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The Grangemouth oil refinery west of Edinburgh Scotland is pictured at the end of the first of a two day strike on April 27, 2008 near Grangemouth. The start of a two-day walkout by around 1,200 workers at the Grangemouth refinery forced the neighbouring Forties pipeline to close down at the same time, operator BP said. Britain shut down a North Sea pipeline which supplies 40 percent of its oil and gas and there was panic-buying of petrol after a strike at the major refinery. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones