Total Halts Refinery as Strike Crimps Crude Supply

Date: 13 January 2020 - 21:38

News ID: ۷۵۰۴۷

PARIS (Reuters) - French oil group Total has halted a distillation unit at its Donges refinery on France’s western coast due to lack of crude supply during the country’s current strikes, the company said.
Sailors could not get to their tugboats at Saint Nazaire port because a picket line by striking workers was blocking access, Total said in a statement.
"As a result, the Donges refinery cannot be supplied with crude oil. That has led to the distillation unit being halted at the refinery this Sunday,” the statement said.