The Association of Fuel Station Owners (Hiswana Migas) has called on state-owned energy firm Pertamina to engage third-party auditors to supervise fuel stations and prevent fraud in the downstream oil business.
The fuel station business has come under the spotlight recently, after a franchise fuel station in South Jakarta cheated customers by using a remote controlled device in a pump to deceitfully pump out only 18.6 liters of fuel for every 20 liters purchased. Police are investigating the case.
Hiswana Migas Jakarta, Banten and West Java regional secretary Syarif Hidayat said the case showed that Pertamina’s routine checks at franchised gas stations was not enough. Additional auditors were needed to check gas station operations – in undercover operations, if necessary.
"We suggest Pertamina use third party auditors, not only its internal auditors and staff from the metrology office. The auditors should also go undercover and the audit visits must be randomized," Syarif told the Jakartapost.com in Jakarta this week.
Hiswana Migas suggested that Pertamina ask state-owned surveyor Sucofindo and TÜV to launch the third-party audit. Mischievous practices, he further said, had destroyed not only Pertamina's reputation but that of the fuel station business as a whole.
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