Exxon Mobil suspends operations over oil protests
BBC Essex reporter Richard Smith, at the scene in Purfleet, said teams of police officers had removed several protesters who had been obstructing access to and from Esso's fuel terminal in London Road.
Protesters who had locked themselves to a gate have been led away, but five remain locked to the roof of a fuel tanker. Four fuel tankers earlier waited in London Road as if to enter the site, but left after a short while, he added.Campaigners Christine and Steve said they were trying to protect the planet for future generations
At the site, Christine said she was demonstrating against the "government's continuing opening of new oil fields," which she described as "criminal negligence".
At a demonstration at the Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead campaigners blocked the entrance to the site on Green Lane.Just Stop Oil said in a statement: "The Just Stop Oil coalition is demanding an end to the government's genocidal policy of expanding UK oil and gas production and is calling on all those outraged at the prospect of climate collapse and suffering from the cost-of-living crisis to stand with us.
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