Energy sector strikes lead to outage at Chevron LNG plant

A Chevron Corp. liquefied natural gas plant in Australia reported a production outage on September 15 as workers escalated a strike action against facilities that provide more than 5% of global LNG supplies.

As reported by AP, the US energy giant said in a statement that it was working to resume full production at its Wheatstone facility “following a fault which has impacted about 25% of LNG production”.

“The cause has been identified and restart activities have commenced”, the statement said.

Chevron’s Wheatstone and Gorgon plants in Western Australia state account for more than 5% of global LNG supply.

Chevron did not link the disruption from September 15 to an escalation in the strikes at its Wheatstone and Gorgon LNG plants. Around 500 workers at the two Chevron sites have been taking limited strike actions since Sept. 8 in a dispute over wages and conditions.