Petrotrin

The official NP statement is that there is no few shortage at this time. Source. 

So the lines are apparently simply reactions to the rumors. And, sadly, by the time people read this they will be back from having stayed in line for a while - unless they had their radios on and caught something about it.

One has to wonder about why people start such rumors... but then, the rumor was of a Petrotrin strike, not of a NP fuel shortage...

I was told this morning of a rumor that Petrotrin was going on strike during the State of Emergency. This was emphasized by the lines I recently saw at NP stations throughout the San Fernando area; whether true or not there is a rush to assure stocks of petroleum and diesel.

Is it really a strike? I don't know anything concrete yet.

In other news, here's an interview of Martin Daily that's worthwhile (hat tip to Nicholas Laughlin on Facebook).

whether they have a pipe that is leaking, as Petrotrin 'acknowledged' about the present situation in the Gulf of Paria: