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PT Pertamina Patra Niaga is seeking to normalize supply by extending operating hours to 24 hours and deploying 30 additional fuel tanker trucks to distribute fuel to gas stations across North Sumatra.
Motorists queue to buy Pertalite subsidized gasoline at a gas station in Medan, North Sumatra, on July 16, 2026. (Antara/Yudi Manar)
North Sumatra Police have deployed hundreds of officers to guard gas stations across the province, which have been swarmed by motorists in the past week because of fuel shortages, with lines up to 13 kilometers long.The queues were already reduced on Sunday after the police safeguarded the gas stations as well as escorted fuel distribution in North Sumatra.
