THE Scottish Affairs Committee will question ExxonMobil's UK chairman on the closure of their site at Mossmorran.
MSPs will be demanding answers from Paul Greenwood on Wednesday December 17 after the American company said that Fife Ethylene Plant will shut in February.
In last month's announcement ExxonMobil said that 179 jobs were directly at risk, along with those of 250 contractors.
The cross-party committee will hold a one-off evidence session in the Scottish Parliament to explore the closure of the Mossmorran chemical plant.
They will also have questions for Bob MacGregor, industrial officer at Unite the Union.
ExxonMobil previously stated that they had “considered various options to continue production and tested the market for a potential buyer”.
And Mr Greenwood had been critical of the UK Government.
He said there were “four keys to success” in the sector – a cheap and abundant supply of ethane, along with low-cost operations, good market prices for ethylene and a skilled workforce.
Mr Greenwood had said: “I will be blunt – I have one of those keys to success in place, and that is a brilliant workforce.
“Two of those keys I deliberately do not have because of government policy."
The committee scrutinises the expenditure, administration and policies of the Scotland Office, and its associated bodies.
It also examines the wider UK Government, to assess policies and legislation that lead to direct impacts on Scotland.
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