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Annual Report 2018

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INCORPORATING
APPENDIX 4E

About this report
This Annual Report 2018 is a summary of Woodside’s 
operations and activities for the 12-month period ended  
31 December 2018 and financial position as at 31 December 
2018. Woodside Petroleum Ltd (ABN 55 004 898 962) is 
the ultimate holding company of the Woodside group of 
companies. In this report, unless otherwise stated, references 
to ‘Woodside’ and the ‘Group’, the ‘company’, ‘we’, ‘us’ and 
‘our’ refer to Woodside Petroleum Ltd and its controlled 
entities, as a whole. The text does not distinguish between 
the activities of the ultimate holding company and those of 
its controlled entities. In this report, references to a year are 
to the calendar and financial year ended 31 December 2018 
unless otherwise stated.

All dollar figures are expressed in US currency, Woodside share, 
unless otherwise stated. 

Additional information
We have indicated where additional information is available 
online and in other sections of this report like this:

Refer to the Glossary section on pages 148–149 for key 
terms, units of measurement and conversion factors.

Refer to Woodside’s website for more information  
(www.woodside.com.au).

Forward-looking statements 
This report contains forward-looking statements. Please refer to 
page 144, which contains a notice in respect of these statements.

We are working with Green ReportsTM 
on an initiative ensuring that 
communications minimise environmental 
impact and create a more sustainable 
future for the community.

Sustainable Development 
Report 2018 
A summary of Woodside’s 
sustainability approach, actions 
and performance for the 12-month 
period ended 31 December 2018 
is included in our Sustainable 
Development Report 2018.  
This report will be available  
on 7 March 2019.

On the cover
Pluto LNG onshore processing facility, loading LNG for export. 
Expansion of Pluto LNG is a key component of Woodside's 
plans to develop the Scarborough gas resource.

Appendix 4E

Results for announcement to the market

2018

Restated 20171

Revenue from ordinary activities

increased 31.8% to US$5,240 million

US$3,975 million

Profit from ordinary activities after tax attributable to members

increased 27.6% to US$1,364 million

Net profit from the period attributable to members

increased 27.6% to US$1,364 million

US$1,069 million

US$1,069 million

Dividends

Final dividend (US cents per share)

Interim dividend (US cents per share)

None of the dividends are foreign sourced

Previous corresponding period:

Final dividend (US cents per share)

Interim dividend (US cents per share)

Amount per security

Franked amount per security

Ordinary 91¢

Ordinary 53¢

Ordinary 91¢

Ordinary 53¢

Ordinary 49¢

Ordinary 49¢

Ordinary 49¢

Ordinary 49¢

Ex-dividend date

Record date for determining entitlements to the final dividend 

Payment date for the final dividend 

22 February 2019

25 February 2019

20 March 2019

Net tangible asset per security

31 December 2018

Restated 31 December 20171

$18.68

$17.90

1.  2017 amounts have been restated for the retrospective application of AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (AASB 15). Refer to Note E.10(b) in the Financial 

Statements for further details.

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CONTENTS

Overview

About Woodside 

Performance highlights 

Chairman’s report 

Chief Executive Officer’s report 

Executive management 

Our areas of activity 

Operating and Financial Review

Financial summary 

Strategy and capital management 

Our business model and value chain 

Energy markets 

Base business 

Developments 

Sustainability 

Corporate 

Governance

Woodside Board of Directors 

Corporate governance 

Directors’ report 

Remuneration report 

Financial Statements 

Shareholder Information

Shareholder statistics 

Key announcements 2018 

Events calendar 2019 

Business directory 

Asset facts 

Glossary, units of measure and conversion factors 

Index 

Summary charts 

Ten-year comparative data summary 

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Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Overview   1

 
ABOUT  
WOODSIDE

Woodside is the pioneer of the LNG industry in Australia and the largest Australian natural gas producer. 
We have a global portfolio and are recognised for our world-class capabilities as an integrated upstream 
supplier of energy. 

We have a clear strategy to deliver superior shareholder 
returns across three distinct time horizons, characterised by 
cash generation from 2017, unlocking value from 2022, and 
repeating our successes from 2027.

We are delivering on our strategy, creating an integrated 
LNG production centre on the Burrup Peninsula. Building on 
more than 30 years of operations in Western Australia, we 
are progressing development of the Scarborough and Browse 
gas resources through our producing assets, the Woodside-
operated Pluto LNG and North West Shelf (NWS) Project. 

Our operated assets are renowned for their safety, reliability 
and efficiency and we have a strong track record in project 
development. As Australia's premier LNG operator, we 
produced 6% of global LNG supply. We operate two floating 
production storage and offloading (FPSO) facilities.

We also have a participating interest in Wheatstone LNG,  
which started production in 2017.

Across our oil and gas portfolio, we have significant equity 
interests in high-quality development opportunities in Senegal 
(SNE), Myanmar, Canada (Kitimat) and Timor-Leste / Australia 
(Sunrise). We are pursuing new concepts and technology to 
enable cost-effective commercialisation of these resources.

We have a renewed exploration plan with a more focused 
and opportunistic approach across established, emerging and 
future growth hubs in Australia, Myanmar, Senegal, Gabon, 
Peru and Bulgaria. 

We continue to expand our capabilities in marketing, trading and 
shipping and have enduring relationships that span 30 years with 
foundation customers throughout the Asia-Pacific region. 

Technology and innovation are essential to our long-term 
sustainability. Today we are pioneering remote support and 
the application of artificial intelligence, embedding advanced 
analytics across our operations while recognising digital security 
issues. We are working to improve our energy efficiency and to 
support the use of LNG as a low-emissions and economically 
viable fuel.

Woodside demonstrates strong safety and environmental 
performance in all its operations. We are committed to 
upholding our values of integrity, respect, discipline, excellence, 
working sustainably and working together. Our success is 
driven by our people, and we aim to attract, develop and retain 
a diverse, high-performing workforce.

We recognise that enduring, meaningful relationships  
with communities are fundamental to maintaining our 
licence to operate. We actively seek to build relationships 
with stakeholders who are interested in and affected by our 
activities. We help create stronger communities through 
programs that improve knowledge, build resilience and 
create shared opportunities. 

Our proven track record and distinctive capabilities are 
underpinned by almost 65 years of experience, making  
us a partner of choice.

As Australia’s premier LNG 
operator, we produced 6% 
of global LNG supply.

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PERFORMANCE 
HIGHLIGHTS

Net profit after tax
Increased 28% 

Dividend  
Increased 47%

Free cash flow 
Increased 83%

LNG unit production cost 
Pluto LNG and NWS Project

Total recordable injury rate

$

1,364

million

144

US cents per share

$

1,524

million

3.6$

per boe

1.32

per million work hours

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Overview   3

 
2018 DELIVERY

NEAR-TERM 
GROWTH
 + Executed Greater Western Flank Phase 2  
$630 million under total budget and  
6 months ahead of schedule 

 + Commenced production from Wheatstone LNG  

train 2; production exceeding expectations

 + Commenced work on the Ngujima-Yin FPSO and 

subsea infrastructure for Greater Enfield, targeting 
first oil mid-2019

SCARBOROUGH AND  
PLUTO LNG TRAIN 2
 + Increased Scarborough equity ownership to 75%
 + Assumed Scarborough operatorship
 + Awarded contracts for Scarborough front-end 
engineering design activities, subsequent to  
the period

 + Entered front-end engineering design (FEED)  

for Pluto LNG Train 2

 + Commissioned Pluto pipeline gas facility
 + Executed a domestic gas agreement with Perdaman 

