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 7 2008

India: More LPG to be imported to counter shortage
Kenya: Stop fooling us, motorists tell Energy minister
Nepal: Impact Of Load Shedding - II
Nepal: Petroleum supply from Sunday only
Pakistan: Loadshedding to be controlled in 18 months
Pakistan: Industry warns of economic turmoil
South Africa: Cabinet calls for a 10% cut in electricity use by all consumers
South Africa: Red tape protecting Eskom hold up private power deals

February 5 2008

Argentina: Hay escasez de combustibles a pesar de la baja de precios
China: Major Blackouts Threaten Chinese New Year
China: China's power shortage eases, coal stocks rise-SERC
DR Congo: Kananga : réduction d’heures de fourniture du courant électrique
Guinea: Pénurie de carburant à Kankan
India: Petroleum Ministry in alert mode following LPG shortage
India: Fuel bills up for CNG cars
India: Surgeries suspended as clinic gropes in the dark
Mozambique: One killed in Mozambique transport price protests
Nepal: Nepal to face major power shortage in the next 5 years
Pakistan: CDA will exploit resources to meet shortage of power
Pakistan: Electricity problems dull people’s lives, gears WAPDA into action
South Africa: Govt sells power to other countries amid shortage
South Africa: Fuel shortage for Cape airport?
South Africa: Cape Town neglect blamed for blackouts
South Africa: It’s time to face the nation

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

January 31 2008

China: Power blackouts highlight need for pricing system reforms
China: Lantern show held amid power shortage causes stir
Nepal: Diesel Shortage: 70 pc Public Vehicles 'Not Plying'
New Zealand: Blackout threat over NI when station shuts down
Pakistan: APDM blames govt for price-hike, energy crisis
Pakistan: President Musharraf wants early completion of energy projects
Pakistan: Load shedding cripples life in Karak
South Africa: Where’s the outrage?
South Africa: ANC split over power cuts
South Africa: SAfrica mines suffer new power supply hitch
South Africa: More blackouts as Eskom reports 4 000 MW capacity shortfall
South Africa: Go to sleep early to save power - minister
South Africa: Power Failures Outrage South Africa
South Africa: Erwin: Cut usage, not my head
Uganda: Fuel shortage creeping back

January 7 2008

Argentina: El Gobierno saca del baúl la suspensión de las exportaciones de los combustibles cuando la escasez ya hizo estragos
Argentina: Prohíben la exportación de combustibles líquidos
Argentina: Escasez y sobreprecios: Los combustibles, otra pesadilla para los argentinos
Argentina: Más preocupaciones por la crisis de combustibles
Argentina: Argentina enfrenta crisis combustibles
Kenya: Fuel shortage biting countrywide
Pakistan: Pakistan faces massive power shortages
Pakistan: Wapda, IPPs can't pay for oil
Palestine (Gaza): Electricity in Gaza decreases by 10%
Uganda: Oil shortage pushes Uganda to plan refinery

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 23 2007

Argentina:: En el último mes, los combustibles subieron hasta un 8,7 por ciento
Nepal: Petro dealers walk out, say govt ‘indifferent’
South Africa: Why is Eskom increasing the price of power?
Uganda: Umeme fails to control power losses
Uganda: Bujagali closes financing of $628m debt facility

December 20 2007

Argentina: Estiman que en 2008 se duplicará la conversión de autos a GNC
Cameroon: Pénurie de carburant à Mamfé
Canada (North Scotia): Fuel shortage exposes ‘just-in-time’ weakness
India: Pune model to be replicated: minister
Nepal: NOC to come up with guideline to mix ethanol in petrol
Pakistan: Pakistan looking at alternate energy resources
Pakistan: College students protest against loadshedding F.P. Report
Pakistan: Loadshedding irking people of KGM
Palestine (Gaza): UN: Gaza electricity supply in danger
South Africa: Influx of tourists raises load shedding concerns
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka faces 400MW energy shortfall in 2008: ADB

December 19 2007

Canada (Ontario): Fuel Shortage At Some Ontario Gas Stations
China: China to develop unconventional energy sources
India: Energy shortage increases in November, generation dips
India: No respite from power cuts on Eid
India: Rickshawmen threaten stir over gas shortage
Malawi: Malawi experiencing shortage of paraffin
Namibia: Electricity Demand Soars
Nepal: Want petrol? Buy bonds first
Nepal: Lawmakers to NOC: Mix ethanol in gasoline to solve its shortage
Pakistan: People see no immediate relief from power, gas outages
Pakistan: Candidates appeal to WAPDA to stop load shedding in Warsak
Pakistan: Massive power shortage feared in January
Pakistan: Strategic diesel stocks mostly consumed : Crisis forces purchase at higher rates
Palestine (Gaza): State to reconsider cutting electricity and fuel to Gaza
Palestine (Gaza): Collective punishment begins
South Africa: Save power and save money
South Africa: Data and the power crunch
Venezuela: Otra vez los tachirenses sufren escasez de combustible
Venezuela: Suspenden suministro especial de gasolina para el estado Táchira

