Large-scale oil exporter Indonesia is facing a serious crisis of energy supply. Pertamina – the state-owned oil company – can no longer meet the high demand for gasoline and it has been forced to import stocks at excessive cost. The entire country must queues for hours at gas stations to get their tanks refilled. Several Indonesian experts have offered potential solutions to the problem which however may threaten social order.
Even before the alarm bells started to ring, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) had decided to allocate a special budget for Pertamina to purchase a greater quantity of gasoline. The initiative did not serve to evade the current crisis: in regions like Aceh, South Sulawesi West and East Java, citizens can no longer find gas or premium to buy. Kurtubi, an expert in the sector, yesterday intervened in a public meeting on the matter in Jakarta, saying: “The oil crisis is very serious”.
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Large-scale oil exporter Indonesia is facing a serious crisis of energy supply. Pertamina – the state-owned oil company – can no longer meet the high demand for gasoline and it has been forced to import stocks at excessive cost. The entire country must queues for hours at gas stations to get their tanks refilled. Several Indonesian experts have offered potential solutions to the problem which however may threaten social order.