SNE PHASE 1
 + Assumed operatorship 
 + Submitted field development  

and exploitation plan

 + Commenced FEED activities

OUTSTANDING  
BASE BUSINESS 
PERFORMANCE

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BROWSE TO  
NORTH WEST  
SHELF PROJECT
 + Commenced concept definition phase
 + Agreed a preliminary tolling arrangement between  
the NWS Project and the Browse Joint Venture

 + Referred the project for State and Commonwealth 

environmental approvals

NEW GROWTH 
PLATFORMS
 + Completed the Shwe Yee Htun-2 appraisal well  
in Myanmar, confirming good reservoir quality  

 +  Developing new markets in LNG: trucking  

and shipping

OPERATIONAL
 + Record LNG production of 72 MMboe 
 + Reduced unit production cost to 

$5.1/boe

FINANCIAL
 + Generated $5,240 million in operating revenue
 + Generated $1,524 million in free cash flow 
 + Reduced gearing to 12% 
 + Secured equity funding for growth projects 

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Overview   5

 
DELIVERING 
THE STRATEGY

CAPABILITY TO DELIVER
 3  Experienced people with 

proven project delivery record 

 3 Low cost operator 

 3  Prudent capital management 
strategy, with balance sheet 
strength

MARKET
 3 LNG demand increasing

 3 Low point of the 

development cost cycle

 3  Competitive, motivated 

contractors

RESOURCES
 3  Significant conventional 
resources well matched 
to existing infrastructure 

2020
targeting

of production

GREATER 
ENFIELD

GREATER 
WESTERN 
FLANK
PHASE 2

WHEATSTONE LNG

2019 PRIORITIES

 + Complete subsea works 
and FPSO modifications

 + Complete drilling wells

 + Commence production

2019 PRIORITIES

 + Commence domestic gas production

 + Reduce operating cost

PLUTO LNG

AUSTRALIA OIL

NORTH WEST SHELF

OUTSTANDING BASE 
BUSINESS

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HORIZON I
2017-2021

2027+
Kitimat

Sunrise

New markets

Tie-back 
opportunities

Commercialising 
exploration

2026 and 2027
BROWSE TO  
NORTH WEST SHELF 
PROJECT RFSU

2024
PLUTO LNG  
TRAIN 2 RFSU

2023
SCARBOROUGH 
RFSU

2022 
SNE FIELD 
DEVELOPMENT 
PHASE 1 RFSU

2019 PRIORITIES

 + Complete technical and 
commercial activities 
for final investment 
decision (FID)

 + Commence project 

execution

2019 PRIORITIES

 + Execute FEED activities

 + Prepare for FID in 2020

2019 PRIORITIES

 + Execute FEED activities and prepare for FID in 2020

 + Finalise Scarborough Development Agreement with the 

Government of Western Australia 

 + Execute agreement for onshore gas processing

2019 PRIORITIES
 + Execute binding, fully-termed 
gas processing agreements

 + Commence FEED activities

 + Prepare for FID in late 2020

Targeted production in 2020 is based on sanctioned projects being 
delivered in accordance with their current project schedules.
Chart is not to scale nor intended to be a basis for measurement. 
RFSU: Ready for start-up

HORIZON II
2022-2026

HORIZON III
2027+

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Overview   7

 
CHAIRMAN’S  
REPORT

It is a privilege for me to report on what has been 
a pivotal year for Woodside as we outlined growth 
plans that shore up the future of your company.

Since announcing those plans in February, we have already 
made good progress on delivering them, and our vision for the 
Burrup Hub is starting to take shape. 

Our focus is always on value for shareholders and this year we 
have delivered strong returns, generating free cash flow of 
$1,524 million and net profit after tax of $1,364 million. We will 
pay an annual dividend of US 144 cents per share, an increase 
of 47% on 2017.

At a time when so many of our institutions are confronting 
a loss of public trust, companies like Woodside demonstrate 
that big businesses are a vital part of the community. Our big 
companies make a significant economic and social contribution, 
underpinning employment and tax revenue.1 

These companies produce the goods and services that our 
community relies on, developing the resources that power our 
economy and our households. The best of our big companies 
engage in a meaningful way with those who live and work 
alongside them, forming long-term relationships with groups 
that sustain and enrich the life of a community. 

I have long admired Woodside for its dedication to operational 
excellence and for the significant contribution it makes to 
the Australian economy and community. In all its activities, 
Woodside is guided by a strong company culture that values 
integrity and is founded on the commitment to doing the right 
thing by our customers, our partners and our communities. 
It is an honour to take on the role of Chairman at a time 
when Woodside is progressing growth plans that will bring 
considerable benefits to Australia. Our plans to make significant 
investment in Australian natural gas projects will underpin jobs 
and economic growth in our country while providing a reliable 
energy source to local and global customers. 

Our shareholders, who provide the equity capital for our 
investments, will benefit as we prepare to produce extra LNG 
right at a time when the world needs it. 

In early 2018, we outlined our proposals to develop the 
Scarborough and Browse resources through our existing 
infrastructure on the Burrup Peninsula, while also progressing 

1.  Woodside paid A$894 million (approximately US$668 million equivalent) in 

tax and royalties in Australia in 2018 and A$4.9 billion over the past five years.

Richard Goyder, AO
Chairman

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promising developments in Senegal and Myanmar. Those plans 
received strong backing from shareholders via our US$2 billion 
equity raising, maintaining our strong balance sheet as we 
progress through this growth phase. This positions us well as 
we compete with other resource developers to take advantage 
of the growing global demand for gas. 

The world needs more gas as growing populations, particularly in 
Asia, demand extra energy and cleaner air. For some years, there 
was abundant gas and little investment globally in new projects, 
but now a shortfall looms and there is strong competition to 
sanction new projects that can meet the growing demand. 
Woodside’s ability to use its existing facilities gives us a head 
start in this global race. We have the opportunity to grow our 
safe and reliable operations in an efficient way, rather than 
duplicating facilities. We are working with our joint venture 
partners and other stakeholders in finalising agreements on the 
use of this infrastructure. Our plans are gaining momentum, but 
we know there are still hurdles to jump, tough decisions to make 
and cooperation needed from all our partners. 

Our shareholders will benefit as we 
prepare to produce extra LNG right at  
a time when the world needs it.

Some things that are beyond our control can influence our 
operations. It is important to have a stable industrial relations 
environment because we’re not going to invest significant 
capital if there is a risk of cost blow-outs due to changing 
employment conditions. 

As we approach big investment decisions, we carefully weigh a 
range of factors. It’s an uncertain world, and we try to account 
for those uncertainties – around geopolitics, around climate 
change and the world’s response to it. The role of business is 
to take calculated risks, with the Board overseeing appropriate 
governance around investment decisions. We will manage risks 
across an investment cycle. It is true that we won’t always get it 

right, but we take a very diligent and rigorous approach as we 
make long-term decisions to invest significant capital on behalf 
of our shareholders. 

I am pleased to chair a diverse Board of highly capable 
directors, who are focused on the interests of the company 
and shareholders and offer expertise that is broad and deep. 
Peter Coleman leads an astute and dedicated management 
team, with the right skills and vision to take us through this 
important phase. 

This report outlines our new remuneration scheme, which  
we think is measured, appropriate and aligned to shareholder 
experience. A significant part of the scheme involves equity, 
which vests and is earned through long-term performance, 
linked to major strategic deliverables in the coming years. 

On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Michael Chaney 
for his leadership of Woodside as Chairman for 12 years.  
Over that timeframe, which was marked globally by 
significant volatility and rapid change, Michael has overseen 
disciplined investment decisions and ensured that Woodside 
maintained a strong financial position. I would also like to 
thank Melinda Cilento, who steps down as a director at the 
AGM, for the valuable contribution she has made during the 
past decade, including her diligence and commitment as  
Chair of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee. 

Over the past year, your company has outlined bold growth 
plans and made a good start on delivering them. The next few 
years will be crucial for Woodside as we build on our history as 
the pioneer of LNG in Australia.

