gasoline shortage

Gabon: Pénurie de carburant à Ndendé et à Lébamba

The cities of Ndendé and Lébamba located in the province of Ngounié (South Central), have known for a week a severe shortage of fuel due to disruption of the supply chain as a result the declining level of water from the river Ogooué that allows the delivery of the fuel station storage Ndjolé - Lambaréné (Center) before their transport by road to places via Moulia above reported Saturday GABONEWS source.

Guinea: Labé - La crise d’ électricité persiste

Uninterrupted and prolonged load shedding, malfunction of processors are true sport during the EDG plays in this prefecture. This phenomenon comes from the will and power that many subscribers are making some serious failures on their machines, televisions, freezers and others.

India: Daytime power shutdowns bring no relief to KSEB

When it comes to saving power, the one-hour loadshedding during daytime proposed by the KSEB is not going to be of much use. But it has taken a rather odd experiment to prove it to the beleaguered Electricity Board.

The hour-long powercuts experienced throughout the state on Thursday triggering widespread protests were, in fact, part of the ‘experiment’ to test how much electricity can be saved, according to Electricity Minister A K Balan.

Nigeria: Nigerian Militants Claim another Pipeline Bombing

Nigeria's Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said on Saturday it had destroyed another oil pipeline in the Niger Delta, the southern oil-rich region. The group has launched a series of attacks on oil facilities and military targets in Rivers state since it declared an oil war last Saturday. Gilbert da Costa has more in this report from Abuja.

USA (Tennessee): AAA: 85% of Nashville-area stations out of gas

The gasoline shortage that has plagued Middle Tennessee for more than a week, and which took a turn for the worse Friday, will probably persist for at least several days, state and industry officials said.
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At least 85 percent of the stations in the Nashville area were without gasoline Friday morning, AAA Auto Club South estimated, and those that had it were running out quickly, despite regular deliveries to the region.

Bangladesh: Power, Water Crises Add to Dhaka Dwellers Woes

Sufferings of the city dwellers, caused by frequent power outages and acute crisis of water, compounded in Ramadan with the authorities failing to keep their pledges in these regard.

People in almost all the areas in the capital experience at least four hours of load shedding in every weekday, from half an hour to one hour at a stretch, amid sweltering heat while it becomes a double-blow for those facing acute scarcity of water in many areas.

Pakistan: Spate of power load-shedding continues unabated

The spate of power load-shedding continued unabated for another day on Friday as the new private management of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) is still struggling to meet the electricity demand of the city.

To meet the electricity demand of a little more than 2,200 Megawatts (MWs) in the last 24 hours, the KESC resorted to load-shedding of around 268 MWs to overcome the shortfall of electricity.

USA (Gulf Coast): Producers Say 89% of U.S. Gulf Oil Output, 75% of Gas Idled After Storms

U.S. energy producers have resumed output for about 11 percent of oil and 25 percent of natural-gas production in the Gulf of Mexico after storms in the region.

Energy companies reported that 6 rigs and 262 production platforms remain evacuated from the storms earlier this month, the Minerals Management Service said today in a statement on its Web site. About 1.16 million barrels of daily oil production remain shut-in, along with 5.57 billion cubic feet of gas.

USA (Tennessee): Gas Shortage Worsens In Mid-State

Across middle Tennessee, many places that sell gas have run out after Hurricane Ike damaged the supply line that comes out of Texas last Friday. Also, because of gas shortages, more people are fueling up than usual, which is worsening the problem.

Venezuela: Largas colas por escasez de gasoil

Drivers of public transport in the municipalities San Cristobal, Cardenas, Cordova, and Torben Lobatera, Tachira state, have been affected by the shortage of diesel for their units.

At service stations where they can take the vehicles are recorded long queues of collectives, while drivers patiently waiting to buy fuel for the day.

Germán Duarte, president of the union carriers of the entity, noted that there would be no reasons for failures in supply. "I have had reports that the inconvenience that arises is that the Government increased fuel price to export to Colombia and, supposedly, the smugglers returned to spend the diesel across the border."