11 firms assigned to supply biodiesel to Pertamina, AKR
Friday, November 6 2015 - 03:16 AM WIB
The government has appointed 11 palm oil companies to supply fatty acid methyl ester, or biodiesel, to state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina, and IDX-listed fuel distributor PT AKR Corporindo Tbk, Bisnis Indonesia reported Friday.
The paper quoted Director General of New and Renewable Energy at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Rida Mulyana as saying that the 11 firms will start supplying the biodiesel this month so as to help realize the government?s target this year for 15 percent biodiesel mix, under which every one liter of automotive diesel fuel contains 15 percent biodiesel.
According to directorate general?s website, the 11 firms assigned to supply Pertamina with biodiesel are PT Cemerlang Energi Perkasa, PT Wilma Bioenergi Indonesia, PT Pelita Agung Agriindustri, PT Ciliandra Perkasa, PT Musim Mas, PT Darmex Biofuels, PT Energi Baharu Lestari, PT Anugerahinti Gemanusa, PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, PT Bioenergi Pratama Jaya, and PT Primanusa Palma Energi.
Meanwhile, PT Musim Mas, PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, and PT Wilmar Bioenergi Indonesia are assigned to supply biodiesel to AKR.
The paper said that the 11 firms will supply biodiesel from November of this year until April of 2016, with supply to be made in every six-month. (*)