Jakarta : State oil and gas company PT Pertamina has rejected criticism over its failure to secure the nation with Premium petrol and diesel, say recent deficits were specific to a small number of service stations and has received offers of the two fuels.
Also under fire for a recent shortage of subsidies 3 kg liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders that a mockery of the drive for the public to convert to LPG, kerosene, Pertamina said Sunday the deficit Premium gasoline and diesel fuel were reported in many service stations in the last few days is over.
Achmad Faisal, Pertamina's director for marketing and trading, said the company increased deliveries of fuel to the drought.
"In the past three days we have divided Premium petrol and diesel in a volume higher than the normal daily requirement. But a number of petrol stations in remote areas still face shortages," said Faisal.
He added that the deficit will soon be eased and that public transport would not suffer.
He said that the company filing Plumpang, North Jakarta, which is responsible for providing Greater Jakarta, on Saturday distributed 19,981 kiloliters of Premium is higher than the surface of the daily need kiloliters in 9420.
He said the station has also kilo liters of diesel in 5311, compared with the normal daily intake of 4677 kilo liters.
Faisal said that the national inventory of premium petrol and diesel is ensured.
The total daily domestic demand for gasoline is 54,000 kl kl Premium and 30,000 for diesel.
Faisal said that in the last three days, the national stock bonus was increased to 2.76 million kiloliters, or enough of 13.4 days of consumption and stock diesel to 5.28 million kiloliters, instead of 28, 3 days .
"We continue to add to our inventory of fuel," said Faisal.
Pertamina said that the recent deficit was specifically designed for 129 service stations in the 4300 operated by Pertamina throughout the country.
Ari H. Soemarno, Pertamina president director, said that the deficit has nothing to do with the stock of fuel, but with delays in payment as a result of the holiday season, which saw the temporary closure of most banks and also by the company's recent transition to a new online payment system.
Ari said the shortage was aggravated that some operators of petrol stations decreased orders for fuel because of rumors the government in May soon the price of premium gasoline and diesel.
We hope that owners of fuel will continue to serve the public. They should not forget that Pertamina had not asked for a fee at petrol stations have benefited from rising fuel prices, "said Ari.
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