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10-05-2006, 03:10 PM
More and more gas stations have continued to close due to the lack of gasoline for sale, but answers as to why there is no fuel in the country aren't coming as quickly. Yesterday Industry and Commerce Minister Francisco Javier Garcia announced that there would be a full investigation into the workings of Refineria Dominican S.A. (Refidomsa), and the company Coastal, to establish the reason for the delays in fuel delivery, seeing that it isn't due to late payment by the Dominican government. Garcia says that the excuses given by Refidomsa aren't satisfactory because the refineries in Venezuela told Refidomsa on 4 September that they wouldn't be able to make the deliveries on time, and that a ten day-period would have been enough for them to get another ship here.
Accordingly, Refidomsa has decided to lift its rationing policy for regular gasoline, in place for the last few days in order to avoid a full fuel shortage, confident that the two oil tankers due to arrive from Houston and Venezuela will get here today. Diesel though will still be rationed, and there is a reserve being kept back, just in case, until Texaco comes to an agreement with the transport unions. The Gasoline Retailers Association (Anadegas) also gave their opinion on the gas shortage issue by stating, in Diario Libre, that the privileged use of fuel resources by the distribution companies is in breach of Dominican law.
El Caribe reports that the public is eagerly awaiting the arrival of two ships carrying 425,000 barrels of fuel to quench the country-wide gasoline shortage. Reporters verified that many gas stations which had been selling fuel on Tuesday were closed on Wednesday. Anadegas reported that 98% of its 497 service stations were out of gas.
ANADEGAS president Juan Ignacio Espaillat has told Hoy newspaper that Texaco is in violation of market laws for aggression towards national distributors and that they are trying to create a monopoly in the market by pushing around the retailers and also the transporters. Espaillat continued by saying that once the shortage is over the problems will not end until Texaco recognizes the rights of the transporters and the retailers to work legally within the petroleum industry. Espaillat also blamed the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, because although they were responsible for dealing with the issue, they have failed to do this.
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Accordingly, Refidomsa has decided to lift its rationing policy for regular gasoline, in place for the last few days in order to avoid a full fuel shortage, confident that the two oil tankers due to arrive from Houston and Venezuela will get here today. Diesel though will still be rationed, and there is a reserve being kept back, just in case, until Texaco comes to an agreement with the transport unions. The Gasoline Retailers Association (Anadegas) also gave their opinion on the gas shortage issue by stating, in Diario Libre, that the privileged use of fuel resources by the distribution companies is in breach of Dominican law.
El Caribe reports that the public is eagerly awaiting the arrival of two ships carrying 425,000 barrels of fuel to quench the country-wide gasoline shortage. Reporters verified that many gas stations which had been selling fuel on Tuesday were closed on Wednesday. Anadegas reported that 98% of its 497 service stations were out of gas.
ANADEGAS president Juan Ignacio Espaillat has told Hoy newspaper that Texaco is in violation of market laws for aggression towards national distributors and that they are trying to create a monopoly in the market by pushing around the retailers and also the transporters. Espaillat continued by saying that once the shortage is over the problems will not end until Texaco recognizes the rights of the transporters and the retailers to work legally within the petroleum industry. Espaillat also blamed the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, because although they were responsible for dealing with the issue, they have failed to do this.
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