ConocoPhillips: Contractors Walk Out At UK Humber Refinery
May 20 2009 - 6:39AM
Dow Jones News
Maintenance contract workers at ConocoPhillips' (COP) 221,000
barrel a day Humber refinery in northern England walked out for a
second day Wednesday, the company said.
"The action is unrelated to ConocoPhillips local employment
practices...the action has not affected the normal operations at
the site and we look forward to the situation being resolved as
soon as possible," the company said in an e-mailed statement.
The Humber contractors held an unofficial strike for a second
day in sympathy with workers from the South Hook liquefied natural
gas terminal at Milford Haven, Wales. They were joined by
contractors at Total SA's (TOT) nearby Lindsey oil refinery, which
has a capacity of 200,000 barrels a day.
The South Hook contractors went on strike Tuesday to protest the
hiring practices of industrial services company Hertel U.K. for an
insulation project, which they said was unfair to local
workers.
Workers at the Dragon LNG import terminal in Milford Haven and
RWE AG's (RWE.XE) Aberthaw Power Station in Wales also walked out
on Tuesday, but it wasn't clear if they had continued the strikes
Wednesday.
-By Lananh Nguyen, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 (0)20-7842-9479;
lananh.nguyen@dowjones.com