In September 2000 a wave of protests of fuel process spread across the nation with blockades at oil terminals, lorries orchestrating go slows to disrupt major roads and panic buying at petrol stations leaving fuel shortages across Lancashire and throughout the country.
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Police cars get ready to escort petrol tankers out of the oil refinery at Purfleet in Essex
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Police officers form a human barricade to keep protesters from eight tankers which left the Stanlow Oil refinery carrying fuel for essential services
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Lancashire lorry drivers joined protests at Stanlow Oil Refinery, in Cheshire