Mexico begins rationing gasoline to station owners

By Omar Millán González
UNION-TRIBUNE

July 8, 2008

TIJUANA – Mexico's national oil monopoly began to ration the supply of gasoline in the Baja California region yesterday, much as it has limited diesel deliveries for several weeks.
JoaquÃ*n Aviña, president of the Association of Gas Station Owners of Tijuana, which represents 157 stations, said Pemex told the stations it would supply them according to their sales from January to March, without taking into account current demand.

He said that sales during that period, normally a slow time, were far below what they are now.


“This short-sighted approach could generate chaos similar to what we're currently experiencing with diesel,â€