Eleven arrested after local weather activists ‘cease oil from leaving’ websites
Police have confirmed 11 folks have been arrested after local weather campaigners focused two oil websites in Scotland.
Activists from This Is Rigged protested on the Ineos refinery in Grangemouth, Fife, and the Nustar Clydebank oil terminal in West Dunbartonshire, earlier on Wednesday. They claimed to have stopped oil leaving the websites and had been seen protesting on the gates, sitting on pipes and on prime of a tanker.
The marketing campaign group posted on Twitter: “Grangemouth supplies 90% of Scotland’s oil. We have stopped oil leaving this site, as well as Nustar Terminal in Clydebank. We have no plans to stop.
“Groups of people are currently occupying pipework and a fuel silo and blockading terminal gates, while another group has immobilised a car park full of tankers at the Grangemouth facility. No fuel can leave the sites while they are occupied.
“The action is the first in a sustained series of actions, in which the group has vowed to shut down the Scottish oil industry.”
The group referred to as on the Scottish Government to implement a simply transition for oil and fuel staff “instead of assisting billionaires like (Ineos owner) Jim Ratcliffe”. They added: “Dinnae fash yersel (don’t worry), Jim, we’re not going anywhere.”
Police had been referred to as to each websites and Ineos mentioned the Grangemouth terminal has been “temporarily closed to traffic” over security issues. An Ineos spokesperson mentioned: “We are aware of a number of protesters at the Grangemouth Road terminal and we have mobilised our incident management team.
“We are continuing to monitor the protest activity at the terminal and we are working with Police Scotland, prioritising the safety of all those involved. Our manufacturing operations remain unaffected and we can now advise that the road terminal has reopened with restrictions in place due to access and egress limitations.”
A Police Scotland spokesperson mentioned: “Police Scotland have made a number of arrests following protests at the Ineos site in Grangemouth today.
“Eleven people have been arrested and officers remain in attendance.”
Nustar was additionally contacted for remark.