“Development of Louisiana LNG will position Woodside as a global LNG powerhouse, enabling the company to deliver approximately 24 Mtpa [million metric tons per annum] from its global LNG portfolio in the 2030s, and operating over 5 percent of global LNG supply”, Woodside said. “The development has expansion capacity for two additional LNG trains and is fully permitted for a total capacity of 27.6 Mtpa”.
Woodside bought the former Driftwood LNG project as part of its acquisition of Tellurian for $1.2 billion last year. The deal “adds a scalable US LNG development opportunity to our existing approximately 10 Mtpa of equity LNG in Australia,” Woodside chief executive Meg O’Neill said at the time. Then, this year, reports emerged that Woodside was looking for partners in the projects, seeking to sell up to 50% of the ownership.
Australia’s Woodside Energy will sell a 40% stake in the Louisiana LNG complex to global investment firm Stonepeak for USD 5.7 billion, the company said on Monday.
The move is meant to reduce the Perth-headquartered company’s capex and support the project’s progress towards a final investment decision.
Woodside has entered into a binding agreement with Stonepeak, a leading global investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, for the sale of a 40% interest in Louisiana LNG Infrastructure LLC, providing validation of project quality and increasing attractiveness of the project to other potential equity partners.
“Pancontinental has prudently prepared for the possibility that Woodside may elect not to farm into PEL 87 and a process is already underway to secure an alternate farmin partner to fund exploration drilling within PEL 87 at the earliest opportunity”, Pancontinental said. “The Company has received third party interest and, given the Company’s low quarterly cash burn, remains well funded to progress the farmout process (31 December 2024 cash balance $3.6 million)”.
Woodside has talked to at least three potential partners for the Louisiana LNG project, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed sources as saying the suitors include Japan’s JERA and Tokyo Gas, along with Aramco-backed MidOcean Energy.
Australian pretoleum exploration and production company Woodside Energy Group Ltd. has reported a slip in quarterly revenue and production amid a seasonal demand drop. The company said in its quarterly report that its Q4 revenue landed at $3.47 billion, 6 percent below the previous quarter.
The Australian energy giant Woodside is spending $7bn to drill for 479m barrels-worth of oil and gas off the coast of Mexico, but it says this is all in line with keeping global heating to 1.5C.