Strike forces closure of South Korean Yeosu refinery

摘要

Seoul/Singapore-South Korea's second largest refiner LG-Caltex late July 19 shut its 650,000 b/d Yeosu refinery due to a labor strike-the first ever strike to hit the country's oil industry,company officials said.It was not immediately clear when the refinery would be restarted."Operations at the plant in Yeosu have been suspended since Monday afternoon as control rooms were taken over by union members," a company spokesman said.