Woodside profit surges fivefold on gas prices, BHP merger
Woodside Energy Group, Australia’s biggest oil and gas producer, said first-half profit soared more than fivefold on the back of higher prices and the takeover of BHP Group’s energy assets.
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More M&A in APAC: ESG worries and Woodside-BHP deal see more assets up for sale
More merger and acquisition (M&A) opportunities are expected to hit the market in Asia Pacific, as international oil companies (IOCs) continue to rationalise their portfolios, and ESG concerns trigger further divestments. This will help to unlock the deal flow in APAC, but potential acquirers could struggle to secure necessary finance without a strong ESG narrative.
Woodside completes merger with BHP Petroleum
Woodside Energy and BHP have completed the merger of Woodside with BHP’s oil and gas portfolio to create one of the world’s largest energy producers.
Woodside wins backing to buy BHP oil, gas amid climate backlash
Woodside Petroleum almost certainly won investor approval to boost global oil and gas production by adding BHP Group assets while also facing a rebuke on its climate accounting.
Woodside’s decommissioning bill to hit $6.7bn after BHP merger
The merger between Woodside and BHP’s entire petroleum business will see the combined decommissioning costs for the new super independent hit $6.7 billion over the next 30 years, according to Woodside’s prospectus filed to the London Stock Exchange this week.
Energy Vault goes for the big lift to tackle energy storage challenge
Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV) has gone public with a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), raising $235 million gross.
Woodside chief leans on BHP expertise for new leadership team
Woodside (ASX:WPL) chief executive Meg O’Neill has appointed several top BHP (ASX:BHP) executives into her new leadership team for the mega-merger that will establish one of the world’s top independent oil and gas companies.
Private equity deals surge to £2.4 billion for UK North Sea
Private equity took a keen interest in the UK North Sea in 2021, with £2.4 billion worth of deals for the country’s oil and gas industry.
Carnarvon gives up as widely anticipated Buffalo probe disappoints offshore East Timor
Results from the highly anticipated Buffalo-10 well drilled by Carnarvon Energy (ASX:CVN) and Advance Energy (LON:ADV) offshore East Timor have disappointed. Drilling at the redevelopment project was targeting a potential oil bonanza, which now seems unlikely.
Woodside and BHP edge closer to merger
Australia’s Woodside (ASX:WPL) and BHP Group (ASX:BHP) today signed a binding share sale agreement for the merger of BHP’s oil and gas portfolio with Woodside.
Woodside approves $12bn Scarborough LNG development
Woodside (ASX:WPL) has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the giant $12 billion Scarborough and Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia.
Last-ditch challenge to Woodside’s Scarborough LNG project
The Conservation Council of Western Australia says the proposed Woodside-led Scarborough liquefied natural gas (LNG) project could contravene federal environmental protection laws, reported the Australian Financial Review.
Investors pushed mining giants to quit coal. Now it’s backfiring
It was supposed to be a big win for climate activists: another of the world’s most powerful mining companies had caved to investor demands that it stop digging up coal.
BHP decommissioning bill pegged at $3.9bn
BHP Group will transfer some $3.9 billion worth of oil and gas decommissioning liabilities to Woodside if the pair’s merger goes through successfully. The liability is much smaller than expected helping to ease investor concerns at Woodside.
BHP ordered to clean up fields offshore Australia
Australia’s offshore environment and safety regulator NOPSEMA has ordered BHP to clean up three offshore fields following years of “limited action” and equipment sinking to the seabed, reported BoilingCold. This will add to the decommissioning burden Woodside will inherit if it absorbs BHP’s oil and gas assets as part of a deal announced last month.
US Gulf oil producers, refiners shut as hurricane Ida comes ashore
Oil and natural gas explorers in the US Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana refineries have shut production as Hurricane Ida crashed ashore.
Woodside bags BHP oil and gas business at discount in dream deal
A strategic merger between BHP and Woodside has been on the deal dream list in oil and gas circles going back three decades. Yesterday the pair confirmed that they will enter into a merger of their respective oil and gas portfolios in an all-stock deal that creates an LNG powerhouse.
Woodside and BHP confirm oil mega-merger
Woodside and BHP today confirmed a mega-merger deal that will establish one of the world’s top independent oil and gas companies. Woodside said it would issue new shares to BHP shareholders in exchange for the mining giant’s petroleum business.
Santos to sign Oil Search merger deal next month
Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher said today that a binding merger deed with Oil Search should be signed next month. The merger would make the combined companies one of the largest in the region and in the top 20 globally.
Woodside-BHP $14.7bn merger deal would create a ‘super independent’
Woodside today confirmed it is in discussions with BHP over a potential merger involving BHP’s entire petroleum business. This merger “would create a new international super independent built for scale and resilience, with a long-term focus on LNG but exposure in the medium term to high-margin, deepwater oil,” said Andrew Harwood, Asia Pacific research director at Wood Mackenzie.
Woodside in advanced talks to buy BHP oil unit for $14.7 billion
Woodside is in advanced talks to buy BHP Group’s petroleum division for about A$20 billion ($14.7 billion), the Australian Financial Review (AFR) reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
BHP considers exit from oil and gas business
BHP Group is considering getting out of oil and gas in a multibillion-dollar exit that would accelerate its retreat from fossil fuels, according to people familiar with the matter.
BHP a ‘natural buyer’ of Santos’ Dorado oil project
Santos is seeking buyers for a share in its $2 billion Dorado oil project offshore Western Australia and energy consultancy Rystad Energy expects BHP will be looking closely at the asset.
Multi-billion dollar plug and abandonment market emerges in Australia
Australia is on the verge of its largest-ever wave of decommissioning as offshore development wells reach the end of their producing life. This is both adding headaches for producers and creating a multi-billion dollar opportunity for plugging and abandonment (P&A) suppliers.
East Timor could bag $600 million as driller gets set for Buffalo
East Timor could pocket just over $600 million if the Buffalo-10 exploration well, due to be drilled late October, is successful. The operator, Australia’s Carnarvon Petroleum, as well as UK partner Advance Energy, said yesterday that they have secured a jack-up drilling rig for the probe at the historic Buffalo field offshore East Timor.