Jakarta, Sept. 19 -- Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia announced an agreement with private gas station companies, namely Shell, Vivo, BP, and Exxon Mobil, to purchase additional fuel stocks through an import scheme via Pertamina.

He conveyed this after attending a meeting with the management of those companies in Jakarta on Friday.

"They agreed, and indeed they must agree to purchase, in collaboration with Pertamina," Lahadalia remarked in a press conference following the meeting.

According to the minister, the agreement stipulates several requirements for the additional fuel import scheme through collaboration with the state-owned oil company, Pertamina, including the requirement that purchased fuel must be bas...