France’s two biggest refineries halt operations as pension protests escalate

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France’s two biggest refineries are halting operations as protests over the government’s pension reform plans continue to escalate, union officials said March 17. The 247,000 b/d Gonfreville refinery in Normandy is set to halt operations, with the first unit closures starting “in a few hours,” a CGT union official told to S&P Global Commodity Insights early March 17. Operator TotalEnergies…