Trinidad oil union to call general strike if refinery shuts down

Trinidad oil union to call general strike if refinery shuts down Reuters PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago's Oilfields Workers' Trade Union (OWTU) on Thursday threatened a general strike if the island's government does not rescind a decision to shut down the country's lone oil refinery, operated by state-run Petrotrin. The oil firm earlier this week disclosed it would halt refining operations in October due to recurring losses from crude imports in recent years. The 150,000-barrel-per-day Point-a-Pierre refinery was purchasing up to 100,000 bpd of foreign crude to produce fuels for the Caribbean island The post Trinidad oil union to call general strike if refinery shuts down appeared first on Firstpost. FirstPost Unsubscribe from these notifications or sign in to manage your Email Applets.