Richard Goyder, AO 
Chairman 
14 February 2019

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Overview   9

 
CHIEF 
EXECUTIVE 
OFFICER’S 
REPORT

Woodside has achieved a lot in 2018, delivering 
strong financial results, solid production and 
impressive progress on our growth plans. 

A successful equity raising early in the year set up our finances 
to support a growth phase that is timed well to capture the 
emerging global LNG shortfall. 

Financially, we have had a very good year in 2018, achieving 
a 32% increase in our operating revenue, to $5.2 billion, and a 
28% increase in net profit after tax. These strong results were 
underpinned by increased production due to the start-up of 
major projects, higher prices and discipline on costs. 

Looking to 2019, our expected capital requirements are similar 
to 2018 as we complete projects while preparing for growth. 

Our story began 65 years ago when a new company was formed 
and named after a small town in Victoria’s Gippsland Basin.  
That junior explorer would go on to develop the North West 
Shelf, becoming the pioneer of the LNG industry in Australia. 

That spirit is alive and well as we pursue proposals to develop 
some 20 to 25 trillion cubic feet of gross dry gas resources 
from the Scarborough and Browse fields off Western Australia. 

Even as we plan for growth, we remain committed to 
excellence in our base business, achieving high reliability and 
globally competitive costs of production, while ensuring a 
strong safety culture and performance.

Our growth plans will more than double Woodside’s equity 
LNG production by 2027 and deliver significant benefits to 
shareholders and to the broader community. 

The timing is right for these developments and Woodside has 
the resources, facilities and expertise to deliver them. 

We’ve set ambitious timelines – and have shown in 2018 that 
we intend to keep them. Our progress has been aided by the 
fact it is a good time to engage leading contractors, early in the 
commodity cycle. 

We’ve demonstrated our expertise in project delivery, with the 
Greater Western Flank Phase 2 Project coming in $630 million 
under budget and six months ahead of schedule. Our near-term 
growth plans took another step forward as Wheatstone train 2 
started up, with production exceeding expectations. 

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Peter Coleman
Chief Executive Officer  
and Managing Director

The emissions released in producing natural gas are more than 
offset by those avoided when it displaces higher-emissions 
fuels. As a fuel for reliable and readily dispatchable power 
generation, gas is the ideal partner for renewables. 

Experienced companies like ours need to be part of the 
response to climate change. Our contribution includes 
managing our own emissions and developing new markets for 
LNG to displace higher-emissions fuels, including for remote 
power generation in northern Western Australia and as a fuel 
for marine and road transport. 

It was a significant year for Woodside internationally, as we 
transitioned to operator of SNE, Senegal’s first offshore oil 
development. The joint venture is targeting first oil in 2022 and 
has commenced FEED activities and secured approval of the 
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment. 

Our exploration program in Myanmar made good progress, 
with two further gas discoveries enhancing the commercial 
prospects of the acreage. 

Woodside is on the cusp of some great opportunities in both 
our Australian and international operations, as we deliver our 
growth plans. 

Our staff are working hard to realise those opportunities and  
I thank them for their efforts in 2018 and in the years to come 
as we set the company up for a bright future.

Peter Coleman 
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director 
14 February 2019

The acquisition in February of an increased interest in the 
Scarborough field was the first in a series of significant 
developments throughout the year in our plans to upgrade 
and connect our existing facilities and bring new resources 
through them. 

Importantly, we have already struck agreements for the sale of 
gas from our facilities to Australian customers. We anticipate 
rising global demand for gas, but we are also committed to 
providing local supply. 

Our growth plans will more than 
double Woodside’s equity LNG 
production by 2027 and deliver 
significant benefits to shareholders  
and to the broader community.

After increasing our equity in Scarborough to 75%, we assumed 
operatorship and have in early 2019 awarded engineering 
contracts for the upstream development. We have also selected 
an expansion concept for the Pluto LNG Plant and begun 
engineering work on train 2. 

At the same time, we have progressed our proposal to process 
the Browse resources through the North West Shelf Project’s 
Karratha Gas Plant, achieving a preliminary tolling agreement 
between the two joint ventures that will enable the efficient 
development of new resources through existing infrastructure. 

This avoids costly duplication of facilities and benefits  
all stakeholders. 

We are building on our strengths and finding new and better 
ways of doing things in both our commercial partnerships and 
our operations. This includes exploring options on the Burrup 
Peninsula for integrating gas-fired power with solar power to 
supply reliable power to local industry. 

We think gas has a big role to play as the world strives to 
reduce emissions while extending access to modern energy. 
Gas has a lower carbon intensity than other fossil fuels.  

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Overview   11

 
EXECUTIVE 
MANAGEMENT

Michael Abbott, Sherry Duhe, Reinhardt Matisons, Meg O'Neill, Peter Coleman, Robert Edwardes, Jacky Connolly and Shaun Gregory

Peter Coleman 
BEng, MBA, FTSE
Chief Executive Officer  
and Managing Director

Michael Abbott 
BJuris, LLB, BA, MBA
Senior Vice President 
Corporate and Legal

Jacky Connolly 
BCom, MOHS
Vice President  
People and Global Capability

Sherry Duhe 
BS (Accounting), MBA
Executive Vice President  
and Chief Financial Officer

 + Audit
 +  Business Climate and Energy 

 + People and Global Capability
 + Employee Engagement

Outlook

 + Corporate Affairs
 + Legal and Secretariat
 + Risk and Compliance
 +  Security and Emergency 

Management

 +  Global Property and Workplace

Shaun Gregory 
BSc (Hons), MBT
Executive Vice President 
Exploration and 
Chief Technology Officer

 + Exploration
 + Development Planning
 + Digital
 + Geoscience
 + Technology
 +  New Energy and  
Carbon Abatement

Reinhardt Matisons 
BEng, MBA, MIE Aust, CPEng, CPA 
Executive Vice President 
Marketing, Trading  
and Shipping

 + Marketing
 + Power and New Markets
 + Shipping
 + Trading
 +  International Marketing Offices

 +  Finance, Tax, Treasury  

and Insurance 

 + Commercial
 +  Business Development  

and Growth

 +  Contracting and Procurement
 + Investor Relations
 +  Strategy, Planning and Analysis
 + Performance Excellence

Meg O’Neill 
BSc (Ocean Engineering),  
BSc (Chemical Engineering), MSc
Executive Vice President  
and Chief Operations Officer

 + Producing Business Units
 + Operations and Maintenance
 + Drilling and Completions
 + Logistics
 +  Health, Safety, Environment 

and Quality

 + Subsea and Pipelines
 + Reservoir Management
 + Power

Robert Edwardes 
BSc (Engineering), PhD
Executive Vice President 
Development

 + Engineering
 + Projects
 + Developments
 +  International Development 

Offices

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Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Overview   13

 
OUR AREAS  
OF ACTIVITY

GLOBAL

IRELAND

BULGARIA

MYANMAR

CANADA

Beijing*
Seoul*

Tokyo*

Singapore*

SENEGAL

MOROCCO

GABON

AUSTRALIA

TIMOR-LESTE / AUSTRALIA

PERU

Product type

Phase

Gas

Oil

Producing assets

Developments

Gas or oil

Appraisal and exploration

*Denotes marketing office

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA

BROWSE

NORTH WEST
SHELF PROJECT1

PLUTO

SCARBOROUGH

WHEATSTONE

AUSTRALIA OIL

GREATER ENFIELD 

Broome

Karratha

PLUTO LNG

NORTH WEST
SHELF PROJECT

Onslow
WHEATSTONE LNG

WESTERN  
AUSTRALIA

Production contribution

Perth
Woodside  
Headquarters

79%

LNG

14%

LIQUIDS

7%

OTHER

1.  Production from the Okha FPSO is reported as part of our Australia Oil operations.

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FINANCIAL  
SUMMARY

Net profit after tax  
increased 28% to

$1,364

million

Operating revenue  
increased 32% to

$5,240

million

Free cash flow  
increased 83% to

$1,524

million

Earnings per share

20%

to 148 cents

Key metrics

$ million

Operating revenue

EBITDA2

EBIT2

NPAT

Underlying NPAT2,3

2018

5,240

3,814

2,278

1,364

1,416

20171

3,975

2,918

1,714

1,069

1,069

Net cash from operating activities

3,296

2,400

Investment expenditure

Capital investment expenditure2,4

Exploration expenditure2,5

Free cash flow2
Dividends paid

Key ratios

Return on equity 

ROACE 

Earnings 

%

%

(US cps)

