PAPUA – PT Pertamina continues to serve the availability of energy in all corners of the country through the construction of One Price Fuel Oil Distribution Institutions. Pertamina officially increased the operation of One Price Fuel Oil by 40 points, namely:
- Maluku – Papua there are 14 points,
- Sulawesi – Nusa Tenggara cluster has 12 points,
- Kalimantan cluster has 7 points,
- Sumatra cluster has 7 points.
Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Yuliot said the One Price Fuel Oil Program is a form of support for the 17 priority programs of the Prabowo – Gibran Presidential Administration under the Asta Cita vision, one of which is to realize energy self-sufficiency, “One Price Fuel Oil will have many good impacts on the community, One Price Fuel Oil is a Government policy to provide equitable welfare to the entire community, minimize social inequality from various regions and for that, we need to guard together the sustainability of One Price Fuel Oil to welcome the Golden Indonesia 2045. The government will continue to participate in realizing the implementation of One Price Fuel Oil,” said Yuliot.
Head of the Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency Erika Retnowati said that the Agency will continue to oversee the One Price Fuel Oil program because it is an important program that has a major impact on people in remote areas of the country, “In accordance with the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Regulation Number 36 of 2016, we are mandated to oversee the implementation of the One Price Fuel Oil program through the assignment of the Assigned Recipient Business Entity to carry out the construction of One Price Fuel Oil distributors in certain locations that have been determined and we have consistently since 2017 oversaw the implementation of the construction of One Price Fuel Oil distributors so that the target can be achieved,” Erika said.
President Director of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga, Riva Siahaan said that the One Price Fuel Oil Program is a commitment and tangible proof of Pertamina’s presence in ensuring the availability of affordable energy for people in the 3T area, namely:
- Disadvantaged,
- Frontier,
- Outermost.
“The inauguration of 40 One Price Fuel Oil distributing institutions is a form of Pertamina’s ongoing commitment in ensuring the accessibility, affordability and acceptability of energy for all Indonesian people,” said Riva.
Pertamina Vice President Corporate Communication Fadjar Djoko Santoso said the construction of One Price Fuel Oil is Pertamina’s commitment to realizing energy equality in the Outermost, Frontier and Disadvantaged areas, “Pertamina has consistently continued to build One Price Fuel Oil since 2017 and to date the number has reached more than 500 points. This is Pertamina’s strategic role in realizing national energy security that is evenly distributed to the Disadvantaged, Frontier, Outermost areas,” Fadjar said.
Pertamina continues to accelerate the development of One Price Fuel Oil. Pertamina also continues to optimize all energy distribution infrastructure to ensure energy availability in Disadvantaged, Frontier and Outermost areas in accordance with the principles:
- Availability,
- Accessibility,
- Affordability,
- Acceptability,
- Sustainability.
“The One Price Fuel Oil distribution process uses multiple modes of land and sea transportation as well as air by using special fuel oil transport aircraft. Pertamina wants to ensure the availability of energy in a sustainable manner,” Fadjar said.
Pertamina also continues to ensure that the price of fuel oil is affordable to the public and Pertamina has allocated a budget for the distribution of One Price Fuel Oil so that the price everywhere is the same as that set by the Government, for the price of fuel oil which previously ranged from Rp 30 thousand – Rp 100 thousand per liter and is now the same as other regions, namely Solar Rp 6,800 and Pertalite Rp 10,000 per liter, for the availability of One Price Fuel Oil has also had a positive impact on the economic growth of the community.
