Chevron Australia LNG Workers Extend Strike Action Until Mid-October

Workers at Chevron's liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in Western Australia have begun a 24-hour strike, with the potential for strikes to continue until mid-October. The Offshore Alliance union, representing workers, has escalated their industrial action, allowing for daily 24-hour strikes and refusal of tasks such as loading LNG tankers. Chevron's Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG facilities account for over 5% of global supply. The company has asked Australia's industrial tribunal to intervene and cancel the strikes, with a hearing scheduled for Friday. The strikes have caused a temporary outage at the Wheatstone facility, but the impact on global LNG supplies is expected to be minimal.