French Port workers Strike Leave Refineries Without Crude Oil
As some French refinery workers return to work after striking over pension reform, many do not have anything to do. A strike by French port workers is continuing at least until tomorrow, and many refineries say that without the crude oil currently docked offshore, they have no way to produce any gasoline or diesel. 5 of France's 11 refineries are able to process crude oil, with total capacity for all of the refineries at around 1.84 million barrels a day.
See "French Port workers Strike Leave Refineries Without Crude Oil", Nidaa Bakhsh, Bloomberg News, October 26, 2010