Pertamina Make Sure The Stock Of Fuel And LPG Is Sufficient To Face Christmas And New Year's Holidays

Pertamina Patra Niaga Corporate Secretary Irto Ginting. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - PT Pertamina (Persero) through its subholding PT Pertamina Patra Niaga guarantees that oil fuel stocks (BBM) and LPG are safe to face the 2023 Christmas and 2024 New Year holidays.

Pertamina Patra Niaga Corporate Secretary, Irto Ginting, admitted that there was indeed an increase in energy demand. However, he ensures that the available stock is sufficient.

"We make sure the stock resilience is in a safe position, for Solar to be in 17 days, for kerosene there are 51 days, Pertalite 19 days position, Pertax Series and Perta Dex Series at 38 to 76 days," he said during a press conference on Pertamina Group's readiness to face Nataru, at the Abdul Muis gas station, Jakarta, Thursday, December 14.

Furthermore, Irto said specifically for LPG the resilience reached 17 days. He also ensured that the supply in the distribution agency would be sufficient.

"We will increase the stock in the area where the distributor can be 2 to 3 days from usual. The infrastructure we have prepared includes 115 fuel terminals, 30 LPG terminals, more than 7,400 gas stations, and almost 5,000 LPG agents," he said.

Irto said, during the Christmas and New Year holidays, it is predicted that there will be a surge in energy demand.

However, he guaranteed that energy distribution would not be hampered.

"The mobilization of the community itself for 2023-2024 Nataru will have a sharp increase, but we ensure that there are no obstacles in the distribution of energy to remote areas of the country," he said.

Irto estimates that the peak flow of the Christmas holiday will occur on December 22, 2023 and the peak of the New Year holiday will be December 29, 2023.

"While we predict backflow on December 26 for Christmas and January 1, 2024 for the New Year," he said.