This is Rigged demonstrators have also gathered at the oil terminal at Rothesay Dock in Clydebank
Seven people have been arrested after climate activists allegedly blockaded an oil site in Grangemouth. Police were called to the Ineos-owned petrochemical plant today after protestors from This is Rigged allegedly scaled two of the firm's tankers in Fife today.
The campaign group posted on Twitter: “Grangemouth supplies 90 per cent of Scotland’s oil. We have stopped oil leaving this site, as well as Nustar Terminal in Clydebank. We have no plans to stop. "No fuel can leave the sites while they are occupied. The action is the first in a sustained series of actions, in which the group has vowed to shut down the Scottish oil industry.”A force statement reads: "We are aware of a number of protestors at the Road Tanker Terminal at the INEOS site in Grangemouth. Seven people have been arrested at the site and officers remain in attendance.
An Ineos spokesperson said: “We are aware of a number of protesters at the Grangemouth Road Terminal, and we have mobilised our incident management team. We are continuing to monitor the protest activity at the terminal, and we are liaising with Police Scotland, prioritising the safety of all those involved.
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