Pertamina cleared over fuel pump failures

A recent investigation by the Indonesian government has found no problems with the premium gasoline sold by state oil and gas company PT Pertamina, leaving taxi operators in the dark over the cause of widespread fuel pump failures. Evita Herawati Legowo, director general for oil and gas at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, said the government had studied premium gasoline samples taken from four locations: Pertamina’s fuel depot in Plumpang, North Jakarta, a Gamya Taxi depot, and two Pertamina fuel stations. The government studied 15 fuel characteristics, including physical appearances as well as sulfur and lead concentration, in the surveyed samples and found nothing wrong with the fuel. All the properties tested met the required standards, Legowo said at a press conference. (August 7, 2010)