Strike Shuts Down All Refineries in France

CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--October 22, 2010--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Petroplus Holdings AG (VTX:PPHN) (Zug, Switzerland), ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) (Irving, Texas), Total S.A. (NYSE:TOT) (Paris, France), Ineos Group Limited (Hampshire, England) and LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) were forced to shut down their refineries in France due to several union strikes that have been taking place since early September.