Confirmed, there is fuel shortage in almost whole Egypt (Sinaï, Western Desert, Luxor). Especially for benzin people are queuing for days, sometimes even shops are closed because people stay in line with their cars. Today we ended up in some kind of local's fight, because the petrol was not going to be filled up.
The good thing is that the police/military checkpoints are willing to help you and the same goes for the other Egyptian people. Tourists seem to have a small advantage in this respect. In any case, fill up as many times as you can. But be aware of the pollution of the petrol (we had to replace two extremely polluted fuel filters and found out that the diesel is mixed with water).
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