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China’s oil problems start in China.

WorldWatch

[pup55]

We have not checked up on this for awhile:

Uganda

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '�')��But the fuel shortage has slowed down the flow of the items because transporters tend to hike prices, affecting retail prices. We have maintained our price but normally, prices should have come down with such improved harvests.”

[pup55]

Canada, one of the so-called "fuel rich" nations

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')fficials with the shipping company charged with delivering fuel to Inuvik, N.W.T., said they are working with petroleum supplier Imperial Oil to deal with a fuel shortage in the community.

Gas stations and businesses in Inuvik have been ordered to ration fuel as a result of the shortfall, which Imperial Oil blamed on shipping issues with Northern Transportation Company Ltd.

The company, which handles barge shipments to communities in the North, faced numerous delays during its shipping season last summer and was unable to deliver a sufficient fuel supply to the town of 3,500.

[thylacine]

Southern Africa

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')ationwide cuts shut down basic services across Zambia and Zimbabwe for hours over the weekend and at home on Sunday the DA called on the government and Eskom to investigate power exports in view of the fact that South Africa was suffering its own shortages.

[Twilight]

I saw that on a wire, Mbeki admitted being wrong in ignoring Eskom's demand projections and calls for adding capacity. He figured they would be wasting money building excess capacity and it could be done later when needed. Lead times, man, lead times.

[shortonoil]

Twilight said:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')ead times, man, lead times.

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')hina issued a severe weather warning on Monday for large swathes of the country already reeling from transport havoc and power shortages caused by the heaviest snowfalls in decades.

The forecast of further severe snowstorms came as hundreds of thousands of travellers remained stranded in airports, train stations, and on highways as they struggled to join their families for the Lunar New Year holiday

[eastbay]

Indonesia suffers a HUGE decline in January oil production.

Indonesia produced 830,553 barrels of crude oil in January compared with 837,847 barrels a day in December, BPMigas said today.

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '[')url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20602099&sid=akjIRK71iRNE&refer=energy]Indonesia suffers a HUGE decline[/url] in January oil production.

Indonesia produced 830,553 barrels of crude oil in January compared with 837,847 barrels a day in December, BPMigas said today.

[eastbay]

Yeah, maybe for a giant like SA or Russia.

But Indonesia is getting used to serious declines like this now. As most of us know, Indonesia was the key oil player in Asia for many decades and now look at them. Dropping from around 1.5 mbp/d to 830,000 bbls/d in 9 years.

If they continue this pace of decline, and there is no reason to believe otherwise, it would mean well over 250,000 bbls/d less production in the next three years. The very structure of their society could soon be crushed.

That's HUGE!

[eastbay]

It's slowly slipping away...

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Daily shipments of North Sea Brent crude, part of the price benchmark for almost two-thirds of the world's oil, will fall by about 15 percent in March.

Tankers are set to load 157,346 barrels a day of Brent crude in March, down from 184,552 barrels a day scheduled for February, according to the loading program of field operator Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe's largest oil company.

A total of 4.88 million barrels will be shipped next month, compared with 5.35 million barrels in February.

[eastbay]

Not by me, it wasn't... and I try to watch this stuff pretty close.

Also, did you happen to notice February with 28 days March with 31 days makes this shortfall significantly greater! It appears the NS collapse is moving along at a somewhat faster than expected pace.

Edit: March has 31 days.

[TheDude]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'I')t appears the NS collapse is moving along at a somewhat faster than expected pace.

[shortonoil]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he Elgin-Franklin zone, which has been producing since 2001, has made a significant contribution to the Group’s activities in the United Kingdom. This project, the largest investment made in the British North Sea over the past twenty years, constitutes a technical milestone, combining the development of the deepest reservoirs in the North Sea (5,500 meters) with temperature and pressure conditions that are among the highest in the world.

[pup55]

Tajikistan via Tehran Times

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'E')nergy crisis and shortage of electricity as well as severe cold have damaged infrastructures in Tajikistan seriously and caused closeness of 90 percent of the country's factories and production centers.

Some of the European countries have closed their offices in Tajikistan due to lack of electricity in the freezing temperature.

Tajikistan people use electricity as their main fuel for cooking and heating houses.

[pup55]

Uganda (still)
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')FUEL shortages that were earlier sparked by Kenya's sudden slide into chaos after the disputed December 27 poll are creeping back, with major dealers reporting fast dwindling stocks.

Although the situation has not yet reached the early January crisis levels when a litre of petrol sold as high as Shs10,000, industry insiders yesterday expressed concerns that if supplies fail to improve, acute scarcities would soon set in.

"For the last three days no fuel tanker has come in and obviously that means our dealers are soon running out of stock," Shell's Ivan Kyayonka said.

[furrydog]

Nepal

Fuel Shortage Hits Nepal's Capital
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA – 22 hours ago

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A shortage of fuel in Nepal prompted by strikes and protests in the south forced the shutdown of much of the capital's public transportation system Wednesday, industry officials said.

More than 80 percent of Katmandu's buses, vans and trucks remained parked because authorities were unable to buy diesel and gasoline to run them, said Sharad Sitaula of the Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs Association.

"We are facing a major crisis in our business. We have no income and are unable to pay our drivers and staff. If this continues, many of us will have to shut down our business," Sitaula said.

Hundreds of vehicles, meanwhile, lined up outside a handful of service stations selling rationed fuel in Katmandu, and workers dependent on public transport were forced to walk or stay at home.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hYIC ... QD8UP9T700

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')rgentina and Brazil are facing the possibility of short-term energy crises from a lack of natural gas needed to fuel industries and generate electricity for residents. Bolivia is sitting in the middle with the region's largest gas reserves.