Oil rise, Dubai’s petrol retailers bleed | beyondbrics – FT.com

Fuel shortages in the oil-rich Gulf can only mean one thing: crisis.

Amid the political tumult of the Arab world, petrol shortages have accompanied acute moments of distress from Libya to Bahrain.

But the latest shortages in some emirates of the United Arab Emirates may stem from a different type of crisis: a longstanding economic imbalance rooted in intra-federal politics.

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