A 24-hour strike in France’s power sector on Tuesday is set to cut
deliverability at the Dunkirk LNG terminal to about 4 GWh per day from 07:00
GMT, Fluxys said, versus the terminal’s usual minimum of 9.4 GWh/day. Unions
called action at state nuclear operator EDF, Belgian regas operator Fluxys and
French regas operator Elengy to protest a Court of Audit recommendation to
reduce staff benefits, including access to cheaper electricity. The strike
arrives as Europe races to refill gas stocks ahead of winter; France is one of
Europe’s largest natural gas exporters and Germany and other gas-dependent
countries are behind EU storage targets.