BNET Industries

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

WOPEY is in the Energy Industry

Market Cap:$30.1B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.0B

Public
AU

Dow Jones Description

Woodside Petroleum Ltd., based in Perth, Western Australia, is involved in exploring, producing and marketing of hydrocarbons. It has proved plus probable reserves of more than 1.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent, Woodside produces nearly 60 million barrels of oil equivalent a year. It operates in four regions: Australia, Africa, Asia and the USA. In December 2005 the company sold its investment in Hardman Resources Ltd for approximately $2.099 billion. In September 2005 the company acquired the Houston-based Gryphon Exploration Company, a private upstream oil and gas company with extensive exploration and production interests in the Gulf of Mexico for $296.9 million.

CEO

Don Voelte

Number of Employees 3,054

Contact Information

240 St Georges Ter

Western Australia

Perth 6840

www.woodside.co...

(61) 893484000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction: 211111

Recent Events

Woodside Petroleum Launches A$2.5 Bln Equity Raising - Update

12/13/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Woodside Raises US$1.5 Billion

12/17/09 - New Investment - View Story
Asian Shares Are Mixed, Nikkei at 6-Week High

12/07/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
CORRECTED-OFFICIAL PRESS DIGEST-Australian Business News - Oct 26

10/25/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Australian Market Report of July 24: To Resume Winning Ways

7/24/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

chevrontexaco corp. and woodside petroleum ltd. - All News and Analysis

Australian LNG destined for California.(Shell mexico)(liquified natural gas)(Brief Article)

- 2005-05-02

May 02, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Gas from the Gorgon project off Western Australia will be exported to two new terminals in Mexico. The terminal owned by Shell and Sempra is already under construction and is expected to be ready...

Tags: BHP Billiton, ChevronTexaco Corp., Woodside Petroleum Ltd.
Pluto stars in Woodside's priorities list.(Brief Article)

- 2005-04-11

Apr 11, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian oil company, Woodside Petroleum, has raised the Pluto gas discovery in the order of its list of priorities. MD, Don Voelte, said that the project, offshore Western Australia, was now thought to have an...

Tags: BHP Billiton, ChevronTexaco Corp., Woodside Petroleum Ltd.
Local stocks in the barrel as oil prices reach for the sky.(Brief Article)

- 2005-04-05

Apr 05, 2005 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian oil and gas stocks have surged in the wake of ChevronTexaco's agreed takeover of Unocal. The $US16.4 billion ($A21.5 billion) deal was announced on 5 April 2005. It is the biggest industry merger since...

Tags: ChevronTexaco Corp., Woodside Petroleum Ltd.
Stepping on the gas.(Woodside Petroleum Ltd. to expand gas project)(Brief Article)

- 2005-03-01

Mar 01, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Woodside Petroleum is proceeding with a $A2bn expansion at the North West shelf gas project it operates. It announced on 1 March 2005 it had signed a letter of intent for the engineering,...

Tags: BHP Billiton, BP Plc, ChevronTexaco Corp., Woodside Petroleum Ltd.
China seeks to raise LNG stake.

- 2003-05-26

May 26, 2003 (Lloyd's List Daily Commercial News - ABIX via COMTEX) China National Offshore Oil Corporation has paid $US348m to access Australia's North West Shelf liquefied natural gas project. The money will buy it 5.3 per cent equity in the North West Shelf...

Tags: BHP Billiton, BP Plc, ChevronTexaco Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc., Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

Korean deal advances LNG expansion.

- 2003-03-10

Mar 10, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia LNG has finalised a $A1 billion contract to sell gas to the Korea Gas Corporation. Owned by Woodside Petroleum, BHP Billiton, ChevronTexaco, BP, Shell and Japan Australia LNG, the consortium has previously...

Tags: BHP Billiton, BP Plc, ChevronTexaco Corp., Woodside Petroleum Ltd.
International highlights

- 2002-10-01

Calgary firm Talisman Energy has made a major natural gas discovery in the Monkman/Sukunka area of northeastern British Columbia, the first commercial find from Paleozoic reservoirs there. The West Sukunka b-79-J/93-P-4 well was drilled to a depth of 15,747 feet in the Mississippian and encountered large volumes of low-acid gas...

