由于伊朗战争导致卡塔尔设施受损，澳大利亚目前已成为全球第二大液化天然气出口国。而日本作为澳大利亚最大的液化天然气供应对象国，正面临可能的液化天然气供应紧张局面。

Due to the war in Iran causing damage to Qatar's facilities, Australia is currently the world's second-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas. Meanwhile, Japan, as Australia's largest supplier of liquefied natural gas, is facing the potential problem of possible shortage in liquefied natural gas supply.

这一紧张局面的直接导火索是Inpex公司位于澳大利亚的Ichthys液化天然气项目的劳资纠纷。Ichthys项目约占澳大利亚液化天然气供应的10%。周二，因工资纠纷，工人们开始在该项目设施进行有限罢工，工会威胁下周将采取更广泛的行动，可能扰乱液化天然气的生产和装船作业。

The direct trigger of this tense situation was the labor dispute at the Ichthys liquefied natural gas project of Inpex Corporation in Australia. The Ichthys project accounts for approximately 10% of Australia's liquefied natural gas supply. On Tuesday, due to the wage dispute, workers began a limited strike at the project facilities. The union threatened to take more extensive actions the following week, which might disrupt the production and loading operations of liquefied natural gas.

“离岸联盟”已发出通知，计划于6月11日开始对该年产能930万吨的设施进行更全面的罢工，一直持续到6月23日，这可能会对液化天然气的生产和出口产生重大影响。

The "Offshore Alliance" has issued a notice stating that it plans to launch a more comprehensive strike at its facility with an annual production capacity of 9.3 million tons starting from June 11th, which will last until June 23rd. This could have a significant impact on the production and export of liquefied natural gas.

面对这一情况，日本天然气买家表示正在密切关注事态发展，但拒绝透露他们是否有货物在罢工期间装船。东京瓦斯的一位发言人表示，公司正在“仔细”关注事态。关西电力的发言人称：“即使罢工导致项目运营停止，我们预计短期内不会产生重大影响。”

In response to this situation, Japanese gas buyers stated that they are closely monitoring the developments, but refused to disclose whether any of their goods were loaded during the strike. A spokesperson for Tokyo Gas said that the company is "carefully" following the situation. A spokesperson for Kansai Electric said, "Even if the strike causes the project to stop operating, we expect that there will be no significant impact in the short term."

Inpex公司表示，其“将继续真诚地与员工接触，以达成公平公正的协议。”公司企业事务高级副总裁比尔·汤森在一份声明中强调：“Inpex仍专注于维持Ichthys液化天然气项目的安全运营——更重要的是，在全球能源市场动荡之际，确保向我们印太地区的主要贸易伙伴提供可靠的能源供应。”

Inpex Corporation stated that it "will continue to engage sincerely with its employees in order to reach a fair and just agreement." Bill Townsend, the senior vice president of corporate affairs at the company, emphasized in a statement: "Inpex remains committed to maintaining the safe operation of the Ichthys liquefied natural gas project - more importantly, in the midst of the global energy market turmoil, ensuring the provision of reliable energy supplies to our major trading partners in the Indo-Pacific region."