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Fuel Crisis Hits Indonesia’s Bali, Triggers Long Lines in Gas Stations for Days – WTOP News
Authorities stepped up around-the-clock deliveries after tanker delays and panic-buying strained supplies, with Pertamina monitoring an 18 million-liter shipment.
- Motorists across Bali face lengthy queues at petrol stations as fuel supplies for Pertalite and Pertamax run low, with drivers in Denpasar and Badung reporting hours-long waits and lines spilling onto busy roads.
- Technical issues involving the Pesanggaran depot and Manggis Transit Terminal caused the fuel distribution disruption, according to Ida Bagus Setiawan, head of Bali's Manpower and Energy and Mineral Resources Agency.
- In Jembrana, 14 service stations were affected by the fuel shortage, leaving residents to push stalled motorcycles, while Sergey, a Russian national, reported being sent across the island after waiting in multiple long lines.
- On Tuesday, Bali Governor I Wayan Koster claimed there is enough fuel available for the island, suggesting that panic buying among motorists may be the primary driver of the shortages.
- Similar supply issues occurred in late August, creating ongoing uncertainty for residents and tourists as officials work to normalize fuel distribution across Bali's various locations.
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The delay with arrival of a ship carrying 18 mln liters of fuel for the island became one of the causes of the fuel crisis in Bali, Governor of the Indonesian province Wayan Koster said
"This delay disrupted the scheduled fuel distribution to the depot,” Koster said, cited by Antara news agency. Fuel disruptions affected the public life but the tourism is safe thus far, the governor...
First, fuel tankers stay out, then hamster purchases follow. On Bali, car and motorcyclists have their nerves flat. They don't get petrol.
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Fuel Crisis Shuts Bali Schools As Motorists Face Long Lines (Worthy News In-Depth)
A fuel supply crisis has disrupted daily life on Indonesia’s internationally renowned tourist island of Bali, forcing schools to suspend in-person classes, leaving motorists waiting in lines stretching for kilometers and prompting authorities to organize emergency deliveries.
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