Article: Teesside refinery shuts and 75 workers are axed.(Sport)

Byline: Iain Laing

MORE than 75 workers will lose their jobs at a Teesside oil refinery after its loss-making Swiss owners failed to find a buyer for the site.

Petroplus yesterday confirmed that half of the 155 staff at Teesside operation would be made redundant after a tense six-month wait since they mothballed the 117,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Seal Sands.

The company, which this week announced mounting financial losses, will turn the site ...

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