Pertamina corporate communication vice president Ali Mundakir said in Jakarta on Sunday that the company would pay the cost of each liter of subsidized fuel distributed via the 17 gas stations to PT Inti (Persero) as the organizer of the rfid program.

'We will implement the rfid program in stages, starting at 17 gas stations (SPBU) in Jakarta as of April 1,' Ali said as quoted by Antara news agency. He said the number of the SPBUs would continue to increase, depending on their readiness.

The amount of subsidized fuel distributed in Jakarta is 15 kiloliters per day on average; therefore, the volume of subsidized fuel calculated for the 17 SPBUs is 255 kiloliters per day.

Pertamina will pay a 'fee' to Inti for each liter of subsidized fuel distributed by the SPBUs amounting to Rp 18 (US$0.0016) or around Rp 4.6 million per day.

Ali said it was hoped that the number of SPBUs involved in the program could continue to increase so that it could be implemented at a wider scale.

Pertamina began the implementation of the rfid program in Jakarta with a target of 274 SPBUs and 15 million vehicles.

The rfid installment is part of the company's fuel control and monitoring system program as mandated by Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Regulation No.1/2013 and Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) No.6/2013.

The system is carried out through the installment of two IT systems ' at the SPBU and on the vehicle.

Pertamina appointed Inti to handle the system installments on 100 million vehicles, comprising 80 million motorbikes, eleven million cars, six million trucks and three million buses. The number of SPBUs installed with the IT system is expected to reach 5,027 units with a total of 92,000 nozzles across Indonesia. (ebf)

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