February 25 2008

Argentina: Federación Económica reclamará combustible
Argentina: In Argentina, No Assistance From Region on Gas Needs
Argentina: La escasez de combustible complica a los taxistas, quienes podrían movilizarse
China: China's tight coal supply could further limit power
China: China faces shortage of 6 billion tons of oil
Guinea: Pénurie de carburant: Les spéculateurs sur la sellette !
India: Blackouts to snap JSEB bill payments
India: LPG shortage: the leakage is showing
Lebanon: Lebanon set to receive natural gas from Egypt by mid-2008
Pakistan: Pakistan urges 30% cut in energy consumption
South Africa: INTERVIEW-AngloGold hoists less ore, lacks power
South Africa: Eskom: The tragedy begins as thousands lose jobs
South Africa: Power crunch drains SA economic battery
South Africa: Gold Fields May Cut 6,900 Jobs on Power Restrictions
Turkey: Can Turkish economy survive high energy prices?

February 21 2008

Afghanistan: Energy Shortage Key Hurdle To Afghanistan's Development: IMF
China: China Seeks Spot LNG Imports to Ease Fuel Shortage in Guangdong
India: India to up LPG imports to meet shortage
Nepal: Govt urged to ease crisis
Nepal: Government transports fuel during curfew in shortage-hit Kathmandu
Nepal: Terai strike affects life, curfew clamped in 3 dists
New Zealand: Power squeeze to hit pockets
New Zealand: Blackouts hover over winter supply
Swaziland: Energy fears: Don’t worry
UAE: Gas shortage hurts profits of cement companies

February 12 2008

Argentina: Denuncian escasez de gasoil para levantar la cosecha
China: China's snow-plagued Zhejiang expects to restore power grid at end of March
Costa Rica: Rainfall Shortages Threaten Costa Rica Power
Iraq: Kerosene shortage in Missan
Iraq: Iran grant to provide Najaf electricity
Nepal: Body formed to resolve problem of load shedding
Pakistan: Need to focus on sustainable power generation stressed
Pakistan: KESC owes WAPDA Rs 30b
Papua New Guinea: Fuel shortage hit Bougainville, affecting transportation
South Africa: Position, position, position ... and now power, says FNB
Tajikistan: UNICEF sends emergency supplies to Tajikistan
Turkey: As Russia's Ukraine deadline looms, gas crisis knocks on Turkey's door
Zimbabwe: Power Outages And Water Shortages In Zimbabwe Becoming Chronic

January 26 2008

Argentina: Aumenta el malestar por la escasez
Bangladesh: Asia Energy to build 1,000 MW Bangladesh power plant
Guyana: Berbice blackouts shorter but still prevalent -power company unable to use fullsupply, Guysuco official says
Nepal: Two students killed as dacoits launch attack during load-shedding
Pakistan: No relief despite gas suspension to industries
Pakistan: Residents block highway against loadshedding F.P. Report
South Africa: SA mines shut over the weekend
South Africa: South African Mines Remain Shut Amid Power Shortage
South Africa: Business powerless
USA (Alaska): In oil-rich Alaska, an energy crunch

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 19 2008

Canada (Ontario): Feud puts into question new reactors for Ontario
Pakistan: Gas suspension to CNG stations to continue
Pakistan: Frequent power cuts disrupting Majalis
Palestine (Gaza): Pénurie de carburant à Gaza
South Africa: Load shedding hits agricultural sector hard
South Africa: Power outages to get worse
South Africa: Load shedding this weekend
South Africa: Minister on holiday as blackouts grip SA

January 15 2008

Argentina: El Gobierno autorizó las exportaciones de combustible
China: Southern provinces short of power
China: Southern China Shuts Power Capacity on Coal Shortage
Guyana: 600 Utility Workers Strike in Guyana
Israel: IE fights through winter cold
Nepal: Low on fuel again This time it’s diesel
Pakistan: Pasban stages protest against flour shortage
Pakistan: Islamabad hit by low gas pressure and load shedding
Pakistan: Power shortage hitting pharma industry: PPMA chairman
Pakistan: PAKISTAN: Beset By Multiple Crises
Pakistan: Loadshedding continues to haunt Lahorites
Pakistan: Motions in Senate against power, gas load-shedding
Russia (Dagestan): The 16th Assassination Attempt
South Africa: Power cuts spread
South Africa: Rolling blackouts continue
South Africa: Blackouts continue, stir panic
South Africa: Load shedding at its highest levels
Turkey: Back to the future, back to Qatar
Uganda: Fuel Shortage Jolts Energy
Vietnam: Soaring demand, problems at power plants cause massive shortage

January 13 2008

Afghanistan: Power eludes Kabul despite global aid
Bangladesh: CA assistant’s priority is to expedite process of inviting int’l bids
Bangladesh: Letters - Saga of load-shedding!
Guyana: Water and electricity problems continue in Berbice
Iran: Minister to detail snow crisis effort
Pakistan: Capital facing water shortage
Pakistan: Candles prices go up in twin cities
Pakistan: Chairman FGC expresses satisfaction on CDN’s efforts to controlload-shedding
Papua New Guinea: Drug crisis in Simbu
Tajikistan: Energy Shortages, Extreme Cold Create Crisis Situation

