On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of its creation, report on the Feyzin refinery with many plans of its facilities. The public is very skeptical about the plant and questions the pollution it causes. Moreover, the 1966 disaster is not forgotten. They’re trying to sell it.
Inauguration of the Société Générale des huiles de pétrole refinery in Dunkirk, presented as the most modern in Europe. Visit of the facilities in the presence of Mr LOUVEL, Minister of Trade and Industry, accompanied by personalities, including Mr Paul REYNAUD, Member of Parliament for the North.
The American petrochemical company LyondellBasell, announced the closure of its refinery in Berre l'Etang, in the Bouches du Rhône. Several hundred jobs are at risk. Employees demonstrate outside the refinery doors and express their anger.
Total confirms the closure of the Dunkirk refinery and the conversion of the site’s employees. In La Défense, demonstration of the refinery strikers, who occupy the lobby of Total’s head office. The gendarmerie evacuated the strikers, who threatened to sue their employer. Interviews of a trade unionist, Michel BENEZIT, director of refining Total and Charles FOULARD, coordinator CGT Total.
The Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell is suffering heavy financial losses. This is why its French subsidiary decided to close the Pauillac refinery in Gironde. Poignant testimony of a retiree, Jacques CHARPENTIER who participated in the construction of the refinery. Interviews with Bernard CALVET, Vice-President of Shell and Mr BARROSO, Secretary of the EC.
In Vern sur Seiche, Mr DELSOUILLER, head of the refinery-cluster of the company Antar, explains the choice of the place for this new refinery and the products produced there.