January 21 2008

China: Sinopec Boosts Oil Refining Increase to End Shortage
Lebanon: Angry protesters over electricity shortage briefly block major road in Beirut
Pakistan: Businessmen fear loss of exports
Palestine (Gaza): Israel Allows Some Supplies Into Gaza
Palestine (Gaza): Fuel Shortage Shuts Gaza Power Plant, Leaving City Dark
South Africa: Electricity blackouts spark outpouring of online rage
South Africa: Eskom stops exporting electricity
South Africa: Mbeki gets energy supply report from Eskom
Zimbabwe: Blackouts plague 2 African nations

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 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 18 2008

Argentina: Jalaf dijo que un combustible barato alienta el consumo y no el ahorro
Argentina: Argentina sancionará a Shell por incumplir ley abastecimiento
China: Biodiesel projects to solve energy shortage
China: Yunnan, southern China prepare for power shortage
Guyana: Bartica hit by severe blackouts
India: Police crossfire over power crisis
India: Protests against power shortage turn violent in Bihar
Pakistan: PML-N demands Aziz's trial for wheat, energy crises
South Africa: Zim's 'free' Eskom power ride
South Africa: Blackouts result in the bad and bizarre
South Africa: Power shortage may delay up to ten new ferroalloy smelters

January 17 2008

Cameroon: Anti-AES Sonel Strike Looms in Kumba
China: China drought underlines hydropower reliance risks
India: Power bills in Maharashtra likely to go up
Iraq: Oil fields hit by fuel shortage
Mayotte: Vives tensions à Mutsamudu
Nepal: Load Shedding Takes Toll on City Dwellers
Northern Marianas: Blackouts may result in water outages
Pakistan: Pakistan short of everything except crises
Pakistan: Musharraf's Woes Multiply on Record Wheat Prices, Power Outages
Pakistan: Warning of diesel crisis in March
Senegal: L’insécurité au Sénégal : d’une insécurité de survie vers la criminalité
South Africa: Durban told: Get used to the blackouts
South Africa: Load-shedding now a national disgrace
South Africa: Outrage mounts as power cuts extended
South Africa: Dark days for business with power blackouts
South Africa: Electricity costs, blackouts hit business in the pocket
Vietnam: Grave pénurie d'électricité jusqu'à fin mai

January 16 2008

Albania: Most of Albania without electricity
Argentina: Escasez de gasoil: Peligraría el levantamiento de la cosecha
Argentina: Naftas: negocio brasileño en la frontera
Argentina: Piden a los municipios que denuncien falta de combustible
Argentina: Con el combustible más barato hay más desabastecimiento
Argentina: Se agudiza la escasez de combustibles en Misiones
Canada (NWT): NTCL, Imperial scramble to deal with Inuvik gas shortage
China: China resorts to biodiesel projects to solve energy shortage
China: Southern China Edging a Power Crisis
China: Power shortage in southern China to widen after closure of 6 pct power generation capacity
China: South China hit by power crunch due to coal shortages: report
Iraq: Iraq's Baiji refinery shut after power cuts
Nepal: Govt mulls ways to minimise load shedding
South Africa: Power blackouts continue
South Africa: 'We aren't coping with blackouts'
South Africa: Eskom warns of more power cuts
Vietnam: Le Nord en pénurie d'eau

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 14 2008

Argentina: Desabastecimiento de naftas y gasoil en la región
Canada (NWT): Fuel shortage drying out Inuvik gas pumps
China: China's 2007 Power Production Outpaces Gain in Demand
Iraq: Power cuts and water shortages hit chilly Iraq
Malawi: Malawi to increase fuel storage
Pakistan: ANP demo against power loadshedding, price hike F.P. Report
South Africa: Power cuts to continue for rest of the week
Sudan (South): South Sudan decides to strengthen trade ties with the north
Zimbabwe: Power Cuts Fatal Blow to Ailing Health Sector

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 11 2008

Argentina: Paraná: la Policía detectó faltante de gasoil y nafta común en cuatro estaciones de servicio
Argentina: A pesar del intenso calor, los empresarios piensan en el frío
China: China Oil Imports Rise 11% as Refiners Seek Supplies
China: Guangdong faces power shortage
Jamaica: Blackouts could occur again - JPS
Nepal: Govt readies Rs 3b cash to bail out NOC
South Africa: Surge in national power use forces local blackouts

