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Woodside ups Myanmar well count

Apr 20, 2017

Woodside Petroleum has added a fifth well to its Myanmar drilling program, following successful results from the Thalin deepwater discovery. The company also revealed it has made some progress in narrowing alternative ideas for the development of Browse basin offshore Western Australia…

Woodside mulls Myanmar gas development options, plans further drilling

May 20, 2016

Woodside is considering development options on its two discoveries offshore Myanmar, as well as a 4-7 well drilling campaign next year, the firm said this morning.  The plans, potentially involving tie-backs or even a standalone development…

Bumi hits Woodside with US$283.5 million claim

Apr 21, 2016

Woodside Energy has been served by Bumi Armada Berhad with a US$283.5 million legal claim, after the Australian company terminated a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) charter contract for operations offshore northwestern Australia…

Woodside, partners shelve Browse FLNG

Mar 23, 2016

Woodside Petroleum and partners have scrapped its plans for the struggling Browse floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) mega project offshore Western Australia, as a result of the current economic and market environment. Browse FLNG illustration…

Woodside axe to spur legal action

Mar 04, 2016

Bumi Armada intends to take legal action against Woodside Energy after Woodside terminated a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) charter contract for operations offshore northwestern Australia. The Armada Claire…

Twice lucky for Woodside offshore Myanmar

Feb 12, 2016

Australia's Woodside Energy has announced a second gas discovery offshore Myanmar just weeks after announcing its first in the newly opened country. Following the discovery, the firm is set to shoot more seismic over its acreage offshore Myanmar…

Oil Search rejects Woodside offer

Sep 14, 2015

Papua New Guinea-based Oil Search has rejected Woodside’s US$8.1 billion all stock proposal the Australian company made last week. Woodside CEO Peter Coleman. Image from Woodside. Oil…

OneSubsea bags Browse FEED

Jul 07, 2015

OneSubsea has won a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract on the Browse FLNG development offshore Australia. Browse FLNG development concept is based on three FLNG facilities utilizing Shell’s FLNG technology and Woodside’s expertise to commercialize the Brecknock…

Woodside's Browse FLNG enters FEED

Jul 01, 2015

After postponing a final investment decision due to the low oil prices last December, Australian operator Woodside Petroleum has announced it will press forward into the FEED phase for its long-struggling Browse LNG mega project. The…

Woodside hits off Western Australia

Apr 08, 2015

Woodside made a gas discovery at its Pyxis-1 exploration well in production license WA-34-L, offshore Western Australia. Map of WA-34-L. From Woodside.   The well intersected approximately 18…

Woodside increases Morocco assets

Nov 26, 2014

Woodside has entered into a contract for an exclusive Reconnaissance License (RL) with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines, the national oil company of the Kingdom of Morocco, to explore a block offshore Morocco. The block…

Woodside adds Cameroon stake

Oct 16, 2014

Perth, Australia-based Woodside Petroleum will farm into 30% of the Tilapia production sharing contract offshore Cameroon, the company announced on 14 October. The company signed an agreement with Tilapia partners Noble Energy and Glencore for the block…

Wood Group PSN wins Woodside work

Sep 09, 2014

Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has secured a contract with Woodside in Western Australia which boosts Wood Group's maintenance and brownfield project portfolio in Australia. The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement and construction…

Woodside's Irish debut approved

Sep 20, 2013

Austalia's Woodside has been given the official go-ahead to start exploration acitivies in Ireland's offshore Porcupine basin. Its joint venture partner Petrel Resources said Ireland's minister of state at the Department of Communications…

Woodside axes Browse LNG project

Apr 12, 2013

Woodside will not pursue its proposed Browse LNG development near James Price Point in northwestern Australia, the company announced on 12 April 2013.Following the completion of a technical and commercial evaluation, Woodside determined that…

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