LyondellBasell to lay off 86% of workforce at shuttered Houston refinery, filing shows
LyondellBasell Industries will lay off 345 workers, or 86% of the workforce, at its shuttered Houston refinery on April 17, according to a filing with the Texas Workforce Commission.
There are around 400 Lyondell employees working at the 263,776 barrel-per-day Houston refinery. About 70% of them are hourly workers represented by the United Steelworkers union (USW).
Layoffs are expected to begin in mid-April.
A Lyondell spokesperson said the company had no further information to share, beyond what was discussed during its fourth-quarter earnings call.
The workforce reduction comes after Lyondell completed the shutdown of the Houston refinery earlier this month, people familiar with plant operations told Reuters.
Houston Refining is one of the largest refineries in the United States designed to process heavy-sulfur crude oil, according to the company.
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