Workers at Chevron’s Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project in Western Australia are serious partiers — so serious that they are willing to go to court for the right to boogie.

Employees at the US supermajor’s plant have threatened legal action after 130 of 200 who applied for leave to spend New Year’s Eve in the nearby town of Onslow have been refused permission to do so by contractors including Bechtel, local media reported.

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