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Strike to shut British refinery, affect Forties

Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:45pm EDT

LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - A British union will launch a two-day strike at Ineos Grangemouth refinery, forcing it to shut down with an impact on the North Sea Forties pipeline system, which terminates there, both sides said on Friday.

The strike will begin on April 27.

"The bottom line is that because Unite the Union has basically told us that we have to close down the site and remove all hydrocarbons from the facility, we effectively have to begin turning off the refinery which is at the end of the Forties pipeline," Ineos Communications Manager Richard Longdon said. (Reporting by Melissa Akin)



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