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Liputan6.com, Kildare: A number of public refueling stations (petrol stations) in West Sumatra experienced the scarcity of premium fuel, Friday (25 / 6). Scarcity of fuel is done in several cities and districts in West Sumatra that is, the District of Solok, Payakumbuh, District 50 City, as well as City of Solok. A number of retail outlets in the city of Padang is also close, run out of premium fuel since at 14.00 pm.

Due to the scarcity of this premium, the existing gas station in Kota Padang was forced to buy at a retail trader. However, retail traders utilize fuel scarcity of premium by selling at Rp 6,000 per liter. In fact, the scarcity of premium fuel has never happened before in the city of Padang.

A resident claimed to wonder and feel strange because the premium is difficult to get a number of retail outlets, but the roadside retailers actually increased in number but higher selling price. "Where retailers are getting fuel at the pump while it hard to obtain," he said.

In separate places, Bahar Asnawi gas station owner who was in Khatib Sulaiman said the shortage of premium fuel due to lack of supply from Pertamina. "Supply of premium fuel or less, in one day just to get rations of two tanks, to cover in one day have three tanks," he said. (ADO / Ant)