The refinery should stop its activity on September 4, but Fancap’s measures threaten maintenance.
He President of Ancap, Alejandro Stipanicic, alerted by Millionaires loses that are getting bigger every day due to the technical shutdown of the La Teja refinery, which should start on 4th of September, although maintenance is in doubt due to the measures of force that it carries out Fancap.
Stipanicic assured Underlined that “the repair maintenance stoppage will not start on September 4″ and postponed that date without definitions for “when the conditions are given to work in 24 hour shifts”, andNo allusion to the union’s measures.
Thus, he questioned the “very significant cost overruns” that will be produced by the union’s measures, which will “extend the duration of the stoppage, the time without production and maintenance work.” In any case, he assured that Ancap will cope with the situation “with its results, with its patrimony and importing fuels.
Regarding the attitude of the workers, he stated: “If instead of 24-hour shifts we are going to have to work in 8 hour shifts Ancap is ready to lengthen duration of the technical stoppage and absorb the costs”.
Ancap estimates a significant cost due to the maintenance delay
When analyzing the consequences, the president of Ancap estimated: “Unfortunately we will lose hundreds of millions of dollars of refining margin”. And he admitted: “We are going to have to face fines and surcharges and claims from contractor companies”. In fact, he confided that recently “a note came from a contracting company saying that he had to send part of his staff to unemployment insurance.”
From the state company of Uruguay They believe that there will be at least a 15 day delay which will entail a cost of $300,000 per weekin concept of loss of profits to the companies that it contracted to carry out the works.
Regarding the deadlines, in principle the stop was scheduled to last From three to four months working daily in two 12 hour shifts. If Fancap does not cede in its position of 8-hour shifts and from Monday to Friday, they alerted that the shutdown could take up to nine months.
Source: Ambito
