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BPH Migas to reduce Solar diesel purchase quota
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An attendant fills up a motorcycle at a gas station owned by state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina in Jakarta. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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he Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) is slated to reduce the amount of Solar subsidized diesel fuel motorists can buy per day to ensure its equal distribution.
BPH Migas head Erika Retnowati said the agency would revise rules stipulating the maximum purchase limit in Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 191/2014 on the provision, distribution and retail pricing of fuel.
“We will issue a regulation to tighten the maximum [purchase] volume to make [the distribution] more [on] target,” she told House of Representatives Commission XII overseeing energy and mineral resource policies, in Jakarta on Monday.
Currently, the maximum daily purchase quota for Solar-branded diesel for individual-owned four-wheel vehicles is 60 liters, Erika explained.
Meanwhile, the limit for six-wheel commercial vehicles for transporting people or goods is 80 liters per day per vehicle, and for commercial vehicles with more than six wheels 200 liters per day per vehicle.
“We think it is too much, because it exceeds the capacity of the tank, so it has the potential to be misused. Moreover, based on a study that we conducted together with the study team from [Gadjah Mada University, UGM], we will tighten the volume,” Erika said.
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