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A worker pumps gasoline into a motorcycle tank at a filling station in Jakarta. The government plans to issue a regulation that requires all filling stations to have at least one dispenser for compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied gas for vehicles (LGV). (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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n upcoming ministerial decree that will require all filling stations to have at least one dispenser for compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied gas for vehicles (LGV) was based on a suggestion from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.
Jokowi has questioned how long it has been taking to convert transportation fuels to CNG or LGV from refined petroleum, said Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan at the 11th Natural Gas for Vehicles and Infrastructure Indonesia Forum and Exhibition on Tuesday.
"If you ask me where the idea [for the ministerial decree] came from, it's from the President. The President asked me why this program wasn't making much progress and he suggested that all gas stations should have at least one nozzle specifically for gas," Jonan said.
Jonan said the ministerial decree would be issued before the end of the month with the hope that there would be 5,000 gas dispensers at the country's filling stations within two years.
(Read also: Fuel demand for transportation to grow by 13%: Deputy minister)
Only 53 Pertamina-owned CNG and LGV stations (SPBG) are to start operating by the end of this year, up from the 34 units already in operation. This includes seven mobile refueling units (MRU). State-owned gas company PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) operates 10 SPBG and five MRU.
Most of the SPBG are located in the Greater Jakarta area, although others are located in Palembang in South Sumatra, Semarang in Central Java and Balikpapan in East Kalimantan.
The lack of a gas pipeline network is the main problem preventing an increase in the number of CNG dispensers. (bbn)
