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| Murco oil refinery task force to respond to job cuts | Murco oil refinery task force to respond to job cuts |
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| New jobs for workers hit by the closure of a Pembrokeshire oil refinery will be the top priority for a task force set up to respond to the blow. | New jobs for workers hit by the closure of a Pembrokeshire oil refinery will be the top priority for a task force set up to respond to the blow. |
| All but 60 of the 400 jobs at Murco in Milford Haven will go after a deal to sell the plant collapsed last week. | All but 60 of the 400 jobs at Murco in Milford Haven will go after a deal to sell the plant collapsed last week. |
| Economy Minister Edwina Hart led the task force as it met in Cardiff on Tuesday to begin the search for new jobs and industry for the county. | |
| European aid and a regeneration project have been suggested by politicians. | European aid and a regeneration project have been suggested by politicians. |
| Skills | Skills |
| The Murco refinery will close and the site converted to a storage and distribution facility after a sale by its owners Murphy Oil to the Swiss-based Klesch Group was called off last Tuesday. | The Murco refinery will close and the site converted to a storage and distribution facility after a sale by its owners Murphy Oil to the Swiss-based Klesch Group was called off last Tuesday. |
| Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said the closure was a "hammer blow" to Pembrokeshire and has met workers affected in his role as their local MP. | Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said the closure was a "hammer blow" to Pembrokeshire and has met workers affected in his role as their local MP. |
| He said the refinery supported hundreds more jobs in supply industries and local services. | He said the refinery supported hundreds more jobs in supply industries and local services. |
| The task force will look at ways of helping redundant Murco workers find other jobs, and of attracting new industry to Pembrokeshire. | The task force will look at ways of helping redundant Murco workers find other jobs, and of attracting new industry to Pembrokeshire. |
| Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns has suggested a regeneration project similar to Newport Unlimited, set up after 1,300 people lost their jobs with the end of steel making at Llanwern. | Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns has suggested a regeneration project similar to Newport Unlimited, set up after 1,300 people lost their jobs with the end of steel making at Llanwern. |
| Plaid Cymru MEP Jill Evans said the UK government should seek European aid under the EU's Globalisation Adjustment Fund. | Plaid Cymru MEP Jill Evans said the UK government should seek European aid under the EU's Globalisation Adjustment Fund. |
| Labour AM Joyce Watson, whose mid and west Wales constituency covers the area, said wind energy was a growing industry which could use the skills of the Murco workforce. | Labour AM Joyce Watson, whose mid and west Wales constituency covers the area, said wind energy was a growing industry which could use the skills of the Murco workforce. |
| A jobs fair will also be held in Pembrokeshire. | A jobs fair will also be held in Pembrokeshire. |