Pertamina claims success in reducing fuel leakage<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Countering allegations about its allegedly inefficient fuel
\ndistribution system, state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina
\nclaimed that it had successfully cut \"supply losses\" in the fuel
\ndistribution chain to well below the tolerance limit permissible
\nunder international standards.<\/p>\n
Pertamina spokesperson Ridwan Nyak Baik said that based on
\naudit results from the State Development Finance Comptroller
\n(BPKP), the level of supply losses for 2001 was 0.25 percent of
\nthe total fuel supplied that year, compared to the international
\ntolerance limit of 0.5 percent.<\/p>\n
\"This was the result of efficiency. As a matter of fact, if
\nthe losses are more than the tolerance limit, the difference will
\nnot be covered by the government's fuel subsidy, but rather would
\nhave to be borne by Pertamina,\" Ridwan claimed in a press
\nstatement.<\/p>\n
He said Pertamina had managed to cut supply losses despite the
\n\"challenging\" geography of the country.<\/p>\n
It was not easy to keep supply losses to a minimum in a big
\ncountry like Indonesia, where the company's six transit
\nterminals, five installations and 101 fuel depots were scattered
\nover relatively long distances.<\/p>\n
Earlier, a task force formed by the Ministry of Energy and
\nMineral Resources to fight fuel hoarding, revealed that as much
\nas 119.7 million liters of fuel were lost during shipment by
\nvessels.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 4.075 million liters disappeared from pipelines.
\nThere was a relatively small level of leakage during
\ntransportation by train.<\/p>\n
The problem gave rise to potential losses to the state
\namounting to Rp 199.4 billion, the task force claimed.<\/p>\n
Ridwan, however, claimed that losses could happen during fuel
\nhandling for shipment or distribution thanks to natural causes or
\nhuman error.<\/p>\n
\"Fuel can easily evaporate in high temperatures. And also, our
\nmen can miscalculate the volume,\" Ridwan said, but failed to
\nmention possible fuel hording by certain parties.<\/p>\n
To prevent the losses, Ridwan said Pertamina had put
\noperational guidelines and control systems in place whose
\nimplementation was regularly audited by the BPKP.<\/p>",
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