Fuel shipped in from Europe as Grangemouth refinery strike begins

Workers at the Ineos Grangemouth refinery started their 48 hour strike yesterday causing the closure of the Forties pipeline which carries approximately 30% of the UK's daily fuel output and generates £50 million of revenue a day. Fears over fuel shortages (as reported 'In the News' on 21 April), have been calmed as seven tankers holding 65,000 tonnes of fuel (ten days of fuel) are being delivered from Holland and Sweden to Scotland.

The strike action ends tomorrow. The Forties pipeline should come back onstream by the end of the week, but it make take longer than a week for the refinery to become fully operational.

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