Chevron Corp. started to “evacuate” some crew from its Gorgon liquefied natural gas facility in Australia after workers began strikes on Friday, according to the unions.
(Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp. started to “evacuate” some crew from its Gorgon liquefied natural gas facility in Australia after workers began strikes on Friday, according to the unions.
“Chevron chartered a special flight this morning to Barrow island to evacuate 50 blue and white collar contract crew off the Gorgon project,” the Offshore Alliance, a group representing two major labor unions, said in a post on Facebook on Saturday.
Chevron didn’t respond to a request for comment outside of normal business hours.
The start of the work action marked the culmination of weeks-long discussions that have kept global gas markets on edge. The longer the strikes continue, the more Chevron’s LNG facilities are prone to disruption.
The strikes are across Chevron’s Gorgon and Wheatstone facilities in Western Australia, which together supplied about 7% of the world’s LNG last year.
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