January 10 2008

Argentina: Se dio el primer paso, pero
Argentina: Claves: qué está pasando en el agitado mercado de las naftas
Bolivia: Los mototaxistas incrementan la tarifa de los pasajes en Cobija
Brazil: Specter of energy rationing looms heavily over Brazil
Chile: Chileans Balk at Geysers Generating Electricity, Not Tourism
Malawi: Fuel saga:20 tankers nabbed in Tanzania
Nepal: 36 hours a week load shedding from today
Pakistan: Loadshedding affects life in Sindh
Pakistan: Sharp increase in candle prices
Pakistan: Pakistan launches Energy Saving Drive
Pakistan: Power, sui gas outage hit masses in Rawalpindi
Pakistan: Price hike, loadshedding JUI-F to hold protest demonstration on 11th
South Africa: Eskom warns of more power cuts
South Africa: National load-shedding resumes today
South Africa: Load-shedding resumes countrywide
Uganda: Kenya crisis compounds industrial problems
Uganda: Food supply remains high despite fuel shortage
Uganda: Fuel dealers arrested
Uganda: Less Power Generated

December 24 2007

Ecuador: De nuevo hay faltante de alcohol
Kenya: Fuel Shortage Looms in Western Region
Pakistan: Oil shortage hits NWFP hard
Pakistan: Low pressure hits CNG stations
UAE (Ras Al Khaimah): Industries in RAK face power, water shortage

December 21 2007

Bangladesh: Gas Crisis in South East Bangladesh
China: Bridging China's Oil Gap
Ecuador: El gas empieza a escasear en Quevedo
Kyrgyzstan: Construction of Kambarata Hydro Power Station
Pakistan: Frequent power outages disrupt normal life in Pindi
Pakistan: Loadshedding irks candidates Maqbool Ahmad Lodhi
South Africa: 'A new era of expensive electricity'

December 10 2007

Argentina: Una provincia en crecimiento pero con problemas energéticos a futuro
Bolivia: Falta de diésel en Santa Cruz paraliza la industria
Nigeria: Why Electricity is in Sorry Condition
Pakistan: Low gas pressure irritates Pindities
Palestine (Gaza): UN agencies call for Gaza fuel supplies to be restored
South Africa: Megawatt Park in the dark
South Africa: Rolling blackouts hit SA
USA (Alaska): Gas shortage
Vietnam: EVN blows off local electric plants, ignores shortage
Yemen: AFD to support Yemen in energy, food security and agriculture

December 8 2007

Bolivia: Largas colas por escasez de diesel
China: Sinopec, PetroChina buy more oil from abroad to increase domestic supply
Hungary: Electricity shortage may be due to regional capacity
India: TN: "Power shortage due to increase in consumption"
India: LPG crisis hits civic schools
Pakistan: SNGPL to close down 650 units to control gas shortage
Vietnam: Vietnam faces December electricity blackouts

December 3 2007

Argentina: Naftas: dicen que se podría complicar el suministro a fin de año
China: Reports: China's CNPC, Yunnan ink refining agreement, part of plans for Myanmar pipeline
Pakistan: Loadshedding of gas begins
Nepal: Petroleum prices to peak, NOC buried in dues
Palestine (Gaza): Gaza faces fuel shortage, heading towards crisis
Palestine (Gaza): "Fuel supplies about to run out" according to Gaza Petroleum Board

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 5 2007

Argentina: El campo, con mucha incertidumbre
Argentina: El sobreprecio y la falta de combustible, “un flagelo generalizado” en la provincia
Brazil: Lula espera visitar Bolivia para discutir inversiones en gas
India: State seeks captive power as darkness looms over Diwali
India: RGPPL hopes to start Dabhol's third unit by Feb 2008
Uganda: That Tree On Your Land Can Give You Electricity
Papua New Guinea: MP stuck in lift during blackout
UAE (Dubai): Utility bills to rise as Dubai eyes price hike
Zimbabwe: Power Outages Worsen

November 1 2007

Argentina: Combustibles: hay escasez por falta de stock
Brazil: Petrobras cuts off gas for 24 hours in Rio amid fears of Brazil energy crisis
Brazil: Industrias de Sao Paulo migran al diésel por escasez de gas
China: Diesel in short supply nationwide
China: Fuel prices raised by 8% from Nov. 1
China: China raises prices of fuel amid nationwide shortage
France: France Releases 285,000 Tons Crude From Strategic Stocks-Government
India: Industrialists suffer acute power crisis
Iraq: Iraqi Electricity Crisis: Baghdad Suffers Worst Cuts
Nigeria: Gas Shortage: Nationwide Blackout Looms
North Korea: Energy Shortage Grounds North Korean Aircraft
Russia: Petrol shortage boosts prices at the pump
Yemen: Yemen cancels construction contract of five nuclear reactors

October 21 2007

China: CBM booms in Shanxi Province
India: Shortage of fuel force nuclear plants to shut down
India: India banks on its ultra mega power projects
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone president vows dam will bring power
Jamaica: Petcoke it is

October 18 2007

Argentina: Preocupa la falta de combustible en el campo
Argentina: Denuncian que falta el gasoil
Argentina: Reclama el campo "urgente" solución para la escasez de gasoil
Bolivia: Santa Cruz sufre escasez de diesel
Chile: Chile State Oil Co Mulls LNG Exports To Argentina In 2009
Indonesia: Oil prices a threat to state budget
Nepal: NOC to mark Dashain by turning off supply
Uganda: Gulu faces fuel shortage, fares hiked
Zimbabwe: Power Blackouts to Intensify

October 10 2007

Malaysia: FMM Calls For Review Of Energy Policy
Northern Marianas: Blackouts Looming For Northern Marianas
Namibia: POWER CRISIS!
Paraguay: Faltante de diésel afectaría siembra y cosecha de rubros
South Africa: Electricity blackouts cost R8bn a year: DA
South Africa: Exams postponed as power cuts hit classes
South Africa: Load-shedding intensifies
South Africa: Urgent Statement by the City of Tshwane regarding continuing load shedding
Trinidad and Tobago: Fuel shortage, panic buying follow protest action
Venezuela: Gasolineros intentan aliviar escasez de combustible en Lara