Australian LNG Strike Threatens Global Gas Supply as Qatar Recovery Lags

The ongoing strike action at Australian LNG facilities of Inpex is expected to disrupt operations significantly, a senior official at the Japanese energy firm told Bloomberg on Tuesday.

Workers at Inpex’s Ichthys LNG facilities last week voted to escalate the strike action at all three sites to work stoppages of up to 8 hours per day, up from 4 hours previously.

“We anticipate imminent disruption to production at both onshore and offshore Ichthys LNG facilities,” Bill Townsend, senior vice president corporate at Inpex,…