Pertamina cuts fuel prices

State-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina starting today (Tuesday) cuts down the price of its oil fuel products including Pertamax, Pertamax Plus, Pertamax Dex and Pertalite by Rp 200 per liter.

Pertamina Vice President for Corporate Communications Wianda Pusponegoro said in a statement Tuesday that the price cut is made in line with the current drop in crude prices.

The price of the Pertamax fuel brand in Jakarta, for instance, has been cut down from Rp 7,950 per liter to Rp 7,750 per liter, while the price of Pertamax Plus declines from Rp 8,950 to Rp 8,750 per liter. The price of high quality automotive diesel fuel Pertamax Dex has also been lowered to Rp 8,600 per liter from Rp 8,800. Meanwhile, the price of Petralite is lowered to Rp 7,500 from Rp 7,700 per liter.

Pertamina said that the price of non-subsidized automotive diesel seen a greater price cut of Rp 400 per liter.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak