Australian LNG Strike Threatens Global Gas Supply as Qatar Recovery Lags

Unions and Inpex reach deal after weeks of strikes and negotiation

Workers at the Northern Territory's Inpex Ichthys facility have restarted regular duties after unions and the Japanese-owned company struck a deal to end a dispute that threatened to disrupt LNG exports.

Deal reached on Inpex dispute, new benchmark set: Unions

A deal was finally struck on Wednesday in a long-running dispute with labour unions that threatened the Japanese company’s LNG and oil exports from Australia.

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 Icht…

Strike to disrupt output at Australian LNG export plant, Inpex says

The Ichthys plant in Australia's Northern Territory accounts for about 2% of the world's output and has the capacity to export around 9.3 million tons a year.

Unions swear INPEX exec to blame for strike: The Australian > AREEA

In The Australian, AREEA advises that it has requested WorkSafe WA review material published by the Offshore Alliance, the union group leading industrial action at INPEX Ichthys facilities, on its Facebook page throughout 2026, including in the lead-up to the INPEX strike, where the alliance has repeatedly identified and targeted individuals, managers, HR personnel, supervisors […] The post Unions swear INPEX exec to blame for strike: The Austra…