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March 7 2008

Argentina: Está difícil conseguir nafta y gasoil
Argentina: Sigue faltando combustible en Mendoza y dicen que se agravará aún más
Argentina: Se aproxima el período de cosecha y ruralistas denuncian escasez de gasoil
Argentina: Podría repetirse la falta de combustible el fin de semana
Canada (Alberta): Retailers fight fuel shortage out west
Chile: Chile says drought worsening, energy shortage critical
Greece: Garbage Strike, Blackouts Plague Greece
Dominica: Utility company promises better service
India: LOAD SHEDDING: 7.5 LAKH STUDENTS IN THE LURCH
India: Mangalore: Further power shutdown likely
Pakistan: Up to 8hrs of load shedding from today
Pakistan: Power breakdown hits millions in Karachi: Unpaid bills make Pepco cut supply
South Africa: Erwin won’t halt sales of power
South Africa: Mbeki warns Eskom over job losses, power chaos
South Africa: Mercedes-Benz not affected by load-shedding, but this may change
Tajikistan: Helping elderly people survive in the cold without heating

March 6 2008

Argentina: Dame más gasolina: faltará combustible para Semana Santa
Botswana: Police fight to curb crime during blackouts
Canada (Alberta): Esso stations face fuel shortage
Chile: Chile's Congress approves renewable energy law
China: China's Guangdong faces severe power shortage
China: Coal shortage has China living on the edge
Greece: Blackouts Hit Greece as Workers' Strike Continue
Malawi: Govt addresses paraffin shortage
Pakistan: Power outage hits major Pakistan city
South Africa: SA mines to get 5% more power to stem job losses
South Africa: Eskom might be sued over job losses
South Africa: Bombela finding ways around power cuts to keep Gautrain construction moving
South Africa: Electricity supply teetering on the brink
South Africa: Woman chased away at three ‘dark’ clinics
South Africa: Fear and loathing as load shedding looms again
Venezuela: 5 municipios del Táchira con escasez de combustible
Venezuela: Paralizado comercio y suministro de gasolina en la frontera

Complete List

Afghanistan: Power eludes Kabul despite global aid
Albania: Albania Hit by Power Blackout
Argentina: Ruralistas denuncian escasez de gasoil para cosecha
Azerbaijan: Deputies grudge against frequent temporary blackouts in Baku districts
Australia (Victoria): Diesel fuel shortage worsening
Bahrain: Blackouts big blow to businesses
Bangladesh: Power adviser forecasts further power shortage
Benin: Coupures - des appareils électro-ménagers endommagés
Bhutan: Kerosene shortage disappoints people
Bolivia: Diesel: desabastecimiento provoca filas y disgusto
Botswana: Power Cuts Plunge Business Into Turmoil
Brazil: Specter of energy rationing looms heavily over Brazil
Burkina Faso: Protests on price rises spread to the capital
Bulgaria: Fermeture partielle de Kozlodoui: la Bulgarie devra importer de l'énergie
Burundi: Burundi hit by fuel shortage
Cambodia: Cambodia seeks $3bn investments in power plants
Cameroon: Protests paralyse Cameroon capital and port city
Canada (Ontario): Tory aims to increase Ont.'s nuclear production
Chile: Chileans Balk at Geysers Generating Electricity, Not Tourism
China: China feels new year chill as coal shortage bites
Colombia: Se siente la escasez de gasolina en Arauca
Costa Rica: Rainfall Shortages Threaten Costa Rica Power
DR Congo: Kinshasa : coupures d'électricité, les prix augmentent aux marchés
Dominican Republic: Fuel shortage leads to rationing in Dominican south west
Ecuador: De nuevo hay faltante de alcohol
France: "La France manque d’électricité de pointe"
Gabon: Pénurie de carburant dans certaines stations service de Libreville
Guatemala: Crisis en hospital, por falta de búnker
Guinea: Nouvelle pénurie d'essence en Guinée
Guinea-Bissau: Guinée-Bissau: pénurie de carburant dans la capitale
Guyana: Technical problems causing blackouts - source
Haiti: Kesner Pharel réclame une meilleure gestion à l’EDH
Honduras: Sorpresiva escasez de combustibles
Hungary: Electricity shortage may be due to regional capacity
Indonesia: Indonesia blackouts may be sign of dark years ahead
India: Electricity Crisis Hobbles an India Eager to Ascend
Iran: Iran admits hurt by high domestic oil consumption
Iraq: Interview: Governor of Kirkuk province
Israel: Ben-Eliezer offers plan to combat electricity shortage
Ivory Coast: Augmentation du prix du carburant dans la ville ivoirienne de Bouaké (fief de l’ex-rébellion)
Jamaica: How to end persistent blackouts
Kenya: New tax system sparks acute fuel shortage in city
Kosovo: Kosovo Demands Independence to Attract Investors
Kyrgyzstan: Construction of Kambarata Hydro Power Station
Kuwait: Kuwait power consumption hits top limits
Lebanon: Angry protesters over electricity shortage briefly block major road in Beirut
Liberia: Gasocrisis Deepens!
Macedonia: Government to overcome electricity shortage by import
Madagascar: Fénérive-Est dans le noir
Malawi: Malawi experiencing shortage of paraffin
Malaysia: Police told to probe frequent blackouts
Marshall Islands: MAJURO FACES POWER OUTAGE OVER LATE FUEL DELIVERY
Mayotte: Vives tensions à Mutsamudu
Mexico: Mexico's Cantarell oil output slides further
Mozambique: One killed in Mozambique transport price protests
Myanmar: Rangoon reels under prolonged power cuts
Namibia: Brownouts 'around the corner'
Nepal: Kathmandu: The City of Scarcity
New Zealand: Power crisis looms as capacity falls
Nigeria: Death of Textile Mills
North Korea: North Korea suspends infiltration training flights because of fuel shortage
Northern Marianas: Saipan endures another round of rolling blackouts
Pakistan: Four-hour countrywide loadshedding planned
Palestine (Gaza): Electricity in Gaza decreases by 10%
Panama: Mici no multará a Shell por escasez de combustible en el mercado local
Papua New Guinea: MP stuck in lift during blackout
Paraguay: Una medida de fuerza de emblemas pone en peligro provisión de gasoil
Philippines: Power cries
Russia (Western Siberia): Lukoil exec says power capacity falls short of oil industry's demand
Rwanda: Power Outages Hit Kigali City
Sao Tome and Principe: Taiwan provides Sao Tome and Principe with US$15 million for new power station
Senegal: Le ministre veut impliquer le secteur privé
Sierra Leone: “ENOUGH PETROL NOW, MORE ON THE WAY”
Slovakia: Slovakia Negotiates Electricity Imports from Ukraine
South Africa: Blackouts threaten thousands of jobs
South Korea: Briquettes Make a Pricier Comeback
Sri Lanka: Electricity shortage in Jaffna
Sudan (South): South Sudan decides to strengthen trade ties with the north
Swaziland: Cabinet’s urgent meet over energy crisis
Syria: Tired of Energy Ills, Syrians Doubt the West Is to Blame
Tajikistan: Crisis Looms as Bitter Cold, Blackouts Hit Tajikistan
Thailand: Oil refiners agree to phase out LPG exports
Togo: Le MODENA demande une prorogation du recensement électoral et l'adoption d'un pacte politique
Trinidad and Tobago: Restrict electricity use, T&TEC urges public
Turkey: Turkey measures wind energy amid shortage concerns
Uganda: New strategy for energy crisis
UAE (Dubai): Utility bills to rise as Dubai eyes price hike
USA (Alaska): In oil-rich Alaska, an energy crunch
Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan Sees Rare Protests Over Gas Shortage
Venezuela: Motorists in Venezuelan city panic after fuel shortage
Vietnam: Vietnam faces December electricity blackouts
Yemen: Ramadan annual crisis of gas shortage starts in Yemeni cities
Zambia: Nationwide Blackouts
Zimbabwe: Where has all the power gone?

