Seven tankers carrying 65,000 tonnes of fuel from Sweden and the Netherlands were on their way to Scotland last night to maintain fuel supplies during the strike at Grangemouth oil refinery.

Production stopped at Scotland’s only oil refinery - the third biggest in Britain - at 6am yesterday when around 100 workers finished their shift.

BP has also shut its Forties pipeline system, which is powered by the plant, 25 miles to the west of Edinburgh. As the pipeline carries about 30 per cent of Britain’s daily oil output from more than 70 oilfields in the North Sea, the industrial action could cost Britain up to £50 million per day in lost revenue. ... Read full article