Kerosene shortage hits Lombok Island

Tue, 26 Oct 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: After a week kerosene remains scare
on Lombok Island, with locals forming long queues at stores in
the provincial capital of Mataram.

Made Aswinayasa, a kerosene distributor, blamed the shortage
on Monday on distribution problems in state oil and gas company
PT Pertamina.

The shortage has caused the price of kerosene in the area to
increase from Rp 1,000 to Rp 1,500 a liter. -- JP

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