Pertamina Forms Christmas-New Year Task Force, Anticipates Rising Fuel And LPG Needs In Kalimantan

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TARAKAN - Pertamina Patra Niaga in the Kalimantan region has activated the Christmas and New Year Task Force Command Post (Satgas Nataru) from December 15, 2023 to January 7, 2024.

Area Manager Communication, Relations & CSR Patra Niaga Kalimantan, Arya Yusa Dwicandra revealed, this is to anticipate an increase in fuel consumption, including the types of gasoline or Pertamax Turbo, Pertamax and Pertalite up to 3.9 percent, gasoil or Dex Series and Biosolar (1.1 percent), LPG (4.6 percent) and Avtur (0.9 percent) from the daily normal average in the Kalimantan region.

"In Kaltara alone, the estimated increase in gasoline fuel consumption reached 2.9 percent, gasoil (0.7 percent) increased LPG consumption by 2.5 percent and Avtur by 6.9 percent from the daily normal average," said Arya, Wednesday, December 20.

Patra Niaga in Kalimantan, Arya continued, projects an increase in demand for fuel and LPG. The increase is estimated to occur by 3.9 percent for gasoline type fuel from 7,834 Kiloliters per day at normal times to 8,143 KL.

Then, during Christmas-New Year, 1.1 percent of gasoil fuel from 3,244 Kiloliters per day when normal to 3,281 KL, LPG by 4.6 percent from 1,725 MT per day at normal times to 1,804 MT while Avtur who experienced an increase of 0.9 percent from 528 KL per day at normal times to 534 KL.

"For Kaltara, the increase in gasoline type fuel reached 2.9 percent from 368 KL to 378 KL, gasoil by 0.7 percent, from 139 KL to 140 KL, increase in LPG consumption by 2.5 percent from 40 MT to 41 MT and for Avtur by 6.9 percent from 29 KL to 31 KL from normal daily average," said Arya.

Arya explained, in several potential lanes such as toll routes, tourist routes, Pertamina logistics lines by alerting gas stations on crowded vehicles and tourism lines as many as 85 gas stations spread across East Kalimantan as many as 22 gas stations, West Kalimantan 15 gas stations, Central Kalimantan 12.

North Kalimantan 5 gas stations and South Kalimantan 31 gas stations. All of these standby gas stations will operate for 24 hours and have been built up stock since D-7.

In addition, Pertamina also alerted 199 LPG agents throughout the Kalimantan region.

Pertamina through the Naru task force also improves services by alerting 85 gas stations and 199 LPG agents to provide services to the community.

"We hope that people don't need to panic about the condition of fuel and LPG stocks. In some areas in Kalimantan, supply delays often occur not because of quota problems but rather in a technical direction. For example, technical problems are distribution while at sea because the weather is not good, so it takes additional time for docking or land distribution, namely tank cars that travel quite far with various road conditions," he concluded.