Pertamina's plan to launch a new type of gasoline actually reached Juan Tarin's ears in February. The Chairman of the Regional Executive Board of the National Association of Oil and Gas Entrepreneurs (Hiswana Migas) in Jakarta, Java, and Banten, was informed of a product with higher-octane levels than Premium but priced cheaper than Pertamax.

Pertamina asked Juan to help share the information about this new product with public gas station owners,