Gearing 
Effective income tax rate 

%
%

1,935

1,646

289

1,524
909

7.8

9.3

148

12
32

1,563

1,263

300

832
826

7.1

7.4

123

24
34

Sales volumes

Gas 
Liquids 

(MMboe)
(MMboe)

75.4
13.8

68.8
15.3

1.  2017 amounts have been restated for the retrospective application of AASB 15. Refer to Note 

E.10(b) in the Financial Statements for further details.

2.  These are non-IFRS measures that are unaudited but derived from audited Financial 

Statements. These measures are presented to provide further insight into Woodside’s 
performance. Refer to footnote 2 on page 152 for calculation methodology on EBITDA.

3.  NPAT adjusted for the impact of foreign exchange options associated with the equity raising 

($5 million), finance costs associated with the early redemption of the bond ($20 million) and 
the reclassification of two LNG vessels from oil and gas properties to non-current assets held 
for sale ($27 million). No adjustments were made to the calculation of 2017 underlying NPAT.

4.  Excludes exploration capitalised, includes restoration and rehabilitation spend.

5.  Item excludes prior period expenditure written off and permit amortisation, includes 

evaluation expense.

Dividend per share

54

9
0

1

54

8
9

45

3
8

71

 Full-year 

dividend (cps)
  Average annual 
dated Brent  
($/boe)

4
4
1

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Robust operational performance throughout 2018 and improved market conditions have generated solid 
cashflows and contributed to increased profit. This has supported our strong financial liquidity throughout 
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Sales revenue: price 
Sales revenue increased due to higher realised prices. Our average 
realised price increased by approximately 23% to $54/boe.

Average realised price

2018 
$/boe

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$/boe

Variance 
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Impact  
$m

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Note E.10(b) in the Financial Statements for further details.

Sales revenue: volume 
Sales volumes increased due to the ramp up of Wheatstone 
LNG and strong LNG reliability. This more than offset the 
revenue reduction from the planned Ngujima-Yin FPSO 
suspension of operations in May 2018 for the Greater Enfield 
Project, and from the NWS Project due to the timing of equity 
cargoes and the equity percentage change for domestic 
pipeline gas.

Royalties and excise 
Royalties and excise expense increased primarily due to higher 
NWS revenue.

Depreciation and amortisation
Depreciation and amortisation for oil and gas properties 
increased primarily due to Wheatstone LNG train 1 
commencing production in the second half of 2017 and LNG 
train 2 in June 2018, year-end 2017 Pluto reserves revisions and 
higher production across our facilities.

Provision release
A one off $120 million provision related to the Balnaves FPSO 
lease was released in 2017.

Exploration and evaluation
Exploration and evaluation expense increased following 
significant activity in 2018 and accompanying well results. 
Exploration expenditure in 2019 will reduce.

Net finance costs
Net finance costs increased due to lower capitalised borrowing 
costs following the start-up of both Wheatstone LNG trains. 

Income tax and PRRT
The PRRT credit decreased by $84 million predominately due 
to higher assessable receipts. Income tax expense increased 
by $79 million predominantly due to higher profit before 
income tax.

Other
Other items impacting NPAT included higher production costs 
due to a full year of Wheatstone LNG production, inventory 
movement, higher shipping and direct sales costs, and 
reclassification of two LNG vessels as assets held for sale. This 
was partially offset by higher processing and services revenue 
and other income.

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Capital allocation 
We continue to maintain a prudent financial position by 
appropriately servicing our debt, investing in future growth 
and distributing funds to shareholders. During the year we 
generated $3,296 million of operating cashflow, raised  
$1,949 million in net proceeds from the Q1 2018 equity 
raising and ended the period with liquidity of $3,918 million. 
This, combined with the operating cash flows anticipated 
in Horizon I and into Horizon II, positions us to deliver our 
growth plans. 

In 2018 we funded investment in line with our Horizon II 
growth strategy, investing $1,935 million in capital and 
exploration expenditure. Our 2018 capital expenditure 
of $1,646 million increased by $383 million. This was 
predominately due to the acquisition of an increased interest 
in the Scarborough resources. Capital expenditure was also 
allocated to the Greater Enfield Project, Greater Western 
Flank Phase 2 and Wheatstone LNG, all of which underpin our 
targeted production of approximately 100 MMboe in 2020. 

A prudent reduction to future investment expenditure was 
made to exploration following wells drilled in Myanmar, 
Gabon, Australia, Morocco and Peru in 2018.

Dividend 
A 2018 final dividend of US 91 cents per share (cps) has been 
declared. The final dividend reflects 2018 underlying NPAT of 
$1,416 million, and was adjusted to reflect our strong operating 
cash flow for the year due to higher realised prices, reliable 
production and low operating costs. Woodside continues to 
target a payout ratio of 80% of underlying NPAT subject to 
market conditions and investment requirements. The full-
year 2018 dividend is 144 cps, the value of the final dividend 
payment is $852 million and the dividend will be fully franked 
for Australian taxation purposes.

Unit production cost, cash costs and margins
Total unit production costs decreased by 2% to $5.1/boe despite 
a full year of higher non-operated Wheatstone LNG production 
costs and the Ngujima-Yin FPSO suspension of operations, 
underscoring our focus on high reliability and cost management 
in operations. 

Gas unit production costs of $4.0/boe remained the  
same compared to 2017. Pluto gas and NWS gas unit 
production costs both reduced to $3.6/boe from $3.9/boe 
and $3.8/boe respectively, which were offset by higher  
non-operated Wheatstone production costs of $6.80/boe. 
We will continue to work with Operator in 2019 to reduce 
Wheatstone production costs.

Gross margin increased by 21% from $23.8/boe to $28.8/boe 
and our break-even cash cost of sales remains competitive at 
$10.4/boe. Our high margin, low cost operations will generate 
cash flow to help fund our Horizon II growth projects.

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Balance sheet, liquidity and debt service 
We reinforced our strong balance sheet, reducing our gearing 
to 12%, within our 2018 target range of 10-30%. We ended 2018 
with net debt of $2,397 million and a robust liquidity position of 
$3,918 million.

As a result of implementing AASB 16 Leases (AASB 16) from 
1 January 2019, we will increase our target gearing range 
to 15-35%. The implementation of AASB 16 will not impact 
Woodside’s strong credit ratings of Baa1 and BBB+, both of 
which were reaffirmed during the period by Moody’s and S&P 
Global respectively with a stable outlook. 

We continue to actively control our debt portfolio by 
minimising near-term maturities and maintaining a low cost 
of debt. The average term to maturity is 4.7 years and our 
portfolio cost of debt remains competitive at 3.9%. 

We restructured our debt portfolio in 2018, in order to minimise 
interest expense incurred. The restructure included:

 + Redemption in May 2018 of a ten-year $600 million Rule 144A/

Regulation S senior unsecured bond, prior to the original 
maturity date of 1 March 2019.

 + Cancelling a number of bilateral facilities totalling $700 million.

