Invite Private Gas Stations To Take Fuel From Pertamina, Director General Of Oil And Gas Make Sure There Are No Additional Costs

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia ensures that private gas stations that take fuel from Pertamina will not be subject to additional costs.

The Director General of Oil and Gas at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Laode Sulaeman, confirmed that the cooperation between business entities uses a business to business scheme without being charged a new additional fee.

"It has been held in a meeting with the minister, there should be no additional fees," said Laode to the media crew quoted on Thursday, September 18.

Laode said the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources had gathered all gas station operators, both private and state-owned, to discuss data synchronization. Currently, he continued, private gas stations are still conducting internal analysis before deciding to take the fuel supply from Pertamina.

"The private SPBU is conducting internal analysis. So in yesterday's meeting they could not continue. It was still internal analysis first in each," continued Laode.

Laode also denied allegations that Pertamina and the government had made a trade monopoly. He reasoned that if the government did a monopoly, then it was impossible for the government to issue a fuel import permit for private operators of 110 percent from the previous year.

"If it's a monopoly, it's impossible to give 110 percent," added Laode.

Meanwhile, when asked about the threat of layoffs against Shell workers, Laode said this was not under the authority of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

"That's the task of other ministries, we are fuel," said Laode.