POLICE were today due to review the situation at Fawley oil refinery after last week's surprise peaceful picket.

About a dozen truckers and businessmen stood outside the refinery on Friday as part of a national day of action. But tanker drivers continued to leave the complex, quashing fears of another petrol shortage.

Police confirmed the placard-waving demonstration had ended on Friday evening and no demonstrators had returned during the weekend. But a spokesman said: "We are monitoring the situation at the moment and our instructions are to review it on Monday at 9am."

Police sealed off laybys on the A326 to prevent them being used as assembly points for lorries and tractors. But Friday's demonstration remained small and low-key.

Meanwhile, some retailers have pledged to campaign for lower fuel prices amid mounting pressure for Chancellor Gordon Brown to impose a windfall tax on oil firm profits. Today, Reading West MP Martin Salter and MP Peter Bradley, who represents The Wrekin, were due to table a House of Commons motion demanding the tax unless the companies cut pump prices by 3p a litre by the end of the month.

There have already been some price cuts, with more to come over the next few days.