2019 outlook 
Our investment expenditure guidance for 2019 is $1,600 million 
to $1,700 million. 

We are increasing expenditure on our growth projects 
including Scarborough, Pluto LNG Train 2, Browse to North 
West Shelf Project and SNE Field Development Phase 1. 
Expenditure for the Greater Enfield Project will reduce ahead 
of expected first oil in mid-2019, and work will continue on the 
Wheatstone Julimar Phase 2 development. 

Exploration expensed and capitalised in 2019 will reduce  
to approximately $200 million, from $310 million in 2018.

For 2019 the expected impact on NPAT is $30 million for  
a $1 movement in the Brent oil price, and $6 million for a  
$0.01 movement in the AUD/USD exchange rate. 

We will actively manage our debt portfolio in 2019.

Debt maturity

1,200

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1.  Growth includes Scarborough, Pluto LNG Train 2, Browse to NWS Project, SNE Field 

Development (Senegal), Myanmar, Kitimat and other spend.

2.  Base business includes Pluto LNG, Pluto-NWS Interconnector, NWS Project,  

Australia Oil and Corporate.

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STRATEGY 
AND CAPITAL 
MANAGEMENT

We have a clear strategy to deliver superior shareholder returns across three distinct time horizons.

These horizons are characterised by cash generation  
(2017–2021), unlocking value (2022–2026) and repeating  
our successes (2027+).

As a low cost and high margin producer, Woodside is uniquely 
positioned as the global LNG market rebalances  
and grows into the future.

HORIZON I  2017–2021

 + Lower capital intensity developments 

 + New revenue streams 

 + Preparing for Horizon II growth

 + New growth platforms through 
exploration  and acquisitions

 + Expanding the LNG market 

CASH GENERATION

In Horizon I we are delivering the committed growth that will underpin 
targeted production of approximately 100 MMboe in 2020, as we invest 
in our significant LNG projects. We have new revenue streams from 
Wheatstone LNG and Greater Western Flank Phase 2, and Greater Enfield 
is expected to commence production in 2019. Progression of our LNG 
developments is a priority through this period as we seek to deliver 
successful projects which meet growing Asian LNG demand. 

HORIZON II  2022–2026

VALUE UNLOCKED

 + Developments leveraging existing 

infrastructure 

 + Growth funded by base business  

and Horizon I growth

 + Monetise exploration and  

acquisition success 

 + Increase supply to new and 

traditional markets

We are targeting significant new production early in Horizon II.  
First oil from Phase I of the SNE oil development offshore Senegal 
is expected in 2022. We are targeting Scarborough upstream RFSU 
in 2023, Pluto LNG Train 2 RFSU in 2024; and Browse RFSU for the 
first FPSO in 2026 and the second in 2027. These developments will 
significantly increase our developed reserve base and contribute to 
earnings for years to come. We are also seeking to establish new 
production from our resources in Myanmar within this horizon. 

HORIZON III  2027+

 + Capital-efficient developments 

 + Unlock new major hubs

SUCCESS REPEATED

Within our portfolio, we have resources identified for production 
in Horizon III. These include the Sunrise resource located 450 
km north-west of Darwin, and our significant resource position 
in the Liard and Horn River basins supporting the Kitimat LNG 
development in British Columbia, Canada. 

OUTSTANDING BASE BUSINESS 
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY 

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Outstanding base business 
Our outstanding base business is underpinned by world-
class LNG and FPSO reliability, cost discipline and strong 
safety and environmental performance. We will continue to 
maximise value by developing and deploying industry-leading 
technology across our portfolio of assets.

Sustainable energy
Woodside is focused on providing sustainable energy 
solutions that deliver enduring value to shareholders, partners, 
communities and governments. We continue to promote LNG 
as a lower-emissions fuel and have committed to developing 
LNG as a transport fuel. As global energy demand grows we 
will be ready to meet it, building our growth across the next 
decade and beyond.

 + Shareholder distributions, in accordance with our Dividend 

Policy which specifies that we will pay a minimum of  
50% of underlying net profit after tax in dividends. We target 
an 80% dividend payout ratio subject to market conditions 
and investment requirements. Our strong shareholder 
distributions will be funded from our high margin base 
business and committed growth.

 + Returning surplus cash to shareholders by increasing the 

dividend payout ratio, special dividends or stock buy-backs  
is an option retained and considered by Woodside.

Capital allocation
Woodside’s capital allocation framework provides flexibility to 
optimise returns and risk in a range of macroeconomic scenarios.

Our priorities are:

 + Debt service, to ensure that we continue to have access to 

premium debt markets at a competitive cost to support our 
growth activities. We seek to manage average debt maturity 
on our debt portfolio. Our gearing target is between 15% and 
35%, which has been revised from between 10% and 30% to 
reflect the impact of the leasing accounting standard AASB 16.  
We continue to target maintaining an investment-grade 
credit rating.

 + Investment expenditure, to sustain and grow our business. 

Woodside seeks to build its portfolio through the 
disciplined allocation of capital to exploration, acquisition 
and development opportunities that complement existing 
positions and capabilities. Our developments will seek to 
prioritise lower capital intensity, faster to market, capital-
efficient opportunities that utilise existing infrastructure 
where possible. Through Horizon I, we are investing in LNG 
projects that will be required to meet a projected LNG supply 
shortfall in Horizon II. 

INVESTMENT CRITERIA

 + Our investment criteria target investment decisions which 
deliver returns on capital exceeding our cost of capital. 

 + We test the robustness of our investments against a range 

of low-outcome and low-carbon scenarios.

 + The economic criteria we use are set independently  

 + We set higher target metrics for investments with 

of project decisions.

 + We apply a suite of target metrics that are aimed 

at delivering superior shareholder returns from our 
investment decisions.

increased complexity and risk, and seek to preserve any 
upside potential.

 + A typical metric required for investment is a target 

ungeared internal rate of return between 12% and 15%.

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OUR BUSINESS 
MODEL AND  
VALUE CHAIN

Woodside’s business model seeks to maximise the value of its portfolio across the value chain. This is 
achieved by prioritising competitive growth opportunities; by utilising our operational, development and 
drilling capabilities; and by deepening relationships in LNG markets with strong demand growth. We do 
this with the objective of generating superior shareholder returns across the three horizons and beyond.

ACQUIRE AND EXPLORE

We grow our portfolio through acquisitions and exploration, based on a disciplined 
approach to increasing shareholder value and appropriately managing risk. We look for 
material positions in world-class assets and basins that are aligned with our capabilities and 
existing portfolio. We assess acquisition opportunities that complement our discovered and 
undiscovered resource base. 

2018 illustrations

Acquired an additional 50% 
interest in WA-1-R, containing  
the majority of the Scarborough 
gas field. 

DEVELOP

We are building on over 30 years of development expertise from our assets in Western Australia  
by investing in opportunities in Australia, Senegal, Myanmar, Canada and Timor-Leste. During 
the development phase, we maximise value by selecting the most competitive concept for 
extracting, processing and delivering hydrocarbon products to market. Once the value of the 
development is confirmed, and approvals are received, a final investment decision is made and 
project delivery and construction commence.

Assumed operatorship, 
commenced FEED activities 
and received approval for 
the Environmental and Social 
Impact Assessment for the SNE 
Field Development Phase 1.

OPERATE

Our operations are characterised by strong safety and environmental performance in remote and 
challenging locations. As Australia’s premier LNG operator, our operated assets include the NWS 
Project and Pluto LNG. We also operate two FPSO facilities and have a non-operated interest in 
Wheatstone LNG. By adopting technology, a continuous improvement mindset and an efficient, 
well planned, cost competitive operating model, we have been able to reduce operating costs, 
increase production rates and improve safety performance to optimise the value of our assets. 

