Badung and Pertamina Add 6,720 LPG Cylinders as Bali Shortages Continue

Denpasar — — Badung Regency and Pertamina Patra Niaga have launched an extra drop of 6,720 subsidised 3-kilogram LPG cylinders across parts of the regency to ease shortages that have also been reported in other parts of Bali, according to the Badung administration and local media.

The Badung government said the additional supply was being sent from 14 to 25 September to 24 points, with 48 separate deliveries planned, and that the distribution was focused on areas that showed signs of scarcity.

Badung’s Cooperative, Small and Medium Enterprises and Trade Office said the cylinders were being distributed together with Pertamina Patra Niaga’s Bali sales team to prevent local stockouts. The office also said the effort was intended as a temporary response to demand pressure, not a permanent change to the subsidy scheme.

Supply pressure across Bali

In Denpasar, Pertamina said LPG distribution from agents to depots was returning to normal after earlier shortages, while some depots still had stock available. Bali Post reported that in Pemogan, 42 LPG depots serve residents and deliveries were still moving on 8 September, with retail sales at Rp18,000 per cylinder, the provincial maximum retail price.

Bali Post also reported that Pertamina had prepared an additional 1,700 metric tonnes for arrival on 9 September, with stock at the Integrated Terminal Manggis standing at 4,418 metric tonnes and enough for about 4.7 days at that time.

Officials and local media have pointed to uneven demand as one reason for the shortages. Pertamina said ceremonial activity can lift consumption in Bali, and local reporting in Denpasar and Gianyar showed repeated market operations to stabilise supply and keep sales at the official Rp18,000 price.

The Badung administration said the regency’s LPG allocation remained secure, but the extra-drop programme was designed to direct supply to specific outlets facing immediate pressure. That approach is consistent with the wider Bali response, which has relied on targeted deliveries and market operations rather than a province-wide change to the quota.

Residents are being urged to buy from authorised outlets and avoid panic buying, which can quickly empty local stocks even when supply continues to move through the distribution chain.

For consumers, the official LPG 3-kilogram outlet information can be checked through Pertamina’s subsidy programme channels or by contacting the company’s call centre, according to the reporting cited above.

Sources

• Detik Bali
• Bali Post
• Badung Regency Government