other types of fuel on time.

United Kingdom: Warning of blackouts this winter

Millions of homes could face blackouts this winter as the ageing national grid struggles to meet demand.

Experts also warned electricity bills may soar because the amount of spare energy is too low to deal with any intense cold snaps.

USA (Georgia): Gas shortage may crimp weekend fun

Metro Atlanta’s gas crunch showed little sign of abating Friday morning, posing potential complications not just for commuters but also for people planning to drive to big weekend events.

The University of Georgia home game against Top 10 rival Alabama. The 20th anniversary of the Atlanta Football Classic. The North Georgia State Fair in Marietta. The PGA Tour Championship. Auburn at home versus Tennessee.

USA (Georgia): No relief yet on gas shortages

The Wednesday evening announcement that the Environmental Protection Agency was waiving fuel blend rules for metro-Atlanta didn't have any immediate effect on the gas shortages in Coweta. In fact, Thursday was the worst day so far for drivers seeking to fill their tanks.

At 3 p.m. Thursday, not a drop of regular unleaded was available on Bullsboro Drive, from Race Trac to Quik Trip. No gas was available on Lower Fayetteville Road either.

USA (North Carolina): Classes at NC college canceled due to gas shortage

A gas shortage that's frustrating drivers in the Southeast has prompted a community college in North Carolina to cancel classes for the rest of the week.

Officials say an increasing number of the 25,000 commuter students at several campuses of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College aren't showing up.

USA (North Carolina): Fuel shortage worsened by timing of hurricanes

The timing of back-to-back Hurricanes Gustav and Ike is partly to blame for gas shortages that have been worse than those following more destructive storms in the same Gulf Coast region, experts and industry officials say.

The storms hit at a time when refineries had decreased production to switch from summer-grade to winter-grade fuel, said Tex Pitfield, president of gas hauler Saraguay Petroleum Corp. in Atlanta.