(WO) – Woodside Energy produced 46.2 MMboe (503,000 boed) in the quarter to Sept. 30, up 12% from the previous quarter, the company said in its third-quarter report on Oct. 20. Full-year guidance is 174–181 MMboe.
At the Scarborough Energy Project off Western Australia, Scarborough and Pluto Train 2 were 99% complete and on budget at quarter-end. Commissioning and start-up of the floating production unit and subsea system continued, including well clean-up and export of gas to pressurize the trunkline, and Woodside said clean-up results are in line with reservoir and well performance expectations. All mechanical runs of the Pluto Train 2 compressors were completed, and after quarter-end Scarborough gas was introduced to the warm end (gas pre-treatment) of the train. Work in the cold end continues before liquefaction can begin. Modifications to Pluto Train 1 so it can process Scarborough gas continued after the final module arrived on site. First LNG cargo is on track for the fourth quarter.
At Trion, in the Gulf of Mexico, the project was 71% complete and on budget. Ten of 24 wells have been drilled and the first subsea tree installed. Subsea equipment and the disconnectable turret mooring buoy have been delivered to Mexico and offshore installation has started. Fabrication of the floating production unit is 96% complete, targeting first oil in 2028.
In Bass Strait, the five Turrum Phase 3 development wells are complete, with first production targeted for the first half of 2027. Woodside said it is assessing four further proposed development wells there, which will depend on technical work and the federal domestic gas reservation scheme. Bass Strait reliability was 91% as Woodside integrated the Gippsland assets following the transfer of operatorship from ExxonMobil on July 1.
In the U.S. Gulf, Atlantis started up its Major Facility Expansion project, bringing the first of two water injectors online, and Shenzi completed a three-well intervention campaign in August. Production resumed at the Okha FPSO after a subsea mooring defect was remediated and the vessel reconnected. After quarter-end, the Pyrenees FPSO disconnected ahead of shipyard work scheduled for the fourth quarter. Sangomar, offshore Senegal, averaged 94,000 bbl/d gross.
The Sunrise joint venture reached alignment with Timor-Leste and Australia on key principles for a new Greater Sunrise production sharing contract and fiscal framework, and the existing PSCs were extended to March 31, 2027. In Egypt, the Eni-operated Nasim-1X well on the Tiba licence (Woodside 40%) is still drilling.
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