China Gas Stations Ration Diesel Adding to Supply Chain Squeeze
- Trucks form snaking queues as retailers put limits on sales
- Nation trying to avoid adding diesel to wider energy crunch
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Fuel retailers in parts of China are rationing diesel volumes to customers as the nation ramps up efforts to avert a similar supply crunch that’s engulfing the coal and natural gas sectors.
Long lines of vehicles are snaking from pump stations across Guangxi and Anhui province in east and southwest China, with truck drivers uploading videos to social media platforms to share their plight. In some areas, customers are being restricted to 1,000 yuan ($157) of diesel a day, down from 2,500 yuan, as filling stations rationed supplies to prevent shortfalls.