Besides Optimedia, four other agencies including Hotline, Mediate, Webmedia and Hakuhodo were short-listed after a initial round of pitching that involved nine agencies.
The news comes at a difficult time for the state-linked oil company, which has suffered images problems in the wake of the government's decision to increase fuel prices by 30 per cent.
The media review for Pertamina Pas follows two months after the company awarded its creative business to local agency Cabe Rawit Pariwara.
Pertamina selects Optimedia for US$9.5m media brief
JAKARTA - Indonesian oil giant Pertamina has selected Optimedia to handle the US$9.5 million media business of its non-subsidised petrol station chain Pertamina Pas.
