2005News

Refidomsa rations fuel

The Dominican Petroleum Refinery (Refidomsa) announced that it is rationing the sale of gasoline and diesel to service stations since yesterday, as Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. has suspended shipments due to a shortage of refined fuels, according to a report in Listin Diario. Yesterday morning, the National Association of Gasoline Detailers (Anadegas), had complained that Refidomsa was offering gasoline stations only 1,000 gallons of diesel and 2,000 gallons of gasoline, when the usual amounts are 10,000 of each. The manager of Refidomsa, Alfredo Nara, said that the sale of regular diesel would be kept under this quota system according to the purchase record of each gasoline station until next Thursday, whereas regular gasoline will be kept under quota until next week. This morning some gas stations in Santo Domingo already had a scarcity of regular gasoline.