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Unipetrol's Litvinov Refinery Shut Over Unexploded Bomb

REFINING

Orlen’s Unipetrol in the Czech Republic was shutting down its Litvinov refinery on Wednesday after an unexploded WW2 bomb was found.

  • "After consultation with the Police of the Czech Republic, for precautionary reasons, we have started an immediate safe shutdown of all production and energy units in the refinery part of the production area this evening," Unipetrol said.
  • Production would be shut down in this section until further notice, the company said.

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