Australia LNG Workers Set to Resume Strikes as Prices Rise

  • Workers at Chevron plants voted to continue walkouts
  • Strike threats roiled global natural gas markets last quarter
Chevron's Gorgon LNG facility on Barrow Island, Australia.Photographer: Lisa Maree Williams/Bloomberg
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Workers at Chevron Corp. liquefied natural gas facilities in Australia plan to resume strikes, sending prices higher on the threat of tighter supplies as the winter heating season approaches in the Northern Hemisphere.

Union members at Chevron’s Gorgon and Wheatstone plants voted for further industrial action after suspending stoppages last month, according to the Offshore Alliance, which represents labor groups.