The Ministry Of Energy And Mineral Resources Ensures That The Use Of Low Fuel For Sulfur Will Maintain Air Quality

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) ensures that the use of fuel oil (BBM) low in sulfur can suppress emissions, in order to maintain air quality.

"The low BPM of sulfur is a necessity. Because we all know that our air quality is not good at this time and one of the causes is our high fuel containing sulfur," said Head of the Communications Bureau of Public Information and Cooperation Services (Biro Klik) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Agus Cahyono Adi in a statement in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Saturday, October 5.

He said that the transportation sector holds an important key in efforts to reduce emissions. Various efforts have been made by the government so that the bad effects of climate change do not continue to occur and get worse.

This step is a form of the government's commitment to realizing net zero emissions (NZE) in 2060.

"Given that the use of high sulfur fuel oil is one of the contributors to emissions, replacing low fuel sulfur is a must so that air quality does not get worse," he said.

Agus added, for its own implementation, the Government has made a road map for the implementation of the low distribution of sulfur fuel and of course it is a reference in its implementation.

"Road maps for the use of low sulfur fuel are already available, of course the implementation will follow the road map," said Agus.

Indonesia is also committed to reducing emissions to maintain global temperature increases by increasing the Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (E-NDC) from the carbon emission reduction target to 32 percent (912 million tons of CO2) by 2030 from the previous 29 percent or the equivalent of 835 million tons of CO2.

The use of low-sulfur fuel is one of the government's efforts to reduce emissions which triggers the rising global warming temperature.

Based on the existing roadmap, the distribution of low-soft fuel types of low-sulfur diesel oil in the early stages will begin to be distributed in Jakarta, Cikampek and Balongan, followed by the next period in Nusa Tenggara and Kalimantan and then continued to Sulawesi, Papua and Maluku.

The initial distribution of low-stage low-soft clean gasoline will begin to be distributed in the northern part of Sumatra (Sumbagut), followed to parts of southern Sumatra, then Banten and northern Central Java followed by distribution in West Kalimantan.