Car owners in Indonesia should prepare for soaring non-subsidized fuel prices next year as energy analysts around the world have predicted global oil prices to reach more than US$100 (Rp 904,000) per barrel, an expert says.
ReforMiner Institute executive director Pri Agung Rakhmanto explained that the soaring global oil prices were stimulated by extreme winters in the United States and Europe as well as the reluctance of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to increase production.
“Analysts projected that the price could rise to $100 per barrel in the first quarter of 2011. If that happens, we estimate that the price of Pertamax, one of non-subsidized fuels, may come to Rp 8,900 per liter,” he said over the phone on Monday.
Currently the price of Pertamax at state oil and gas firm Pertamina's fuel stations in Greater Jakarta is set at Rp 7,050 per liter. Last month, the price still stood at around Rp 6,900 per liter.
The House of Representatives approved a government plan to implement new restrictions on subsidized fuel sales beginning in April 2011. Under the policy, private car owners are obliged to buy non-subsidized fuel to ensure that the subsidized fuel goes to the intended customers
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