Economy

BBM in Bali gets worse, residents want to stay in SPBU

Stateline MEDIA Newsroom•October 15, 2026•4 min read

The fuel (BBM) crisis in Bali worsened on Thursday, October 15, 2026: residents volunteered to stay and sleep in the gas station (SPBU) in order to wait for a tank truck, the railway passed up to 5 kilometers.

Key Facts

The BBM breakdown in Bali continued until Thursday (15/10/2026) and has been around a week since Monday (12/10/2026).
At SPBU Gunaksa, Klungkung, two tons of Pertalite were exhausted in about two hours after the SPBU opened; residents entered since 04:00 WITA and some fell asleep on the site.
In Jembrana, residents entered from Wednesday afternoon until Thursday morning despite the manager placing an empty stock announcement; some sleep on the vehicle because of empty tanks.
Viral videos showed trains infecting up to 5 kilometers, a female rider fainting while entering, and health posts circulated in a number of SPBUs.
Jatimbalus apologized, added supply via tanker, and optimized 24-hour supply; the ESDM Ministry said the cause was a delay in the ship, not the national stock exhaust.
The illustration in this article is using SPBU photos from outside Bali that are documented by local media; photos of events in Bali accompanied by credit beritasatu.com.

Crisis is severe, people are willing to stay

The oil fuel crisis (BBM) in Bali is severe, Thursday (15/10/2026). After lasting about a week, the long driveway of vehicles is still visible on various SPBUs and makes citizens volunteer to stay in the location while waiting for the arrival of the tank trucks. This condition isly ongoing since Monday (12/10/2026) without signs of recovery. The breakdown not only hit BBMs subsidized like Pertalite and Solar, but also BBMs non-subsidized such as Pertamax and Pertamax Turbo that are empty in almost all SPBUs.

At a number of points, the ride lasts from dawn to night. The people who run out of fuel in the middle of the road have no choice but to stay on the ride, hoping the supply will return and they will not run out of the ride.

Antrean spread in Jembrana, Klungkung, to Denpasar

In Jembrana, hundreds of citizens remained in SPBU despite the administrator having installed an empty stock announcement. In SPBU Road Sudirman, Kelurahan Pendem, the two-wheeled and four-wheeled gear met the national road edge on Wednesday night (14/10/2026). A citizen claimed to have entered since Wednesday afternoon and until Thursday morning still had no gasoline, then chose to sleep on his vehicle because his motorcycle tank was empty. Putu Winarta, a resident of Kelurahan Pendem, said many drivers had no other choice than to wait because his vehicle could no longer walk.

As a result, the people began to enter from 4:00 p.m. at the SPBU Gunaksa. One citizen claimed to be asleep at the SPBU after the Pertalite ended around 8:00 p.m., while he had already arrived since 5:00 p.m. the SPBU Gunaksa officials said that two tons of Pertalite ended only in about two hours after the SPBU opened, and the antrean continued to lengthen to meluber to the shoulder of the road. In Denpasar, the citizens claimed to enter until early in the day around 2:00 p.m. at the WITA but still did not get a BBM because the stock was over.

People falling, health post dismantled

A number of viral videos on social media showed that the BBM drive in Bali reached about 5 kilometers at some SPBUs. In one of the shows, a female rider was seen fainting while entering in the midst of heavy weather. Health posts were also dispatched at several points of the drive. Lilik Ariyanto, one of the citizens who arrived at the drive at 03.00 Wita, claimed that his motorcycle’s gasoline remained one bar so he could not go anywhere else. This situation affects daily activities, including work and transporting children to school.

Citizens expect the shortage to be overcome immediately because it is a huge burden on society, especially those who hang vehicles to work.

First of all, apologize.

The Prime Minister of Regional Business Jatimbalus issued an apology and stated that he continued to try to restore BBM supply in Bali through delivery arrangements based on the SPBU priority scale as well as optimization of supply for 24 hours. Additional supplies were also sent via tanker vessels. The Prime Minister explained the distribution disruption was triggered by the technical impediment of the carrier vessel in the process of discharge of BBM cargo. ESDM Ministry said the disruption was mainly triggered by ship delays and distribution barriers, not because national stocks were exhausted.