Record LNG production of  
72 MMboe.

MARKET

Our marketing and trading strategy is to build a diverse customer portfolio and pursue 
additional sales agreements, underpinned by reliable domestic gas and LNG production, 
supplemented by globally sourced volumes. Our relationships with customers in Australian and 
international energy markets have been maintained through a track record of reliable delivery 
and expertise across contracting, marketing and trading. In addition to long-term sales, we 
pursue near-term value accretive arrangements through spot and mid-term sales and LNG 
shipping transactions. 

DECOMMISSION AND DIVEST

Individual assets within our portfolio have a finite life. Decommissioning is integrated into 
project planning, from the earliest stages of development through to the end of field life.  
At appropriate intervals, we consider opportunities to divest ourselves of assets to maximise 
the value of our portfolio. Our decommissioning planning is implemented at the appropriate 
time. Through working together with our partners and technical experts, we are able to  
identify the most sustainable and beneficial post-closure options that minimise financial,  
social and environmental impacts. 

Several new domestic gas and 
LNG agreements executed for 
mid- and long-term supply. 

Decommissioning of the 
Nganhurra FPSO following 
cessation of production in 
November 2018.

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ENERGY  
MARKETS

Rebalancing of the global LNG market is expected in the early 2020s, with global LNG demand forecast 
to exceed supply. Woodside's strategy is focused on delivering new LNG supply to energy markets in the 
required time frame.

The LNG market is growing rapidly, underpinned by the 
role of natural gas as a clean, reliable and affordable energy 
source. The expectations of some market commentators of 
a large oversupply have not materialised. LNG demand has 
increased by over 21% in the past two years. Continued LNG 
demand strength, supported by higher energy demand and 
an increased focus on air quality, is signalling the start of a 
new cycle of LNG project sanctions.

A significant driver of recent LNG demand growth has  
been Asian countries’ increased focus on air quality. Gas is the 
cleanest burning hydrocarbon and has received strong policy 
support from countries seeking to replace coal-fired power 
generation. China has led with large-scale replacement of coal 
with natural gas.

South Korea has also developed energy policies signalling 
a shift away from coal-fired and nuclear power generation 
towards cleaner-burning gas. India’s energy demand growth 
has been fuelled in large part by coal and accompanied by a 
deterioration in air quality. To address this, India has released 
new energy targets including increasing the share of gas in the 
energy mix from 6% in 2018 to 15% by 2022 and prioritising 
infrastructure development such as LNG receiving terminals 
and gas network pipelines. 

Beyond use in power generation, gas is forming part of a policy 
push for cleaner sources of fuel in transport and industry. In 

LNG Demand Outlook

China, industrial use already represents over 30% of total gas 
demand and is expected to grow at over 4% p.a. to 2030 as 
gas replaces other fuels. China has introduced incentives for 
compressed natural gas (CNG) in light-duty vehicles and LNG 
in trucks. Today there are around 300,000 natural gas fuelled 
trucks on Chinese roads. 

New supply regions such as the USA and Russia are 
contributing to the growth of the global LNG market. In 2019 
Australia is set to become the world’s largest supplier of LNG. 
The growth of the LNG market has involved more diverse 
buyers and sellers and with them, evolving commercial and 
contracting structures. The traditional long-term contract 
remains prevalent, but more innovative contracting structures 
with variety in pricing mechanisms, contract length and 
flexibility are becoming increasingly common. Both buyers and 
sellers are seeking a combination of long-term, mid-term and 
short-term contracts within their portfolios. 

New LNG investment decisions are required in the coming  
18 months to ensure the market remains adequately supplied 
with LNG from the early 2020s. Projects supported by equity 
partners with strong balance sheets will be best positioned to 
participate. With their close proximity to Asian LNG demand 
centres, our growth projects are ideally positioned to meet 
growing LNG demand.

  Global LNG supply1

 Other
 Europe
  Developing Asia
 China
   Japan, Korea and Taiwan2

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Wood Mackenzie Q4 2018.

1.  Supply forecast based on existing capacity and under construction developments.
2.  LNG demand growth to 2035 is widespread across Asia. Japan is the only regional market to contract. Source: Wood Mackenzie.

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PLUTO  
LNG

Production

MMboe43.3

2018 HIGHLIGHTS

 + Record LNG production rates, including 100%  

reliability in Q2

 + Entered execute phase on PLA07 infill well

 + Commissioned Pluto pipeline gas facility

2019 ACTIVITIES

 + Start-up of LNG truck loading facility

 + Achieve RFSU on PLA07 infill well

LNG unit production cost

 + Undertake major turnaround in Q2

$3.6

per boe

Sales revenue

$2,510

million

LNG reliability

97.4%

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A continued focus on safety and operational 
excellence has driven outstanding production from 
Pluto LNG, providing a firm basis for our Burrup 
Hub growth projects. 

Production
Annual production of 43.3 MMboe was achieved in 2018 at a 
globally competitive LNG unit production cost of $3.6/boe.  
Pluto LNG continues to demonstrate strong reliability 
performance, achieving 100% reliability in Q2 2018 and 99.7%  
in Q4 2018. Average reliability over the year was 97.4%.

The capacity of Pluto LNG was increased to 4.9 Mtpa from  
the original nameplate capacity of 4.3 Mtpa. This was achieved 
by application of new technology and the ongoing delivery of 
debottlenecking and optimisation projects across the facility.

Pluto LNG delivered 70 LNG cargoes (100% project), of which 
48 were sold under foundation contracts, 13 under mid-term 
contracts and 9 on the spot market.

56% GROSS MARGIN

lGross margin
lDepreciation and amortisation
lOther
lProduction cost

$/boe
35.7
20.1
4.8
3.6

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56
31
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PLUTO  

LNG

Enabling growth
Investment continues in Pluto LNG to maintain high rates of 
production into the future. Preparations are well advanced for  
the facility’s first major turnaround, scheduled for Q2 2019.  
The turnaround duration will be approximately 30 days and 
include work required to maintain the facility’s high reliability  
and performance, as well as support future project developments.

The PLA07 infill well achieved FID in 2018, targeting RFSU in 
2019. FID was also taken on the Pluto water handling project 
to mitigate the impact of potential future reservoir water 
breakthrough. Key tie-ins will be implemented on the Pluto 
platform during the 2019 turnaround, followed by the water 
handling module lift in 2020 and RFSU of the module in 2021.

The development of the Pyxis and Pluto North infill wells, which 
will be developed by a 25 km tieback to the Pluto platform, 
entered FEED in January 2019. RFSU is targeted for 2021,  

aligned with RFSU of the Pluto-NWS Interconnector (see 
further information on page 41). The additional gas from 
Pyxis and Pluto North will provide flexibility to optimise gas 
production across the Burrup Hub facilities.

We successfully commissioned the Pluto pipeline gas facility 
in December 2018, adding to Woodside’s domestic gas 
supply portfolio.

The planned start-up of the Pluto LNG trucking facility in 
Q1 2019 further demonstrates Woodside’s commitment to 
supplying gas to the domestic market from the Pluto facility.

The Pluto LNG processing facilities are well matched to 
Scarborough gas composition, which is lean, dry and contains 
nitrogen. Building a second LNG train at Pluto LNG will 
maximise the value of existing infrastructure and form a key 
component of the Burrup Hub.

Woodside interest: 90%

Pluto LNG capacity (Mtpa)

2018

2016

Design

4.3 4.7 4.9

Pluto LNG onshore processing facility

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NWS  
PROJECT

Production

34.0

MMboe

2018 HIGHLIGHTS

 + Exceeded 2018 production targets

 + Delivered 5,000th LNG cargo

 + Averaged 97.1% reliability

2019 ACTIVITIES

 + Progress commercial agreements and technical work  

to process third-party gas at KGP

 + Undertake exploration of the Achernar gas prospect

LNG unit production cost

 + Take FID on Lambert Deep and South Goodwyn tie-backs

$3.6

per boe

Sales revenue

$1,497

million

Delivered

262

LNG cargoes  
(100% project)

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Central to our vision for the Burrup Hub is extending 
the life of the NWS Project facilities to safely deliver 
reliable energy supply for decades to come, while 
maintaining strong base business performance.

