Two weeks after France’s supermajor Total joined Apache Corporation in a highly prospective block offshore Suriname, the two oil corporations announced a significant oil discovery in the block, stoking hopes Continue Reading
PARIS — French unions blockaded several oil refineries on Tuesday, aiming to cause shortages at petrol stations after a month-long public transport strike failed to force the government to withdraw Continue Reading
Exxon’s refinery at Fos-sur-Mer in France was blocked by a strike of union workers on Tuesday as part of a massive French strike against a proposed pension reform, and shipments Continue Reading
Oil product supply remains ample across France despite a renewed call from labor unions for blockades of refineries, the government and oil companies said Tuesday. The CGT union has called Continue Reading
The CGT plans to lock all of France’s oil refineries in order to put maximum pressure on the government in what is an increasingly tense conflict over the proposed pension Continue Reading
French union activists disrupted two of the country’s eight oil refineries Friday as part of nationwide strikes against a higher retirement age that have lasted for 23 days, the longest Continue Reading
Shortages of oil products have started mounting as staff at a number of French refineries continue strike action, resulting in increased imports of diesel and gasoil, sources said Friday. “There Continue Reading
Shortages of oil products have started mounting as strikes at most French refineries entered their fourth week resulting in increased imports of diesel and gasoil, sources said Friday. Receive daily Continue Reading
Staff at Petroineos’ Lavera refinery in France started halting units this weekend due to a strike, according toCGT sources and local media reports. The company declined to comment. There have Continue Reading
A production shutdown started on Sunday at PetroIneos’ 210,000-barrels-per-day Lavera oil refinery in southern France after CGT union workers voted to stop output as part of protests over pension reform, Continue Reading