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

January 9 2008

Pakistan: ANP to protest against load shedding, flour crises today
South Africa: Blackout fears as Koeberg unit to close for 3 months

January 8 2008

Argentina: Lanzan medidas para proteger consumo interno de naftas
Argentina: Advierten que hay escasez de combustible en principales zonas turísticas de la Provincia BA
Argentina: El combustible se queda en Argentina
Argentina: Los precios de las naftas deben retrotraerse a octubre
Argentina: En Santiago hay escases y esperan subas
Cameroon: Pénurie de l’électricité: Paul Biya condamne AES-Sonel
India: Power woes to continue for a month
Kenya: Humanitarian crisis deepens in Kenya
Malawi: Black market fuel takes over supply
Pakistan: Musharraf to chair meetings on energy, flour shortage
South Africa: Koeberg needed Maintenance: Eskom

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 6 2008

Argentina: OPEP dice que el alza de precios del petróleo persistirá hasta abril
Ethiopia: Kerosene Shortage Hits Towns East of Addis
India (Kashmir): Protests Break Out on Power Shortage
Pakistan: Minister says loadshedding to continue in summer
Pakistan: Industrial units of twin cities come to a halt
Palestine (Gaza): Israeli Fuel Cuts Force Gaza Blackouts
Palestine (Gaza): Les Gazaouis privés d'électricité huit heures par jour
Uganda: Shortages expose hole in Uganda oil reserve
Uganda: W. Nile electricity supply cut to 8hrs
Vietnam: Vietnam faces rolling blackouts in January

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

January 4 2008

Argentina: Las provincias pobres continúan pagando el combustible más caro
Argentina: La falta de nafta (y el aumento de GNC para enero o febrero) genera malestar en las provincias turísticas
Argentina: Realizan gestiones ante la Nación por la falta de combustible en Entre Ríos
Ivory Coast: Augmentation du prix du carburant dans la ville ivoirienne de Bouaké (fief de l’ex-rébellion)
Kenya: Kenyan violence hits fuel supply
Kenya: La crise kényane aggrave les pénuries de carburant en Afrique de l`Est
Pakistan: Editorial: Looming crisis of power shortage
Rwanda: Kenya Violence Sparks Fuel Shortage in Rwanda
Uganda: Kenya chaos hits Uganda economy
Uganda: Fuel shortage caused by Kenya election crisis affect Uganda

January 3 2008

Cameroon: When Energy Shortage Blocks Development
China: 'Difficult situation' for NDRC
India: Load-shedding to hit plastic, rubber units
Pakistan: Energy famine to hit economy
Pakistan: Power outages cause heavy production losses
Pakistan: Near blackout in several cities
Pakistan: Protest against Gas, electricity load shedding held in Mardan

January 2 2008

Argentina: Las estaciones de servicio locales sufren la escasez de combustible
Argentina: Otra vez faltó nafta en el interior
Australia (WA): Western Power Warns of Blackouts in Australian State
Australia (WA): Perth power supply under threat
China: CNPC Imports Diesel to Alleviate Shortage, an Industrial Info News Alert
India: Kerala, Karnataka face power shortage
India: "North India facing serious power crunch"
Kenya: Post-election violence creates fuel shortage
Pakistan: Load-shedding leads to water shortage in Lahore
Pakistan: WAPDA tower blown up
Pakistan: Massive load shedding — a shock to the system
Pakistan: People protest loadshedding
Rwanda: Fuel Crisis Imminent Violence in Kenya Continues - Official
South Africa: Power capacity to be strained in 2008
Uganda: Fuel crisis could have been averted
Uganda: Kenya crisis causes regional fuel shortages

January 1 2008

India: 30-minute load shedding in Kerala for two-weeks
India: Centre cuts State’s share of power by 150 MW
Kenya: Fuel shortage hits central Kenya region
Nigeria: Electric power down the drain
Pakistan: Duration of loadshedding upped F.P. Report
Pakistan: Happy New Year: Massive load shedding from today
Pakistan: 31 NWFP hydel projects in the doldrums due to lack of funds
Pakistan: Fuel shortage may worsen power situation
Uganda: Fuel shortage worsens countrywide
Uganda: Fuel shortage hits Uganda
Uganda: l'approvisionnement en carburant touché par la crise kényane