Pertamina Allocates B20 to 69 Fuel Terminals
PT Pertamina (Persero) has allocated biodiesel B20 to 69 fuel terminals as yet, showing an increasing number of terminal used since the government launched extended B20 mandatory policy on 1 September 2018. Pertamina`s Logistics, Supply Chain, and Infrastructure Director Gandhi Sriwidodo said at the beginning of implementation of the policy, Pertamina allocated B20 only to 60 fuel terminals.
PT Pertamina (Persero) has allocated biodiesel B20 to 69 fuel terminals as yet, showing an increasing number of terminal used since the government launched extended B20 mandatory policy on 1 September 2018.
Pertamina`s Logistics, Supply Chain, and Infrastructure Director Gandhi Sriwidodo said at the beginning of implementation of the policy, Pertamina allocated B20 only to 60 fuel terminals. “Alhamdulillah, up to 14 September, we have nine more terminals in Cepu, Cilacap, Palopo, Bima, Reo, Kolaka, Tual, Badas dan Ketapang,` Gandhi said on press release (16/9/2018).
The government and Pertamina had conducted several measures to mix FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Eter) to either PSO (Public Service Obligations/subsidized) fuel or non-PSO.
The state-run oil company had used 159,988 kiloliters or 39 percent from the total monthly allocation of FAME as the mixed content in the diesel per September 14. They are 116,422 kiloliters for PSO fuel and 43,566 kiloliters for non-PSO. ***