"The president has also asked that evaluation should be carried out at all oil refineries, particularly in term of safety operation standards."Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the evaluation of safety measures at all oil refinery plants throughout Indonesia following the outbreak of fire at Pertamina oil tanks in Cilacap, Central Java.
Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa, at the presidential office, said on Tuesday that the president had asked that the procedures and operation safety standards at all oil refinery pants in Indonesia be fulfilled.
Apart from that each of the country`s refinery plant should have procedures and operation standards in the handling of fire and other accidents with a fast fire extinguishing system.
"Now the state-owned oil firm Pertamina is conducting a thorough evaluation because the president has also asked that evaluation should be carried out at all oil refineries, particularly in term of safety operation standards," the minister said.
Minister Hatta Rajasa said that he had not yet received any report on the result of the investigation into the outbreak of fire at Pertamina`s oil tanks in Cilacap, Central Java.
Thus, the amount of losses has yet to be known, he added.
A fire broke out in state oil company Pertamina Refinery Unit (RU) complex IV in Cilacap, Central Java, late last month.
The fire gutting the oil tank 31 T-02 of Pertamina refinery unit complex IV spread to another tank. The fire had gutted the second tank in the eastern part of 31 T-02 tank.
Spokesman of Pertamina`s Cilacap refinery, Kurdi Susanto, said the burned 31 T-02 tank contained the high Octane Motor Gasoline Component.
"Other tanks near tank 31 T-02 contain kerosene but they have been emptied and cooled down," he said.
The fire itself did not disrupt Pertamina`s fuel production in its Cilacap refinery, he said.
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