Jambi hit by gasoline shortage<\/p>\n
Jon Afrizal, Jambi<\/p>\n
Vendors in Jambi city have been forced to gradually raise prices
\nduring the past two weeks due to the scarcity of premium grade
\ngasoline in the province.<\/p>\n
Shortages of gasoline in other towns in the region --
\nSengeti, Tembesi, Bangko and Bungo -- have caused panic buying
\nfrom fuel vendors who are forming long queues at gas stations.<\/p>\n
Information gathered on Monday by The Jakarta Post indicated
\nthe shortage was caused by a lack of Pertamina tankers, which
\ntransport the fuel from neighboring Palembang in South Sumatra to
\nJambi.<\/p>\n
The state oil company has attempted to solve the problem by
\ntransporting fuel overland from other destinations to meet
\nJambi's daily demand of 400 kiloliters but as of Monday people
\nwere still queuing to buy the gasoline.<\/p>\n
The Post observed long queues from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. when
\nvendors vied with motorists to buy the fuel. Vendors could only
\nbuy two 10-liter jerrycans of gasoline at a time.<\/p>\n
The queues, which sometimes spilled into the nearby streets of
\nJl. Arief Rahman Hakim and Jl. Kolonel Abunjani, interrupted
\ntraffic.<\/p>\n
One vendor, Kamaruddin, who was waiting in a queue at the Jl.
\nArief Rahman Hakim gas station in Jambi, said locals were upset
\nat the shortage, which had forced gas stations to limit sales to
\n40 liters of gasoline per person a day.<\/p>\n
He said he had to raise the price of fuel he sold as it was
\ndifficult to get an adequate supply.<\/p>\n
"I now have to sell a liter of gasoline, which I buy at the
\nstation for Rp 1,810, for Rp 2,200. I normally never sell
\ngasoline above Rp 2,000 a liter," he told the Post.<\/p>\n
Gasoline prices are not regulated at the vendor level and some
\nwere selling premium gasoline at up to Rp 2,500 a liter.<\/p>",
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