JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) through the Directorate General of Oil and Gas (migas) reported that it had succeeded in uncovering a number of criminal cases of misuse of 3 kg LPG gas.

Plt. The Director General of Oil and Gas, Tri Winarno, revealed that until June 2025, his party had succeeded in uncovering 30 cases of transferring the contents of 3 kg LPG gas cylinders into non-subsidized gas cylinders.

"The results of the coordination of law enforcement funds until June 2025 recorded 30 criminal cases in the form of transferring the contents of 3 kg LPG cylinders into non-subsidized tubes," Tri said as quoted on Tuesday, July 1.

On the other hand, the realization of the distribution of 3 kg LPG cylinders from 2025 to May 2025 was recorded at 3.49 million tons from the quota of 8.17 million tons. The projected distribution of 3 kg LPG until the end of 2026 is estimated to reach 8.31 million tons.

Tri further said that the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources was actively monitoring the distribution of 3 kg LPG. During 2025 to 31 May 2025, 54.1 million NIKs were recorded as transacting in the Pertamina base merchant system.

"Meanwhile, the results for data verification on desk are 1.865 agents and a total of 123 agents are tested," Tri said.


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