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September 11, 2015

Fitch: Woodside stable after Oil Search bid
Sydney (UPI) Sep 10, 2015
While there's no immediate risk, Fitch Ratings said there may be marginal issues if Australia's Woodside Petroleum acquires rival Oil Search Ltd. Woodside made a non-binding offer Tuesday for Oil Search to tap deeper into the Papua New Guinea gas market. Woodside is Australia's largest oil and gas company, serving as the operator of the giant Pluto liquefied natural gas project in the country. Oil Search, meanwhile, has a strong position of its own in the liquefied natural gas market. ... read more

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