Tags: ChevronTexaco Corp., Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Talisman Energy Inc., VAALCO Energy Inc., Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
Don Voelte	CEO
David M. McCubbin	President
Keith Spence	COO
Ross Carroll	CFO
Agu Kantsler	Director, Exploration & New Ventures
Aiden Hayes	Director, Safety & Health
Betsy Donaghey	Director, Business Unit, Australia
David Lesslie	Director, Health, Safety & Environ
Dudley Parkinson	Director, Development
Duncan Clegg	Acting Director
Gary Gray	Director, Corp Affairs
Ian Fraser	Director, Business Services & HR
Jack Hamilton	Director, North West Shelf Venture
Jane Cutler	Director, LNG, North America
John Koop	Director, Commercial
Kevin Gallagher	Director, Drilling & Completions
Lucio Della Martina	Director, Pluto
Mark Chatterji	Director, Mergers & Acq
Paul Moore	Director, Browse
Reinhardt Matisons	Director, Marketing
Roy Thompson	Director, Projects
Vince Santostefano	Director, Operations
Brett Smith	General Manager, Supply Chain
Meath Hammond	Manager, Indigenous Affairs
Mike Lynn	Manager, Investor Relations
Richard van Lent	General Manager, Strategic Planning
David Martin	General Counsel
Jillian Rosemary
Rob Cole	General Counsel
Ronald CAPLAN
Vanessa Guthrie

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
Charles Barrington Goode	Chairman
Andrew Jamieson	Board of Directors
Ashton Trevor Calvert	Board of Directors
David Ian McEvoy	Board of Directors
Erich Fraunschiel	Board of Directors
Jack Hailton	Board of Directors
Jillian Rosemary Broadbent	Board of Directors
Michael Chaney	Board of Directors
Peter Maas van Rossum	Board of Directors
Pierre Henri Jungels	Board of Directors
Rory Edward Stanley Argyle	Board of Directors
Russell Ronald Caplan	Board of Directors
Timothy Norcot Warrent	Board of Directors

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	CEO	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	President	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	COO	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current
BHP Billiton Limited		Former
Exxon Mobil Corporation		Former

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	CFO	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Exploration & New Ventures	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Safety & Health	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Business Unit, Australia	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Health, Safety & Environ	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Health, Safety & Environ	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Development	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Development	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Acting Director	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Corp Affairs	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Corp Affairs	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Business Services & HR	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Business Services & HR	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, North West Shelf Venture	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, North West Shelf Venture	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, LNG, North America	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, LNG, North America	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Commercial	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Commercial	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Drilling & Completions	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Drilling & Completions	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Pluto	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Pluto	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Mergers & Acq	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Browse	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Marketing	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current
BHP Billiton Limited		Former

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Projects	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Projects	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Operations	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Director, Operations	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	General Manager, Supply Chain	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Manager, Indigenous Affairs	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Manager, Investor Relations	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	General Manager, Strategic Planning	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	General Counsel	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.		Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	General Counsel	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.		Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.		Current
British Gas Plc		Former

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Chairman	Current
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

Executive News

Pluto project 85-90 pct complete by yr-end-Woodside

Forbes.com - 6/03/09 - View Story
Woodside: Pluto construction 65 pct complete

Forbes.com - 6/02/09 - View Story
2nd UPDATE: Chevron, Woodside Disagree On Project Merger Option

CNN Money - 6/02/09 - View Story
UPDATE 1-Woodside CEO says eyes Pluto gas expansion work

Reuters - 6/02/09 - View Story
Woodside: Major expansions of Pluto field likely

Reuters - 6/01/09 - View Story
Woodside: Pluto construction 65 pct complete

Reuters - 6/01/09 - View Story
UPDATE: Woodside Petroleum Taps ANZ, Asian Banks For US$1.1 Billion

Morningstar.com - 5/19/09 - View Story

WOPEY $42.050 +0.350 (0.84% )

Volume	3,492
Shares Outstanding	717.3M
Market Cap	30.1B
Year High	49.73
Year Low	19.90
Earnings Per Share	2.50
P/E Ratio	16.82
Dividend	0.8372
Yield	1.9910

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