Total Says Protests Not Delaying Refineries Restart

French oil and gas company Total said on Tuesday that a nationwide protest by hardline CGT trade union, was not impacting restart operations at three of its five refineries in France which are resuming after being halted by strikes.

 

Total said on Friday that it was restarting its Donges, Normandy and Feyzin refineries after a 27-day strike by CGT against a planned government labour reform bill let to production shut down and the plants.

 

A Total spokesman said full restart operations were ongoing at the refineries as planned and were not being delayed by the nationwide protests on Tuesday that has turned violent in some places in the capital.


(Reporting by Bate Felix, editing by Sybille de La Hamaide)