Offshore workers were due to go on strike in a stoppage that would cut oil and gas output. The strike, in which workers were demanding wage hikes to compensate for rising inflation, came amid high oil and gas prices, with supplies of gas to Europe especially tight after Russian export cutbacks. The Lederne union said it would further escalate the industrial action from 9 July, taking workers on strike at a number of other platforms.
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