Queues have formed at some petrol stations in Denpasar and Kuta for Pertalite, the subsidised petrol used mainly by local residents.
A few stations ran out of it. The provincial authorities say supplies are gradually being restored.
On 7 October there were queues at stations on Jalan Sesetan, Jalan Gatot Subroto and Jalan Ahmad Yani in Denpasar, as well as on the Ngurah Rai Bypass in Kuta. South Kuta police checked the stations in their area the same day: one petrol station in Jimbaran was closed.
Fuel is brought to Bali by tanker through two terminals belonging to the state oil and gas company Pertamina — in Pesanggaran in southern Denpasar and in Manggis in the east of the island. Station managers told police that a tanker had not yet unloaded at Pesanggaran and that deliveries to stations in South Kuta had been cut by roughly 30–40%.
The provincial energy agency attributed the disruptions to changes in the supply arrangements through both terminals. It did not say when things would return to normal, and Pertamina has not yet commented on the situation.
A litre of Pertalite in Bali costs 10,000 rupiah, while Pertamax costs 15,950 rupiah.
Similar queues occurred at the end of August. At the time Pertamina blamed a change in the tanker schedule and scheduled maintenance at the Pesanggaran terminal, and the following day it shipped 17% more than the usual daily volume to stations across the island. In November 2025 Bali was likewise short of Pertamax: tankers could not reach the terminal because of bad weather.
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