Fuel Blockades: This is Rigged shuts down Scotland's Fuel Supply at Ineos, Grangemouth
- 9 months ago
Fuel Blockades: This is Rigged shuts down Scotland's Fuel Supply at Ineos, Grangemouth.
At 5am on Wednesday the 19th of July, 24 people with the Scottish non-violent direct action campaign ‘This is Rigged’ have cut off all of Scotland’s petrol supply. At the terminal in Grangemouth, which provides around 70% of the country’s fuel supply, 4 people have climbed into the pipework of the tanker loading bay, forcing the site to halt operations, 11 people have blockaded the access road to the site, stopping tankers from entering or exiting, while a further 5 have disabled tankers in the site’s storage carpark, rendering the vehicles unusable. A further 4 have occupied a fuel silo at the NuStar terminal in Clydebank (which makes up the remainder of Scotland’s petrol supplies), also rendering the site inoperational for the duration. [4]
This is Rigged are demanding that the Scottish government vocally oppose all new oil and gas licenses, and create a fair and fully funded transition for our oil workers.
In April this year, following a series of disruptions at First Minister’s Questions (in which the group attempted to bring the question directly to politicians, and instead received 6 month bans from parliament), This is Rigged threw red paint at the front of Scottish parliament and vowed to escalate tactics until their demands are met. They threatened then to shut down Scotland’s oil industry, with the Herald reporting that the actions would cause fuel shortages around Scotland, comparing them to the 2000s fuel protests which caused petrol pumps to run dry.
At 5am on Wednesday the 19th of July, 24 people with the Scottish non-violent direct action campaign ‘This is Rigged’ have cut off all of Scotland’s petrol supply. At the terminal in Grangemouth, which provides around 70% of the country’s fuel supply, 4 people have climbed into the pipework of the tanker loading bay, forcing the site to halt operations, 11 people have blockaded the access road to the site, stopping tankers from entering or exiting, while a further 5 have disabled tankers in the site’s storage carpark, rendering the vehicles unusable. A further 4 have occupied a fuel silo at the NuStar terminal in Clydebank (which makes up the remainder of Scotland’s petrol supplies), also rendering the site inoperational for the duration. [4]
This is Rigged are demanding that the Scottish government vocally oppose all new oil and gas licenses, and create a fair and fully funded transition for our oil workers.
In April this year, following a series of disruptions at First Minister’s Questions (in which the group attempted to bring the question directly to politicians, and instead received 6 month bans from parliament), This is Rigged threw red paint at the front of Scottish parliament and vowed to escalate tactics until their demands are met. They threatened then to shut down Scotland’s oil industry, with the Herald reporting that the actions would cause fuel shortages around Scotland, comparing them to the 2000s fuel protests which caused petrol pumps to run dry.