Pertamina Ensures Fuel At Gas Stations Throughout West Sumatra Is Not Mixed With Water

BBM (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Fuel oil at all public gas stations (SPBU) in West Sumatra (West Sumatra) is guaranteed not to be mixed with water.

"Alhamdulillah, from our supervision there were no findings, and hopefully there will be no gas stations whose oil mixes with water," said Sales Area Manager of Pertamina Patra Niaga, West Sumatra Region, Naratama Aulia Fazri, quoting Antara.

This was conveyed by Naratama regarding the case of pertalite mixed with water that occurred at a gas station in Bekasi City, West Java, some time ago. Pertamina Patra Niaga Regional Sumbagut moved quickly to trace so that the same case does not occur in Minang.

Naratama emphasized that gas station checks were not only carried out ahead of Ramadan or Eid al-Fitr. However, this is Pertamina's routine job to anticipate naughty gas stations.

In addition, Pertamina officers also routinely check and re-examine the measuring equipment for each gas station located in the Minang area. From the results of field supervision, Pertamina did not find any irregularities or naughty gas stations.

Regarding the case of Pertalite mixed with water at one of the gas stations in Bekasi City, Naratama said this could be due to the actions of officers or the error of the officers (human error).

"So, we always supervise and train gas stations to be more careful," he said.

Separately, President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero) Nicke Widyawati agreed with input from DPR members to revoke gas station business licenses that committed fraud, such as manipulating fuel dispenser meters.

"I agree, we just revoke the permit because we cannot tolerate this (currency), especially for consumers," said Nicke Widyawati.