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Update: Tuesday, 6 January 2009    

Algiers undergoing gasoline shortage

Naftal says it is merely a demand increase rather than a scarcity
Monday Jul 16 2007.

Scarcity in gasoline has been noticed along some areas in Algiers. Gasoline stations operators confirmed to El Khabar that their station have not been supplied since two days.

Spokesman for the National Company for distribution and Marketing of Petroleum Based Fuel “Naftal” excluded any scarcity indicating however that it is merely increase in fuel demand that coincides holidays.

There has been a decrease in four-star and normal gasoline, diesel and leadless gasoline along a number of some stations in Algiers, in particular Caroubier , Addis Ababa, Didouche Mourad and Hydra fuel stations, whereas long cars queues has been noticed in some other stations including that of 1st Mai in Algiers.

We inquired from some of those station keepers who indicated supply shortages in the previous period while fuel demand especially gasoline, increased. In this context NAFTAL spokesman told El Khabar that there is no scarcity, there is rather a pressure in demand that coincides holidays periods and summer time when immigrants arrive to the country.

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