JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) officially closed the National Post of the ESDM Sector Christmas and New Year (Nataru) 2025/2026 today, Monday, January 5.
The Chairperson of the Nataru Task Force, Erika Retnowati, said that overall, during the Posko period from December 15, 2025 to January 5, 2026, there was an increase and decrease in the distribution of fuel to the normal average.
"For gasoline, it increased by 0.9 percent, diesel decreased by 3.4 percent, kerosene decreased by 6.2 percent and avtur increased by 5.5 percent," said Erika, Monday, January 5.
Regarding the increase in gasoline which is only 0.9 percent, Erika explained that this was due to the trend of public transportation by the community so that the use of private vehicles decreased.
This is also reflected in the increase in the use of avtur by 5.5 percent, many people travel using air transport modes. On the other hand, public transportation such as trains is also filled with passengers.
"So for gasoline, maybe not too much, there are many people who use public transportation. If the bus uses solar," he continued.
He added that the trend of using electric vehicles is also one of the factors that causes gasoline consumption to only increase by 0.9 percent.
"Because if we look at the increase in transactions at SPKLU it is also very high, if it is not wrong about 5 times from last year," explained Erika.
Meanwhile, in terms of LPG consumption, Erika said that the average distribution of LPG in the 2025 Christmas Task Force period and the 2026 New Year experienced an increase of 10.6 percent from normal sales.
For the LPG sector, the distribution of LPG is in a safe condition, with 40 LPG terminals, 736 SPBBE, and 6,634 LPG agents being alerted.
"The national LPG stock coverage day ranges from 10 to 16 days with an average coverage day of 12.8 days," said Erika.
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