Pertamina to maintain 5m barrels gasoline import next month

State-owned oil, gas firm PT Pertamina plans to import 5 million barrels of premium gasoline next month, up from monthly regular import of 3 million barrels.

Pertamina Marketing Director Ahmad Faisal said on Tuesday that the company will also buy 4 million barrels of diesel.

?The increasing of the premium gasoline because the 125,000 BPD Balongan refinery in West Java is still under regular overhaul,? he said on October 29. This month Pertamina will also import 5 million of gasoline. (godang)