The spokesman for Shell in the DR and vice-president of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery said that fuel supply problems are due to the delay in the government’s subsidy payments to Shell in the amount of RD$250 million. “We received a RD$130-million payment, but already the government has pending another RD$220 million.” Rafael Maradiaga explained that the propane gas subsidies need to be kept up to date so that Shell can in turn keep an adequate supply of fuel for the Dominican market. He said there are no supply-based problems.