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Exxon Preparing to Shut Antwerp Oil Refinery for Strike

Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) is preparing to halt units at its Antwerp oil refinery in Belgium on Nov. 18, Johan Scharpe, a company spokesman, said by telephone.

The refinery will be fully shut by Nov. 23, the date workers plan to strike, he said today. The plant has a crude processing capacity of about 307,000 barrels a day, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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To contact the editor responsible for this story: Stephen Voss at sev@bloomberg.net

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