Chevron has asked Fair Work Australia for assistance as it seeks to strike a deal with Offshore Alliance and avoid further strike action at its North West LNG projects.
Chevron Australia and Offshore Alliance members have agreed to draft revised enterprise agreements, paving the way for an end to strike action off WA's coast.
Offshore Alliance is undertaking industrial action against Chevron at its Wheatstone and Gorgon projects, after negotiations between the two parties failed to deliver a resolution.
A pump fault has put Chevron's Wheatstone domestic gas facility offline, days out from potential industrial action against the LNG producer by Offshore Alliance as part of ongoing EBA negotiations.
A proposed enterprise agreement covering Chevron's Gorgon and Wheatstone gas plants has been emphatically rejected as the oil and gas giant's workers veer closer toward a strike.
Offshore Alliance has given Chevron notice of protected industrial action across three facilities commencing September 7, as it ramps up negotiations over an EBA for workers.
A pay dispute threatening to see most workers on several Pilbara gas platforms down tools has been averted after Woodside and union reps burned the midnight oil to iron out a deal.
Woodside has been given a two-week ultimatum to avoid industrial action by workers on its offshore gas platforms in the Pilbara over a protracted bargaining dispute.
Offshore Alliance says workers on the Wheatstone offshore platform could apply to vote on industrial action against their employer Chevron as part of ongoing negotiations.
The union alliance representing workers on Woodside Energy's LNG platforms has put industrial action on the table as it furthers its push for an enterprise bargaining agreement.
The shutdown of Shell's Prelude FLNG since February and planned phased shutdowns at Chevron's Gorgon could hit LNG exports by about $2 billion this year.
