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Director of Marketing and Trading company PT Pertamina, Djaelani Sutomo. (AFP)
The government is targeting the conversion of kerosene to gas usage to be completed in 2011, although Papua excluded from this program for a while.

"In the meantime, we are hampered transportation in Papua. Extreme geographical conditions of transport infrastructure such as roads while not sufficient," said Director of Marketing and Trading company PT Pertamina, Djaelani Sutomo, the Marketing Unit of LPG Filling Stations (UPMS) Region VI, Jalan Yos Sudarso, Balikpapan , Sunday.

Papua's special, he says, people are still allowed to use kerosene even though still advisable to switch to gas, especially to people in urban areas.

Despite having similar problems, in the border regions of Kalimantan, Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia, are not treated equally. Kerosene to gas conversion in East Kalimantan-Sabah border area, for example in Kutai Barat, Malinau, Nunukan remain targeted and achieved in the year 2011.

"We have an intensive program underway in West Kutai," said General Manager who oversees the UPMS VI Kalimantan and South Kalimantan, Alfian Nasution.

East Kalimantan-Sabah the border though far from distribution centers in Aberdeen, but still allows achieved despite the various modes of transportation, ranging from land and sea transportation and river.

"It takes a little longer," said Djaelani.

The same answer also proposed responding to reports of fuel shortages in Nunukan, immediately adjacent to the Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia.

Before visiting the Pertamina gas filling station at Jalan Yos Sudarso, Djaelani conduct inspections to a number of houses in the communities in Kampong Top Water, Pandan Road West, Marga Sari, RT 48, West of Balikpapan.

Here he saw many people using 3 kg of LPG gas cylinders. According to the reports of citizens, the events that befall them generally because the rubber seal is worn, so that the gas leak when the regulator is installed.

Rubber seals are partitioned between the regulator with the outlet gas from the tube.

According to the Director Djaelani, he also often dilapori that many tubes that no longer has the seal again when will be refilled.

"It may be taken again by the people, whether when he was at home or while already in the agency at the shelter prior to transfer to us to be refilled," he said.

This rubber seal case, said Djaelani, is the business of Pertamina. People who need to do is ask the nearest filling station for free. [antaranews.com]

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