February 13 2008

Argentina: ANTE LA INMINENTE COSECHA, LOS PRODUCTORES SE QUEJAN POR LOS PRECIOS Y LA ESCASEZ DE GASOIL
Argentina: Desabastecimiento de gasoil
Chile: Chile: Facing a Severe Energy Crisis
China: Blackouts persist in southwest China post-holiday
China: Sinopec, CNPC import more diesel to ease power shortage in Jan
DR Congo: Kinshasa plongé dans le noir : Deux explosions sur le site d’Inga !
Guinea: Nouvelle pénurie d'essence en Guinée
India: Shortage of kerosene, LPG throws normal life out of gear in Parwanoo
Iraq: Minister warns pipeline bombing in northern Iraq means mass power outages in northern Iraq
Nepal: Tanker Drivers' Strike Worsens Fuel Crisis
Nepal: Fuel Shortage Hits Nepal's Capital
New Zealand: Winter power plans thrashed out
South Africa: Platinum briefly surges above $2,000 an ounce amid South African power shortage

February 11 2008

China: Newcastle Thermal Coal Rises to Record on China Cuts
DR Congo: Kananga : réduction d’heures de fourniture du courant électrique
DR Congo: Kinshasa : coupures d'électricité, les prix augmentent aux marchés
New Zealand: Blackout threat as drought worsens
Nigeria: Blackout to Worsen as Power Generation Drops
Pakistan: People curse Lesco for blackouts
South Africa: Commodities Round up: Platinum and Gold Soar on Energy Cuts, Oil Gains
South Africa: Angloplat may shed 150 000 oz in 2008
South Africa: Power cuts impact property market
South Africa: Rand Sinks as South African Electricity Grid Fails
South Africa: Blackouts taking fizz out of fizzy drinks
Tajikistan: Energy Crisis Hits Tajik Press
Uganda: Fuel reserves: Govt quiet, cites security concerns

February 9 2008

Argentina: Piden a usuarios que denuncien la escasez de combustibles
Argentina: El campo se enfrenta a De Vido
Argentina: Vuelven a faltar gasoil y nafta en Capital Federal y el conurbano
Argentina: De Vido, sobre las denuncias de escasez de combustible: "Siempre pasa en esta época"
India (Kashmir): Problems galore in valley’s countryside
India: Decision on fuel price likely next week
India: Cooking gas crisis leads to panic booking in Capital
Nepal: Health sector hit hard by load shedding
Pakistan: Industries to face 1,400MW power shortage by 2010
Pakistan: Demand for candles increases in twin cities
South Africa: Electricity supply is a real power struggle
Tajikistan: Crisis Looms as Bitter Cold, Blackouts Hit Tajikistan
Venezuela: Tres millones de litros de gasolina se dejarán de vender en la frontera
Zimbabwe: Blackouts reduce Apex output

February 8 2008

China: Shanghai lamps go dark to ease power shortage
India: LPG shortage: Govt conducts raids
Namibia: Mining Industry Readies for Eskom Load Shedding
Namibia: Minister Warns On Power Usage
Nepal: Damaging Load Shedding
Nigeria: Nigerian domestic flights grounded on jet fuel shortage: source
Pakistan: Musharraf for emergency measures to overcome energy crisis
Papua New Guinea: Chaos in ESP over fuel
South Africa: US fears, blackouts trouble De Beers
South Africa: Eskom Changes Management Team to Tackle Power Crisis
South Africa: South Africa can overcome energy crisis: Mbeki
South Africa: PSL prepared for power blackouts
Tajikistan: Lacking electricity, money, and food, Tajikistan asks the world for help
Tajikistan: TAJIKISTAN: MOUNTING DEBT OPENS UP COUNTRY TO GEOPOLITICAL STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL

February 6 2008

Argentina: Problemas con el combustible
Australia: Blackouts spark Keith power infrastructure audit
Chile: Codelco Faces More Risk of Mine Disruption on Energy Shortfall
China: Eight Chinese counties to spend Lunar New Year's Eve in darkness
DR Congo: Lubumbashi : 10 jours sans électricité, les entreprises se plaignent
India: Cooking gas crisis will ease soon: Deora
India: India faces LPG crisis
Lebanon: Énergie - La production de 500 kilowatts de courant électrique coûte 150 000 LL alors que l’abonné ne paie que 35 000 LL
Nepal: Industrial production down by 30 pc due to load shedding
Nepal: Impact Of Load Shedding
South Africa: R3000 an hour in fuel to keep shoppers happy during blackouts
South Africa: Business confidence continues downward trend, Sacci warns of recession
Tajikistan: Frozen Tajikistan appeals for aid in winter crisis
Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan suspends electric power supplies to Tajikistan