March 5 2008

Albania: Energy prices rise sharply in Albania
Argentina: Falta el combustible en las estaciones de servicio
Greece: Markets closed, blackouts as Greek workers protest reforms - Summary
Greece: Greek PPC utility strike forces first power cuts
South Africa: Eskom says load shedding may resume
South Africa: Govt to release mine power plan

March 4 2008

China: Coal Shortage in China to Restrict Power Supply in 2008, an Industrial Info News Alert
Guinea: Pénurie des produits pétroliers sur fonds de rumeurs de hausse des prix à Conakry
Indonesia: Recent electricity blackouts: The coal paradox
Nepal: Kathmandu Blackout
Pakistan: Karachi power firm warns of summer cuts
Papua New Guinea: Black-out hovers over Buka town
South Africa: S.African power crisis sharpens stainless prices
South Africa: Load shedding throws road rules out the window
South Africa: Blackouts plunge PMI to 2003 level

March 3 2008

Argentina: Otro invierno difícil
Australia: Australian Oil, LNG Production to Fall This Year, Bureau Says
Australia: Australia oil output to peak in '08, then fall-govt
India: India faces energy and peak shortage
India: Kitchens hit by LPG crisis
India: Finally, govt moves on price rise
Pakistan: Depleting reservoirs to harm power production
Papua New Guinea: Fuel crisis hits Bougainville
South Africa: How Eskom, state indecision plunged SA into darkness
South Africa: This week’s power cuts
South Africa: S.Africa's Merafe declares ferrochrome force majeure
Trinidad and Tobago: Inflation and petroleum depletion

March 2 2008

Argentina: Más preguntas ante la escasez de gas
Argentina: Por falta de combustible hay cada vez menos surtidores en Entre Ríos
Argentina: Los empleados de estaciones de servicio, Víctimas del mal humor
Bangladesh: Bangladesh set to face fuel shortage
Honduras: Sorpresiva escasez de combustibles
South Africa: SAfrica communists condemn mining job cut threats
South Africa: Eco-friendly houses throw light on energy woes

March 1 2008

Argentina: En febrero se agravó la falta de combustibles en estaciones locales
Argentina: Argentina plans LNG import by sea to face winter shortage
Bangladesh: Bangladesh's gas crisis may persist for a decade
China: China’s Industrial South Faces Its Worst Power Crunch in Decades
Nepal: Fuel crisis eases in Nepal capital after strike ends
Nepal: Country will be under power deficit even after Mid-Marsyangdi
Nepal: Load shedding has crippled industries: FNCCI