Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel

IT was not yet past noon when a petrol station on Jalan Sukarno-Hatta in East Kalimantan closed for the rest of the day. An iron chain strung across the entrance and a makeshift sign announced: No Diesel Fuel. Still, several public transports chose to wait for incoming supplies. Lately a petrol station closing unusually early is a common sight in the oil-producing province, not only because of increasing demand, but also because of restricted sup

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