December 17 2007

Antigua and Barbuda: APUA begins load shedding once again
Bangaldesh: Two power plants remain off Country witnesses 350 MW load-shedding
China: China's Diesel Imports Jump Near Three-Year High
China: Oil supply shortage to be eased next year
Guinea: Crise d’essence à Kindia : çà frise la panique
Guinea: Conakry entre pénurie de carburant et embouteillages ce lundi 17 décembre
India: No major power project likely in TN before 2011-12
India: To save power, Rlys goes for energy efficient lamps
Pakistan: PEPCO asked to minimise power shortage impact
Palestine (Gaza): UN calls for action to end fuel shortage aggravating Gaza health crisis
South Africa: S.Africa looks to sun, wind to lighten blackouts
South Africa: Power failures boost generator sales
Vietnam: EVN plugs into electricity shortage

December 15 2007

Pakistan: Wapda signs power purchase deal with Lakhra Energy Ltd
Bangladesh: Bangladesh hit by power cuts on eve of festivities
India: Malda reels under frequent power cuts

December 14 2007

Bolivia: YPFB eleva cupo de diesel para Cochabamba, ante la escasez
China: China's Crude Processing Growth Below Expectations in November
DR Congo: Lubumbashi : pénurie du carburant
India: Saving power: The time to act is now
India: Army’s power projects fail to take off
Pakistan: Crises, again
Pakistan: Bin Qasim units shut for repair and maintenance
Palestine (Gaza): Por escasez de gasolina, andan en burros y mulas
South Africa: Eskom says Friday load shedding likely
South Africa: Ten more years of power cuts
South Africa: Pénurie d'électricité: le président sud-africain admet ses torts
Syria: Syria faces subsidy crunch as oil exports drop
Uganda: Umeme invests $100m

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

November 23 2007

Argentina: Naftas: pese a las retenciones, siguen la escasez y los precios altos en Corrientes
Brazil: Brasil enfrenta escasez de gas
Guyana: PNCR calls for enquiry into 'train wreck' power company
India: 13 states restructure their electricity boards
India: Rs. 187 cr. more to meet power shortage
Nigeria: Nigeria needs 24 refineries, 50,000mw to revive energy sector
Northern Marianas: Islandwide outages hit Saipan
Paraguay: Una medida de fuerza de emblemas pone en peligro provisión de gasoil

November 17 2007

Argentina: Argentina Oil, Fuel Export Tax Gives Government Short Term Gains
Argentina: Aseguran que falta combustible y que continúan los aumentos
Argentina: Advierten necesidad de importar combustibles
India: Severe power cut plagues Raiganj
Pakistan: Breakdowns as Bin Qasim unit splutters shut
Venezuela: Detectan escasez de gasolina en oriente
Zambia: Zambia to shut sole refinery over crude oil crunch

November 8 2007

DR Congo: Kikwit : grève de chauffeurs taxis
France: Des stations ont manqué de carburant
India: Maharashtra resolves land claims by REL, Tata Power
Papua New Guinea: Power black-outs to continue indefinitely
Papua New Guinea: UNRELIABLE ELECTRICITY A DISGRACE IN PNG
Zimbabwe: Rural Folk Cut Off From 'Civilisation'

November 7 2007

Argentina: Para Bermúdez, la diferencia de precios en el combustible es discriminatoria
Bangladesh: Bangladesh Energy Scenario Remains Uncertain
Bolivia: Fuelling Bolivia's crisis?
Bolivia: Se necesitan 1.710 cisternas para importar el diésel
Brazil: Lula niega que Brasil esté amenazado por una crisis de energía
India: Power cut to cover up shortage in MP
India: HC prod on power
Madagascar: Les nouveaux générateurs tardent
Nepal: Power Shortage
Palestine (Gaza): Fuel Shortage to Raze Gaza
Turkey: Subsidizing Electricity Price; How far?
USA (North Dakota): Diesel supplies still short in North Dakota

November 6 2007

Argentina: Faltan naftas y gasoil en zonas de Santa Fe
Bangladesh: Exporting energy?
Bolivia: Diesel: escasez se sentirá 10 días más
China: Moves to counter fuel shortage
China: Oil companies force Chinese government to retreat
China: Chinese Oil Companies Promise More Fuel
Nepal: Power outage hours to rise 5 times: NEA
United Kingdom: Drivers hit by fuel problems
Zimbabwe: ECONET Engages Zesa Over Power Cuts