Oilexco North Sea output may be cut due to strike

CALGARY, Alberta, April 25 (Reuters) - Oilexco Inc (OIL.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday its North Sea production could be affected by a strike expected to start this weekend at a Scottish refinery that also supplies power to a key oil pipeline.

Calgary-based Oilexco said oil output at its Brenda/Nicol and Balmoral fields will have to be reduced if the Forties pipeline, operated by BP Plc (BP.L: Quote, Profile, Research), is forced to shut down. Its Balmoral floating production vessel ships 21,500 barrels a day through the pipeline system. (Reporting by Jeffrey Jones; Editing by Peter Galloway)