Fuel shortage

Looks like there can be fuel shortage here too in Kunming. i was told that a tourist bus was blocked in shilin (stone forest) cause it was impossible to get gas... i don't know if it's just a local shortage, or if it is bigger than that. but the other comment i got from my source is "strange that it happens now, this is not the season... normally it happens at the end of the year"

update : this article in reuters about benin fuel shortage

update 2 : Maoming-Kunming Oil Product Pipeline set to begin delivery: "Sinopec Corp's 1,700-km Maoming-
Kunming Oil Product Pipeline, designed to fuel southwestern China, is to
begin deliveries next week.
The entire line, with a designed annual capacity of 10 mln tons, is to
go into operation in the third quarter of the year, transporting oil
products from coastal areas to in the city of Kunming, capital of the
Yunnan Province."

mise-à-jour 3 : Lib�ration :�P�trole, attention au choc: "demande chinoise croissante"

upadate 4: The New York Times > Business > World Business > The Great Engine of China Is Low on Fuel: "GUANGZHOU, China, April 15 - Service stations across China are starting to run short on diesel this spring, while electricity blackouts here in southeastern China are growing worse as power stations cut back on purchases of fuel oil."