Thursday, May 3, 2007

Crude Oil, Gasoline Futures Fall After Belgian Refinery Strike Is Averted

(Bloomberg) -- Crude oil and gasoline plunged after Belgian refiners and workers agreed to a new proposal to resolve a labor dispute and avert a strike.

Belgian oil workers had threatened to go on strike May 10 and halt operations at four refineries in Antwerp with a combined processing capacity of more than 600,000 barrels a day. Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Nigeria's largest foreign oil producer, expects its Forcados export facility in Nigeria to resume operations in June, the company's chief financial officer said today.


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