February 4 2008

Argentina: Se acentúa en la Región la escasez de combustible
Australia (Tasmania): Drought-hit Tassie faces power rationing
Nepal: Beg, borrow or steal
Nepal: Long-term Plan Sought to End Fuel Woes
Pakistan: Meeting held to review power shortage in capital
Pakistan: Energy crisis forces Pakistan to mull five-day working week
Pakistan: People faced worst CNG crisis during last week
South Africa: Gauteng looking to make load shedding more predictable
South Africa: Platinum futures soar to record amid blackouts in South Africa, supply concerns
South Africa: South African Load-Shedding Targeted as Miners Worry, an Industrial Info News Alert
South Africa: Blackouts hammer SA’s manufacturing sector
South Africa: South Africa Has Power Shortfall of as Much as 1,500 Megawatts

February 2 2008

Argentina: Falta combustible y los expendedores piden controles a la Provincia
China: Now freezing China is hit by power blackouts
Nepal: Nepal in dire power and fuel crisis
Nepal: Fuel Shortage
Nepal: Petrol, kerosene, diesel, LPG shortage worsens; Supply to resume in a few days, promises NOC
Pakistan: Measures to cut energy consumption by 30pc
South Africa: Cape Town grinds to a halt
South Africa: Oh, switch off our MINDS, not our MINES?

February 1 2008

Argentina: La falta de combustible afectó a varias estaciones de servicio de la ciudad
Argentina: Paraguayos se ahorran hasta 1,60 $/litro comprando combustible en Argentina
China: Snow-stricken China warned that worst is to come
China: China Halts Coal Exports to South Korea, Dong-a Ilbo Reports
Kenya: Fuel shortage hits Rift Valley, Western and Nyanza
Nepal: 46 Hours Per Week Load Shedding from Today
Nepal: Petrol, kerosene, diesel, LPG shortage worsens; Supply to resume in a few days, promises NOC
Nepal: Transporters call indefinite strike
New Zealand: Power blackouts possible as grid under pressure
Pakistan: Crisis after crisis, long queues of cooking oil purchasers Ali Hussain
Pakistan: Gas supply shortage causes uncertainty
South Africa: S African mines hit by delay to return of power
South Africa: Civic Centre ignores lights memo
South Africa: Platinum futures soar to record amid blackouts in South Africa, supply concerns
South Africa: No confidence: Mbeki’s logic necessitates his resignation
South Africa: Load-shedding is a threat to Gautrain schedule
Vietnam: Pas de coupures électriques durant le Têt

January 23 2008

Argentina: Denuncian nuevamente la escasez de combustible en distritos de la provincia
Argentina: No cesan los inconvenientes por la falta de combustibles
China: In a snow-covered China, entire regions are without electricity and gas
China: Record power shortage hits China
China: Coal shortage causes short supply of power in China
China: China Shuts 5% of Coal-Fired Power Plants on Shortage
China: Power Outage Spreads to Central China
Namibia: Namibia introduces load shedding
Nepal: Nepal Load-shedding Authority
Pakistan: Shortage of gas multiplies user's problems
Pakistan: Energy crisis
South Africa: Eskom presses state to fund expansion
South Africa: Questions we should ask in light of power blackouts
South Africa: Cabinet mulls over blackouts
South Africa: Blackouts prompt scramble for renewable energy
South Africa: 'Yes, there is a power crisis'
South Africa: 'Power shortage will affect economy in other ways'
Zimbabwe: Power Restored In Zimbabwean Capital But Blackouts Persist Elsewhere

January 20 2008

Argentina: Desabastecimiento: sigue el problema con la provisión de gasoil y la de nafta super
Argentina: Falta combustible en toda Misiones
Haiti: Kesner Pharel réclame une meilleure gestion à l’EDH
Iraq: Population hit by acute power outage, shortage of petroleum products
Kenya: Petroleum prices now triple in western Kenya
Palestine (Gaza): Security sources: Gaza's power shortage worse than expected
Palestine (Gaza): Lights go out in Gaza as power plant shuts down
Palestine (Gaza): Gaza plunged into darkness as Hamas shuts down power plant
Palestine (Gaza): Gaza City plunged into darkness
Palestine (Gaza): La escasez de combustible obliga a cesar su actividad a la principal central eléctrica de Gaza
South Africa: Blackouts a national disaster, not an act of God
South Africa: Psychological and economic costs of blackouts mount
South Africa: Crisis meetings to end Eskom chaos
South Africa: Everyone pays when Eskom pulls the plug
Tajikistan: Tajiks see new plant as way out of energy crisis
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe cities hit by power cuts

January 5 2008

Argentina: El turismo padece la falta de combustibles en la región
Argentina: Fin de semana con escasez de naftas en nuestra región
Pakistan: Candle, emergency light prices surge
Pakistan: Power crisis likely to worsen
Pakistan: Pakistan power shortage hits steel, textile mills
Pakistan: No respite from surprise power outages in sight
Pakistan: Shortage of water, furnace oil, gas mars power generation
Pakistan: Loadshedding worsens flour production, supply
Pakistan: Protest against loadshedding: Road blocked F.P. Report
Nepal: Factories bearing the brunt of load-shedding
Nepal: NEA Increases Load-shedding Duration by 3-hrs
Nepal: Load shedding hours to increase
Uganda: Fuel crisis: Uganda’s hand-to-mouth planning
Venezuela: Continúan las colas por gas doméstico

