Items related to fuel shortage

Crisis of gasoline in Luxor, April 5,2012.
Plan to abolish subsidies will distribute fuel with coupons, raise gas prices
Ashraf Fekry 06 May 2012
The government is planning the total abolition of subsidies for petroleum products by 2018, with official sources...
A boy rests on empty butane cylinders, waiting to get full one, Luxor, February 21,2012.
Govt postpones butane canisters-for-coupons program
Al-Masry Al-Youm 25 Apr 2012
The Cabinet has decided to postpone its coupon-for-canisters project for three weeks to further examine how the project...
Stuck in heaven: Petrol crisis leaves four stranded by the Red Sea
Soraya Morayef 24 Apr 2012
The ongoing petrol crisis in Egypt left its impact this Easter/Sham al-Nessim holiday on Sinai- and South-bound holiday...
Suez fire after explosion at Nasr Petroleum refinery.
MP demands fact-finding committee for Suez petroleum company fire
Al-Masry Al-Youm 19 Apr 2012
The head of the Parliament Human Rights Committee on Thursday called for the formation of a fact-finding committee to...
Protesters reopen main road in central Arish after receiving gasoline
MENA 17 Apr 2012
Police and armed forces convinced protesting drivers to allow traffic to flow on Arish’s Geish Street on Tuesday...
Vehicles lining up to fill up tanks at a petrol station, Giza, March 25, 2012. A fuel shortage in the country, that has hit the Egyptian capital the hardest, is leading to traffic congestion at petrol stations as motorists queue up to put fuel in their vehicles. Giza, March 25, 2012.
Govt finds widespread fuel violations amid shortage
Al-Masry Al-Youm 11 Apr 2012
Authorities found several gas stations in six governorates selling petroleum products at prices higher than normal...
A citizen holds up mock butane cylinder as he takes part in protest demanding solution for crisis of butane gas cylinders, before headquarters of People's Assembly, Cairo, March 4,2012.
Government says fuel crisis diminishing
Mohamed Azouz 03 Apr 2012
Shortages of gasoline and diesel fuel have diminished on Tuesday in most areas, with the Petroleum Ministry pumping...
Petroleum Ministry plan to import oil products costs US$1.1bn a month
Al-Masry Al-Youm 02 Apr 2012
The General Petroleum Authority has submitted a plan to Finance Ministry for May and June including the allocations...
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.
Police 'confiscate over 26,000 liters of diesel, gas on black market'
Egypt Independent 31 Mar 2012
Egypt’s police on Saturday said that it confiscated 26,400 liters of gasoline and diesel that were about to be...
Egyptians queue with their cars at a petrol station, Cairo, January 16, 2012 amid fears of an oil shortage.
One dead, four injured in fuel clashes
Al-Masry Al-Youm 30 Mar 2012
A man was killed and four others were injured Friday in clashes over scarce fuel outside a gas station in Minya...