Production
In 2018, we continued to set the foundations for NWS Project 
Extension while maintaining excellent performance from the 
project’s base business. Annual production of 34.0 MMboe was 
achieved at a globally competitive LNG unit production cost of 
$3.6/boe. Average LNG reliability during the year was 97.1%.

The NWS Project delivered 262 LNG cargoes (100% project), 
including delivery of the 5,000th cargo from KGP in 
September 2018.

We continued to invest to improve plant reliability and 
performance during the year, executing major onshore and 
offshore turnarounds involving LNG train 1, LNG train 2 and 
the Goodwyn A platform.

55% GROSS MARGIN

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Enabling growth
Major turnarounds are planned in July 2019 for the  
Goodwyn A platform (approximately 21 days) and LNG train 1 
(approximately 19 days). An integrated turnaround campaign 
is planned for September 2019, which will include LNG train 5 
(approximately 19 days), fractionation (approximately 14 days), 
North Rankin Complex (approximately 19 days) and North 
Rankin train 2 (approximately 20 days).

A comprehensive maintenance program, with an aim of 
extending the production capacity of KGP to support current 
NWS reserves, began in 2013 and is now approximately 40% 
complete. Future investment in the plant, including the ongoing 
adoption of innovative technology, will be undertaken as 
required to process gas from third-party resource owners.

Significant progress was made in the development of subsea 
tie-back opportunities. The Greater Western Flank Phase 2 
Project (GWF-2) commenced production in October 2018, 

more than six months ahead of schedule. GWF-2 is designed  
to produce at up to 800 MMscf/d (100% project).

Evaluation of incremental opportunities continues, and  
the NWS Project has entered FEED on the $700 million 
tie-backs of Lambert Deep and South Goodwyn to existing 
offshore infrastructure. FID is expected in late 2019, with  
the two developments expected to add an estimated  
400 Bcf of production to the NWS Project from the early 
2020s. Exploration of the Achernar gas prospect is planned 
for Q2 2019.

In November 2018, the NWS Project referred a proposal to the 
Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority and 
the Commonwealth Department of Environment and Energy, 
seeking approval for use of existing State onshore and offshore 
infrastructure to enable long-term processing of third-party 
gas at KGP in support of our Burrup Hub growth plans.

Woodside interest: 16.67%

2018

5,000th

CARGO

2014
4,000th CARGO

2010
3,000th CARGO

2006
2,000th CARGO

1999
1,000th CARGO

1989
FIRST CARGO

The Northwest Swan, which delivered the 5,000th LNG cargo from the NWS Project

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AUSTRALIA OIL

2018 HIGHLIGHTS

 + Commenced FPSO, subsea and 

drilling activities for Greater Enfield

 + Achieved 938 days without  

a recordable injury on Nganhurra 
FPSO

Woodside’s share of annual production in 2018 from Ngujima-Yin FPSO (Vincent field)  
was 1.3 MMbbl, down from 4.0 MMbbl in 2017 due to suspension of production on  
1 May 2018 to support the Greater Enfield Project. The FPSO transited to the Keppel 
shipyard in Singapore to undertake maintenance and modifications as part of the 
Greater Enfield Project (see further information on page 39). Production is planned  
to resume from mid-2019.

Woodside interest: 60%

Woodside’s share of annual production in 2018 from Okha FPSO (Cossack, Wanaea, 
Lambert and Hermes fields) was 1.8 MMboe, down from 1.9 MMbbl in 2017 primarily 
due to natural reservoir decline. Subsea life extension work will continue in 2019.  
There is no major maintenance planned in 2019.

Woodside interest: 33.33%

Woodside’s share of annual production in 2018 from Nganhurra FPSO (Enfield 
field) was 0.7 MMbbl, down from 0.9 MMbbl in 2017 due to natural reservoir decline. 
Permanent cessation of production occurred in November 2018. In December 2018, 
the FPSO departed the field for cold lay-up in Labuan, Malaysia, ahead of planned 
future divestment. Plugging and abandonment of wells and the decommissioning of 
remaining subsea equipment will be subject to future stakeholder engagement and 
regulatory submissions.

 Woodside interest: 60%

WHEATSTONE LNG

2018 HIGHLIGHTS

 + Commenced production from train 2

 + Exceeded 2018 production targets

 + Domestic gas plant export-gas 

capable

Production at Wheatstone LNG (non-operated) has exceeded expectations in 2018, 
highlighted by strong reliability at LNG train 1 and quicker than expected ramp up at 
LNG train 2. Woodside’s share of annual production in 2018 was 9.1 MMboe.

Production from LNG train 1 has been steady 
since start-up in October 2017 and continues 
to demonstrate production rates above plan. 
Production from LNG train 2 safely commenced in 
June 2018 and reached full capacity within weeks. 
A planned shutdown to remove commissioning 
strainers was carried out in August 2018.

In 2018, Woodside offtake from Wheatstone LNG 
comprised 12 LNG and four condensate cargoes.

There are no planned major LNG maintenance 
turnarounds scheduled in 2019.

 Woodside interest: 13%

Wheatstone LNG 
expected to contribute

annually, once fully 
operational

CANADA

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Woodside’s share of annual production from the Liard Basin in north-eastern British 
Columbia was 1.2 MMboe, down from 1.3 MMboe in 2017 primarily due to natural 
reservoir decline. Production is a result of the appraisal program being undertaken 
to support the proposed Kitimat LNG development. Liard Basin production is 
expected to cease in mid-2019.

EXPLORATION

2018 HIGHLIGHTS

 + Completed our third consecutive drilling campaign in 
Myanmar in line with schedule and budget, with two 
further gas discoveries

 + Discovered gas volumes at the high-end of pre-drill 
estimates in the Shwe Yee Htun-2 appraisal well  
in Myanmar 

Exploration activities in 2018 were focused on 
drilling prospects across our captured interests to 
test prospectivity in emerging basins and support 
Horizon III value and resource growth.

Australia
The Ferrand-1 exploration well in Block WA-404-P was drilled 
between April and June 2018. Wireline logging and additional 
tests confirmed intersection of a 69 m gross gas column. 

In 2019, we plan to drill the Achernar exploration well in Block 
WA-28-P, targeting gas in an early Jurassic North Rankin bed 
reservoir, in proximity to existing gas discoveries at North Rankin 
and Lambert Deep.

Myanmar
In 2018, we undertook our third successive drilling campaign in 
Myanmar, which was completed within schedule and budget. 
The campaign discovered gas in two exploration wells and 
successfully appraised the 2016 Shwe Yee Htun-1 discovery. 

The Shwe Yee Htun-2 appraisal well in Block A-6 was drilled 
approximately 10 km west of the Shwe Yee Htun-1 discovery well. 
Wireline logging and pressure measurements indicate that the 
reservoir is highly likely to be in pressure communication with the 
Shwe Yee Htun-1 discovery. The well results, combined with the 
successful 2017 exploration/appraisal well at Pyi Thit-1, increased 
discovered volumes within Block A-6 to a level that supports 
consideration of concept selection in the near term, subject to 
other factors including joint venture approval. 

Woodside made the Aung Siddhi-1 gas discovery in Block AD-1, 
intersecting gas in two primary targets. The discovery is close 
to existing infrastructure and has enhanced the prospectivity of 
surrounding Woodside acreage. 

