Fuel queues reach two kilometres in Karangasem
Fuel queues in Karangasem reached 2 kilometres on Oct. 15, with motorists waiting from 4 a.m. and traffic reduced to one usable side of the road.
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Karangasem — Fuel queues stretched up to 2 kilometres at several filling stations on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, as motorists waited from 4 a.m. for supplies, according to reports from Karangasem and Bali.
The queues were recorded at stations including Subagan, where the station had not yet opened when motorists began waiting. Motorcycles and cars occupied part of the road, leaving traffic moving along only one side. One motorist told reporters he had waited almost four hours without receiving fuel.
Reporting from Bali also described continued queues at stations in Karangasem, Denpasar, Gianyar and Badung, including near Ngurah Rai Airport. Pertamina Patra Niaga said it was accelerating deliveries, while four tanker trucks were sent from Banyuwangi to Bali. The company planned to deliver 57.9 million litres of fuel between Oct. 14 and Oct. 17, including 44.9 million litres of Pertalite and 13 million litres of Pertamax.
Why the Karangasem queues matter to Bali residents and visitors
For foreign residents and visitors, the disruption means that road journeys through eastern Bali may take longer and that fuel availability cannot be assumed even outside the island’s main urban centres. The queues also affect local mobility: vehicles waiting at stations reduced usable road space and disrupted traffic around the stations.
The reports attributed the wider Bali shortage to distribution constraints rather than a nationwide lack of fuel. Bali receives fuel through the Manggis terminal in Karangasem and the Sanggaran terminal in Denpasar. The provincial government also introduced a work-from-home policy for government offices, schools and state- and regionally owned companies from Thursday through Saturday to reduce mobility and support fuel distribution.
The immediate response was an effort to move additional fuel through the two terminals and replenish stations in stages. Long lines remained at several stations at 10 a.m. WITA on Thursday, including the Padang Kerta station in Karangasem.
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