Items related to fuel shortage

A banner reads "Empty Tank" as tens of cars queue at petrol station, Cairo, January 16,2012 amid fears of an oil shortage.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 29 Oct 2012
The delay in implementing energy subsidy cuts is costing the state LE10 billion every three months, claimed Petroleum...
A girl selling fuel publicly on street, Faysal, Giza, September 19, 2011. According to an investigative report by Al-Masry Al-Youm, fuel has been shown to be sold outside authorized fueling stations, where gasoline (a fuel high on demand) is filled into containers (bearing names of state companies authorized to sell specified fuels at subsidized prices) at 'black market' prices.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 23 Oct 2012
Public Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud on Tuesday ordered the detention of six officials from the Misr Petroleum...
Oil and gas plant
Al-Masry Al-Youm 15 Oct 2012
Petroleum Minister Osama Kamal said that Egypt has stopped exporting gas to Jordan and Spain because of increasing gas...
A file photo of electricity pylons.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 09 Oct 2012
The Petroleum Ministry admitted Tuesday that there is a shortage in the gas supply for power stations and explained...
A customer gets his haircut at a barber's shop during a power-cut in Cairo, 4 August 2012.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 08 Oct 2012
One of the nation’s largest power stations came to a complete halt today due to a lack of gas, triggering another...
محطة كهرباء طلخا الغازية البخارية التي من المقرر أن يقوم الرئيس محمد حسني مبارك بافتتاحها خلال الأيام القليلة القادمة ، الدقهلية ، 18 أغسطس 2010 ، حيث تقوم المحطة بتوليد الكهرباء فتنتج 750 ميجاوات / ساعة وتعمل بنظام الدورة المركبة ، وسيتم تدعيم شبكات الكهرباء بالمحطة العملاقة مما سيقلل من حجم أزمة الكهرباء التي تشهدها مصر حاليا .
MENA 08 Oct 2012
Companies are facing fuel shortages that are threatening electricity production in the country, a senior source at the...
Egyptians queue with their cars at a petrol station, Cairo, January 16, 2012 amid fears of an oil shortage.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 27 Sep 2012
  Petroleum Minister Osama Kamal announced on Thursday that private fuel companies would begin setting up mobile...
A banner reads "Empty Tank" as tens of cars queue at petrol station, Cairo, January 16,2012 amid fears of an oil shortage.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 24 Sep 2012
The government is determined to restructure subsidies on petroleum products so that only those who truly need the...
Egyptians line up for fuel at a gas station, Cairo, August 3, 2011. As Egypt's economy suffers, a fuel crisis surfaces again amid conflicting official reports and announcements about underlying causes. Egypt's fuel crisis is an old prolem 'which has old roots', says Hazim al-Beblawy, Egyptian Deputy PM and Finance Ministe. Meanwhile,  Mohamed Shoeib, Head of Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), relates current crisis to 'technical issues', mainly marketing and coordination efforts.
MENA 24 Sep 2012
Petroleum Minister Osama Kamal said the government has no intention of canceling  subsidies of petroleum products...
A banner reads "Empty Tank" as tens of cars queue at petrol station, Cairo, January 16,2012 amid fears of an oil shortage.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 21 Sep 2012
  The fuel shortage will end in two days, as soon as more petroleum products are pumped into the market and sold...