: Crude Awakening Photo Set

Hundreds of demonstrators have stopped 375,000 gallons of fuel from leaving a depot after blockading the road to Coryton oil refinery.

A spokeswoman for the Crude Awakening demonstrators claimed 500 protesters blocked the road to the UK's busiest oil depot near Stanford-le-Hope. She said at least 50 oil tankers had been prevented from getting to and from the site.

[See also this article from London Indymedia]