BPH Migas Asks All Parties To Guard Together The Distribution Of One Price Fuel

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JAKARTA - Member of the Committee of the Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) Saleh Abdurrahman asked all parties to jointly maintain the distribution of One Price Fuel from distribution agencies, which now have reached 583 units throughout the country.

"We from BPH Migas will certainly see the movement of fuel distribution in this area in accordance with the movement of community activities to allocate quotas that are in accordance with the needs of consumers who are entitled to certain types of fuel diesel," he said during the simultaneous inauguration of six fuel distributors. One Price of the Sumatra and Kalimantan clusters, which are centered in Limapuluh Kota Regency, West Sumatra, quoted by Antara, Thursday, December 19.

According to him, since 2017 until now, the government has built a total of 583 distribution agencies spread throughout Indonesia, in accordance with the targets set.

In West Sumatra Province, nine distributors of One Price Fuel have been built.

The Regent of Fifty Cities Safaruddin Dt Bandaro Rajo expressed his gratitude for the development of the distribution of One Price Fuel in the Kapur IX area, Limapuluh Kota Regency.

"The distance between the Cretaceous Region IX and gas stations, which exist, reaches 35 km, so that this one-price fuel gas station certainly provides benefits to the people of Kapur IX, which are agricultural areas and people's plantations," he explained.

Prior to the One Price Fuel in Kapur IX District, people used to buy subsidized diesel fuel at a price of Rp. 10,000 per liter. After the one-price fuel distributor, people bought Solar at a price of only Rp. 6,800 per liter.

Executive General Manager of the Sumbagut Regional PT Pertamina Patra Niaga Freddy Anwar also expressed his gratitude for the full support of the government, so that the one-price fuel distribution facility for the community can be realized.

"Thank you, we convey to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) and BPH Migas which continue to oversee the One Price Fuel program, so that they have achieved the targets that have been set and have had an impact on improving the economy and providing fair energy," he said.

The inauguration was also attended by Member of the BPH Migas Committee Wahyudi Anas, Director of Engineering and Oil and Gas Environment of the Directorate General of Oil and Gas of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Noor Arifin Muhammad, Assistant for Economics and Development of the Regional Secretariat of Lingga Zainal Abidin, and Vice President of Retail Business Support PT Pertamina Patra Niaga Didit Rizal Effendy.