3 Ministers Give Signals to Increase Pertalite Prices, Pertamina Says This

KOMPAS.com – Plans to increase the price of fuel oil (BBM) octane (RON) 90 or Pertalite getting real.

The reason is that up to now, there have been three ministers in the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet who have voiced the discourse of adjustment Pertalite price.

The three are Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves) Luhut Binsar PandjaitanCoordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartartoas well as the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Arifin Tasrif.

So, is it true that the price of Pertalite will go up?

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Regarding the discourse on the increase in Pertalite subsidized fuel, Kompas.com contact Pjs. Corporate Secretary of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga, Sub Holding Commercial & Trading of PT Pertamina (Persero), Irto Ginting.

Irto said, fuel price adjustment Pertalite is the authority of the government.

Because, through the Decree of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Number 37.K/HK.02/MEM.M/2022 which was signed on March 10, 2022, Pertalite is a Special Assignment Fuel Type (JBKP).

“Pertalite, because it has become a JBKP, the authority to Pertalite price adjustment is in the government,” said Irto, when contacted Kompas.com on Saturday (23/4/2022).

Meanwhile, JBKP according to Presidential Regulation Number 191 of 2014, is fuel originating and/or processed from petroleum that has been mixed with biofuel as other fuels with certain types, standards, and qualities distributed in the assigned area.

This means that Pertamina is only given a task by the government to distribute Pertalite in certain areas accompanied by the determination of a subsidized annual quota.

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