Shell And BP Run Out Of Fuel Stock, Bahlil Says He Has Given A Big Allocation

JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia dismissed an issue that said that the government did not grant fuel import permits for private gas stations.

For information, currently a number of private gas stations are experiencing stock vacancies for several types of fuel. According to Bahlil, the government has provided a fairly large allocation of fuel import quotas for 2025, which is 100 percentplus 10 percent of the 2024 quota.

"The allocation is quite large, you know. 100 percent quota in 2024 plus 10 percent," Bahlil told the media crew, Friday, August 29.

He gave an example, if company A gets a quota of 1 million in 2024, then in 2025 the company will get an import permit of 1.1 million.

For this reason, Bahlil invites private gas stations that run out of fuel stock to take stock from the state-owned oil and gas company, Pertamina. According to him, Pertamina's fuel stock is still large, considering that the company has a refinery operated by the Pertamina International Refinery (KPI).

On the other hand, as a stakeholder, he continued, the government also needs to maintain the balance of commodity import balances.

"If we import our quota, what about it? We take care of the state, not companies per company," said Bahlil.