Unleaded fuel costs govt $270m

Unleaded fuel costs govt $270m

BATAM, Riau: Deputy State Minister for the Environment in
charge of the management of environmental impacts Isa Karmisa
said on Tuesday that the country needed up to US$270 million to
provide unleaded fuel throughout the country next year.

"The funds will be utilized to prepare the oil refineries so
that they can produce unleaded fuel," he said.

Isa said only the Balongan oil refinery could currently
produce unleaded fuel, supplying Jakarta and Cirebon.

Unleaded fuel reduces air pollution, a chronic problem in
Indonesia. --Antara