Don't Panic, Pertamina Guarantees That Pertalite Will Still Exist In 2022

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JAKARTA - The government continues to encourage the use of energy that is more environmentally friendly. Therefore, the government also plans to remove fuel oil with an octane below RON 91. However, what will be removed first is Premium type fuel because it has an octane rating of RON 88. Meanwhile, Pertalite is still available and sold in 2022.

The Corporate Secretary Pertamina Patra Niaga Sub Holding Pertamina Commercial & Trading, Irto Ginting, guaranteed that Pertamina would still sell Pertalite in 2022. Therefore, he appealed to the public not to panic.

"Pertalite will still exist in 2022. People don't need to panic. We will prepare fuel as needed", he told VOI, Wednesday, December 29.

For your information, Pertalite type fuel has an octane level of 90 percent. Meanwhile, based on the provisions of the Minister of Environment and Forestry regarding the reduction of carbon emissions, it contains recommendations for the use of fuel with a level of RON 91.

President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero), Nicke Widyawati, said that until now there is no policy to eliminate Pertalite.

Instead of deleting it, Nicke said the government would educate the public to use higher octane fuel. This is in line with the Blue Sky program issued by Pertamina in mid-2020.

Furthermore, Nicke said that the Langit Biru program was present as an effort by the government to encourage people to buy shifting from Premium to Pertalite.

"There is no policy today to abolish Pertalite. It doesn't exist. So this is back again, we are more focused on education, educating the public because later we will both feel the benefits of this Blue Sky program", she said, at the Deputy Palace President, Jakarta, Tuesday, December 28.

Nicke also ensured that Pertalite type fuel would still be on the market.

"So Pertalite is still on the market, so go ahead", she said.

Even so, she appealed to the public to use fuel with better quality, namely Pertamax.

"But we encourage to use a better one, namely Pertamax. So that we can contribute to reducing carbon emissions in Indonesia", she said.