December 30 2007

Argentina: La escasez de combustibles provoca seria preocupación en el sector turístico
Argentina: Problemas en Santa Cruz por abastecimiento de combustible
Bangladesh: Power adviser forecasts further power shortage
India: ‘Power supply will be a poll issue’
India: A new Year gift from LDF Govt.
Pakistan: Fuel shortage hits residents of twin cities
Pakistan: City mourns BB’s death without food, water and fuel
Pakistan: Oil stocks deplete as economic shutdown continues
Uganda: New strategy for energy crisis

December 27 2007

Argentina: Denuncian que las provincias reciben un 30% menos de naftas
Canada (Quebec): Encore des stations à sec
Canada (Quebec): Esso affectée par la pénurie
Nepal: Nepal increases gasoline price by 10 percent
India: Nitish blames Centre for power crisis in Bihar
Pakistan: Fair and Square
Pakistan: Four-hour countrywide loadshedding planned
Venezuela: Escasez y sobreprecio signan ventas de gas doméstico

November 22 2007

Albania: Albanian Ambassador: We hope no energy crises will be fact in the Balkans region in two-three years
Argentina: Los combustibles volvieron a aumentar entre 5 y 10 por ciento
Argentina: Más problemas con el abastecimiento de combustibles
Argentina: Diésel: agro se declara en emergencia por escasez
Argentina: Problemas con el expendio de naftas en Mendoza
Brazil: ENERGY-BRAZIL: Pray, Cheer, and Do the Rain Dance to Stave Off Crisis
Brazil: Las autoridades advierten de riesgos por escasez de gas en el mercado
China: China's fuel-supply crisis
China: Guangzhou issues emergency plan on refined oil
China: China Oct oil demand up 2.4 pct amid shortage
India: ‘Save more power to avoid load-shedding’
India: NTPC, UP Electricity to set up 1,320MW plant in Allahabad
Nepal: Petrol lines return as NOC unable to pay import bills
Northern Marianas: Rotating blackouts are back
Pakistan: Hour-long load shedding in one-fourth of city for repairs
Pakistan: Wheat sowing in Punjab down 75pc
Pakistan: Petroleum dealers flex muscles to create shortage for price hike

November 9 2007

Argentina: Experts Say Argentina's Energy Crisis Needs Urgent Solution
Argentina: "En países como la Argentina la escasez de energía podría suponer riesgos para las perspectivas de crecimiento"
Bolivia: Desde ayer 600 militares custodian la distribución de diesel en Cochabamba
Nicaragua: Gov't: Power Blackouts to End Dec. 1
Guyana: Fuel shortage hits Berbice agri
Malawi: Diesel shortage hits Southern Region
Papua New Guinea: Mara’s back but union not happy
Rwanda: Power Outages Hit Kigali City
Trinidad and Tobago: No lights at PoSGH, again

October 30 2007

Bolivia: Bolivia compra diesel a compañías petroleras para paliar escasez
Bolivia: YPFB no puede con la escasez de diesel e instruye más importación
Bolivia: Choferes estudian realizar un paro en protesta por la falta de combustible
China: China's Sinopec says gas stations rationing diesel fuel amid soaring oil prices
China: Top refinery cuts output despite fuel shortage
Pakistan: Energy crisis and the industrial sector
Pakistan: NWFP blackout: normal power supply to take days
Pakistan: Traders concerned over load-shedding
South Africa: Power failures: businesses losing money

October 28 2007

Bolivia: La escasez de diesel provoca largas colas
India: LPG importers gear up for RIL`s production cut
North Korea: North Korea suspends infiltration training flights because of fuel shortage
Pakistan: Power plan behind schedule
Zimbabwe: Never rains but pours as Zimbabwe faces energy crisis

October 25 2007

Albania: Albania faces deepening energy crisis
Argentina: La agricultura Argentina en peligro por la falta de gasoil
Argentina: Corrientes sin combustible
Bolivia: Se mantiene la escasez de diesel
Guinea: Kindia: Manque cruel d'électricité!
Nepal: Nepal ups fuel prices to stem losses at state firm
Pakistan: Power outages cripple Sialkot business activities

October 1 2007

 
Albania: World Bank Backs Albania Infrastructure Projects
Argentina: INCREMENTO DE SUBSIDIO PARA EL TRANSPORTE
Argentina: Siguen las quejas por la falta de gasoil en Entre Ríos
China: Price controls lead to fuel shortages in China
Hungary: Energy price hikes impending
Nigeria: Manufacturers Task Yar'Adua On Electricity
Paraguay: Grave escasez de gasoil en los surtidores durante fin de semana
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe runs out of bread

September 19 2007

 
DR Congo: Pénurie de carburant à l’intérieur du pays : le ministre des transports pointé du doigt
India: Coping with power shortage
Nepal: Govt asks India to supply oil on credit
Pakistan: Unannounced load shedding resumes in Rawalpindi
Pakistan: Power outages continue as mercury rises