JAKARTA - Pertamina Patra Niaga emphasized that Pertalite (RON 90) fuel products currently circulating in all Pertamina gas stations are not produced with additional ethanol.
This statement follows the circulation of information on social media stating that Pertalite has been mixed with ethanol.
Furthermore, Acting Corporate Secretary of Pertamina Patra Niaga, Roberth MV explained that Pertalite is an RON 90 gasoline product originating from the mixing of ex-mallel hydrocarbon components (gasoline base), not from bioethenol and this can be proven through official laboratory tests.
"Pertamina Patra Niaga ensures that all fuel products, including Pertalite, are produced and distributed according to the specifications set by the government through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM). There is no addition of ethanol in the production process or distribution of Pertalite," said Roberth in his statement, Wednesday, October 8.
Roberth continued, Pertamina Patra Niaga also highlighted the misunderstanding due to the experiment of mixing Pertalite with water. The results of the experiment showing two layers of fluid cannot be used as evidence of ethanol. Scientifically, gasoline is indeed non-polar so it cannot mix with polar water.
The emergence of the lower layers after being shaken is water and a small component of gasoline that has a nature of polarity that can indeed dissolve partially. This phenomenon is natural and can occur in all types of gasoline in the world, "explained Roberth.
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Roberth emphasized that Pertamina Patra Niaga is committed to maintaining the quality of each fuel product that is marketed.
"All of our products have gone through a strict quality control process at every stage of the supply chain to gas stations, unsupervised and guaranteed trials of validity and verified validity of calibrated test kits are merely the practice of miscarriing information from irresponsible parties", said Roberth.
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