Pertamina Serves Wider Area With The Same Price of BBM

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Pertamina Serves Wider Area With The Same Price of BBM

Pekanbaru, Riau, Oct 18 (Antarariau.com) - State-owned energy company PT Pertamina said it has used the same price of oil fuel (BBM) in 18 units of fuel filling stations (SBPU) in Pertamina's Marketing Operation Region (MOR) I in northern Sumatra.

The target of the BBM single price program is to sell BBM at the same price all over the country including in isolated areas. The program was first launched in Papua where the price difference is wide. In some areas in the country's most backward region, the price of premium gasoline was more than ten times higher than in Jakarta before the program was effective two years earlier.

While it was hailed for being fair to people far from the production center, the program is feared to bring about too much burden for Pertamina.

Pertamina has to carry the huge burden of paying the high cost of transporting BBM to isolated area such as to mountain village in Papua using air tankers.

"We hope, the program could help the government in improving the welfare of people especially those in isolated, outer, backward areas," General Manager of Pertamina MOR I, Joko Pitoyo said in written statement here on Thursday.

Joko Pitoyo said the program has been implemented in wider areas with the addition of units of SBPU offering the same price of BBM from 10 units to 18 units now in MOR I regions.

He said the 8 new units are part of the target of 14 units of SBPU to sell BBM at the same price in the MOR I regions this year.

The eight units include two in the sub-districts of Rikit Gaib and Terangun, district of Gayo Lues in the province of Aceh' two units in the province of West Sumatra -- in the villages of Sikabaluan and Sioban, district of the Mentawai islands-, one in Riau in the district of Pelalawan and three in North Sumatra province -- sub-districts of Gido, Bawolato, and Hibala

Joko said in 2017, the program was implemented through 10 units of SBPU including three in North Sumatra - in the sub-districts of Pulau Batu, Siberut Selatan, and Lahomi. In West Sumatra there was on at sub-district of Sipora Utara. The rest or six units were in the province of Riau Islands in the sub-districts of Bunguran Timur, Pulau Tiga, Jemaja, Tambelan, Pulau Laut, and Serasan.

He said Pertamina MOR I hopes to carry out the program before the end of this year in the district of Aceh Singkil, sub-districts of Lotu, Gida, Bawalato, Pulau-Pulau Batu Timur, Tanah Masa, Koto Parik Gadang Diateh, and Sangir Balai Janggo.

"Pertamina has given an assignment by the government to carry out the program in frontier, outer and backward areas," he said.

Before the program was launched the BBM prices were out of control in those areas, he said.

"We hope support from all including from the regional administrations to facilitate the implementation of the program to create justice for all Indonesians in energy sector," he said.