BUENOS AIRES, April 29 (Reuters) - Workers at three oilfields in Argentina's top energy-producing province of SantaCruz ended a four-day old strike on Monday, said a unionofficial.
The work stoppage was called on Thursday by workersdemanding that an election be held to choose new leaders for theprovince's Private Oil and Gas Workers' Union.
On Sunday night a local court ordered a union leadershipvote to be held.
"An election has been set for September, so the strike isbeing lifted," union leader Cesar Alvarez told Reuters.
The southern province of Santa Cruz accounts for about 20percent of Argentina's crude oil production.
The strike halted operations at the Canadon Seco, PicoTruncado and Las Heras fields, affecting state-controlledArgentine company YPF, China's Sinopec Group, and PanAmerican Energy (PAE), in which BP has a 60 percentstake.