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Workers wait for customers at a filling station of state-owned oil company Pertamina in Surabaya, East Java, on March 4, 2025.
(AFP/Juni kriswanto)
C
aps on how much fuel motorists may buy per day could be troublesome to enforce on the ground and will not eliminate the fiscal headache of high global oil prices.
Pertamina spokesman Muhammad Baron told The Jakarta Post on Thursday that the state-owned energy firm had received the “technical details” but was still awaiting the government’s formal announcement before fuel rationing could commence.
The government announced on Tuesday that owners of four-wheeled vehicles could only purchase up to 50 liters per day of Pertalite, Pertamina’s subsidized RON-90 gasoline brand, and that any purchase exceeding the limit would be charged at nonsubsidized rates.
The caps varied for its subsidized diesel brand Solar, namely 50 liters per day for four-wheeled vehicles, 80 liters for public transportation and 200 liters for vehicles with six or more wheels.
The policy was supposed to come into effect on Wednesday, but consumers could still freely buy the subsidized fuels without limits on Thursday.
Baron revealed that the curbs would be implemented using MyPertamina, a mobile application launched by the company in 2022 to prevent misuse of subsidized fuels.
Past reports pointed to users experiencing a range of issues with the app, from unstable connections and server errors to verification problems.
