Pertamina accelerates Reo fuel terminal operations after NTT earthquake

Pertamina Patra Niaga is accelerating operations at the Reo fuel terminal in Manggarai Regency following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck East Nusa Tenggara on Saturday (15/8).

“The team has been on site since the incident on 15 August, and in the early hours of 16 August the team carried out repairs to facilities and infrastructure,” said Ahad Rahedi, Communication, Relations and CSR Manager of Pertamina Patra Niaga for the East Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara region, while inspecting the Malang fuel terminal in East Java on Wednesday.

He explained that the Reo fuel terminal is still not fully operational after being affected by the earthquake. The terminal is currently operating manually, and the company is working to accelerate network repairs.

“The Reo terminal is now only operating manually. All terminals are normally integrated with a digital system. There is a mechanism in the application whereby it can only dispense product to tanker trucks once the digital system is active,” he added.

Ahad explained that the Reo fuel terminal is one of the main terminals that receives fuel supplies and redistributes them to smaller terminals. Fuel supplies at the Reo terminal are sourced from the Tenau fuel terminal in Kupang.

From there, fuel is distributed to smaller terminals and supplies the Aircraft Refuelling Depot at Komodo Airport in Labuan Bajo, which is currently receiving diverted supplies from the Bima fuel terminal in West Nusa Tenggara.

On Flores Island, he continued, there are four fuel terminals: Ende, Larantuka, Maumere and Reo.

“Of the four terminals on Flores Island — Ende, Larantuka, Maumere and Reo — all are now operating. However, Reo is currently only operating manually,” Ahad added.

Previously, ten fuel tanker trucks with a capacity of 16 kilolitres each carrying Pertalite and Biosolar, as well as one Avtur tanker truck with a capacity of 16 kilolitres, were dispatched from Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, to Labuan Bajo in West Manggarai Regency. The tanker trucks proceeded directly to their respective petrol stations to expedite refuelling and fuel distribution to the public.