The Dhana Hlaing-1 exploration well in Block A-7 also intersected 
gas in the primary target. The volume discovered is considered 
non-commercial but provides indications of potential volumes 
for Block A-7. 

The results of the exploration wells prove the extension of 
existing proven plays into new areas of the basin, and work is 
ongoing to incorporate these learnings into future exploration 
and appraisal drilling. Our 2019 activities are focused on moving 
the discovered volumes in Blocks A-6 and AD-1 to development.

Gabon
Woodside drilled two exploration wells offshore Gabon.  
The Boudji-1 well in the Likuale (F14) Block intersected a  
90 m gross oil and gas column, and the Ivela-1 well in the 
Luna Muetse (E13) Block intersected a 78 m gross oil column. 
While both wells were determined to be non-commercial by 
Woodside due to development costs associated with the water 
depths being over 2,600 m, their results proved a working 
hydrocarbon system with both oil and gas potential.

Morocco
The Rabat Deep-1 exploration well offshore Morocco was 
completed in May 2018. Woodside considered the well to be 
dry, but with minor oil indications. Consequently, the joint 
venture agreed not to extend the Rabat Deep licence and it 
was relinquished on 21 December 2018.

Peru
The Boca Satipo Este-1 exploration well was spudded in October 
2018, targeting a large prospect with oil potential in Cretaceous 
reservoirs. The well reached target depth in early February 2019. 
Further analysis will determine the results and implications on 
the prospectivity of the block.

Bulgaria
An exploration well, targeting a large oil prospect, is planned 
for Q2 2019 in Block 1-14 Khan Kubrat, offshore Bulgaria.

YANGON

PIPELINE TO  
YANGON

FUTURE COMPRESSION 
PLATFORM

PROPOSED SHALLOW WATER 
PROCESSING PLATFORM

Myanmar Block A-6 potential development concept: tie-back to existing Yadana platform complex (not to scale)

EXISTING YADANA 
PLATFORM COMPLEX

PIPELINE TO  
THAILAND

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MARKETING  
AND SHIPPING

2018 HIGHLIGHTS

 + Delivered 296 LNG, condensate, crude, and LPG cargoes1

 + Executed several mid-term portfolio LNG sale and 
purchase agreements (SPAs) to increase revenue 
certainty and customer diversity

 + Entered long-term domestic gas agreements with 

Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers Pty Ltd and Alcoa of 
Australia Limited

2019 ACTIVITIES

 + Progress negotiations regarding long-term LNG SPAs  
to position for FID on our Burrup Hub growth projects 

 + Secure customers and commence first deliveries from  

the Pluto LNG truck loading facility

 + Advance marketing discussions for gas resources  

in Myanmar

 + Market entry for heavy sweet crude production  

from Greater Enfield

1.  Includes all cargoes with Woodside equity interest.

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Portfolio LNG marketing approach 
Our LNG equity portfolio reached 8.1 Mtpa in 2018, following 
the successful ramp up of Wheatstone LNG. 

We manage our LNG portfolio through a mix of short-, 
mid- and long-term contracts, supplied by Woodside equity 
cargoes and supplemented by third-party purchases. Our 
portfolio marketing approach provides us with flexibility and 
positions us to meet changing buyer requirements. 

We increased our mid-term contracted volumes in 2018 by 
executing portfolio LNG SPAs for delivery of up to 4.3 million 
tonnes (59 cargoes) over the period 2018 to 2023.

These included a heads of agreement with Uniper Global 
Commodities for the supply of up to 0.6 Mtpa over a period  
of four years commencing in 2019, to be supplied to markets  
in Europe and Asia. 

An agreement with RWE Supply & Trading GmbH (RWE) 
was also finalised, which will commence in the fourth quarter 
of 2020 and be primarily supplied by cargoes Woodside has 
purchased from Corpus Christi LNG in Texas, USA.

At the end of 2018, more than 90% of Woodside’s expected 
2019 LNG production has been committed to sales contracts.

Focus on marketing Burrup Hub growth projects 
Our focus in 2019 will be on advancing marketing discussions 
with several buyers to support FID for Scarborough and 
Browse to NWS Project. 

In late 2018, we finalised a long-term gas sale and purchase 
agreement (GSPA) with Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers 
Pty Ltd (Perdaman) for the supply of 125 TJ of gas per day for a 
term of 20 years. The agreement, which is subject to a number 
of conditions precedent, will commence between 2023 and 
2025 and is underpinned by the Scarborough development. 

We are also preparing for crude oil marketing from Greater 
Enfield in 2019.

Expanding reliable pipeline gas supply for WA 
Our portfolio supplier approach in Western Australia enables 
us to meet customer requirements through a mix of short-, 
mid- and long-term contracts from our supply sources which 
now include the Pluto pipeline gas facility commissioned in 
December 2018.

In addition to the Perdaman GSPA, Woodside entered into 
three binding GSPAs for a total quantity of approximately  
80 PJ, with duration of between four and ten years, 
commencing between Q4 2018 and mid-2020.

Wheatstone domestic gas production in early 2019 will increase 
our equity pipeline gas capacity by 26 TJ/d to approximately 
150 TJ/d.

LNG trading and optimisation 
We perform LNG trading and portfolio optimisation  
activities across our integrated shipping, operations, 
marketing, and trading teams. Our trading office was 
established in 2013 in Singapore, a major hub for LNG sales 
and trading. Our optimisation activities ensure the reliable 
delivery of LNG cargoes and enable us to maximise the value 
of our LNG portfolio.

We maintain an LNG shipping fleet of five LNG vessels under 
long-term contracts. Access to our own shipping allows us to 
create value, protects us against fluctuations in the shipping 
market, and allows us to deliver third-party cargoes through 
sub-chartering activities.

The net benefit realised from our trading and optimisation 
activities in 2018 was approximately $21 million.

Promoting LNG as a low-emissions  
and cost-effective fuel
The Pluto LNG truck loading facility in Western Australia, 
which commenced construction in 2018, will be operational 
in early 2019 to provide LNG for distribution by truck to 
the Pilbara, Kimberley and Gascoyne regions of Western 
Australia. In addition to providing LNG for remote power 
generation, we are working with mining companies and 
equipment manufacturers on the use of LNG as a heavy 
transport fuel for mining operations. 

We are a strong advocate for use of LNG as a marine fuel.  
In 2018, LNG represented more than 90% of the fuel used in  
our shipping fleet. 

In 2018, Woodside participated in joint industry projects to 
assess the feasibility for LNG to be used as a fuel for bulk carriers 
transporting iron ore from the Pilbara. In 2019, we will undertake 
activities to support FID on an LNG bunkering vessel to supply 
this market. 

We are also evaluating opportunities to be involved further 
along the value chain to facilitate additional demand for our gas 
in the international market. This may include LNG regasification 
and power generation.

Loading facilities at Pluto LNG

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NEAR-TERM 
GROWTH

With our focus on project excellence and innovation, we are well positioned to deliver our near-term 
growth target of approximately 100 MMboe of production in 2020. 

Wheatstone LNG 

Wheatstone LNG produced above expectations in 2018, 
demonstrating it is a world-class asset that will make a 
significant contribution to Woodside’s ongoing production.

Wheatstone LNG processes gas from the offshore 
Wheatstone, Iago, Julimar and Brunello gas fields, located  
220 km from Onslow, Western Australia. The Wheatstone 
onshore facilities comprise two LNG trains with a combined 
capacity of 8.9 Mtpa and a domestic gas plant with a  
capacity of 200 TJ/day. Woodside acquired a 13% interest  
in Wheatstone LNG in 2015.

Wheatstone LNG diversifies Woodside’s production portfolio 
and delivers material cash flow. 

Building on reliable production performance from Wheatstone 
LNG train 1 throughout the year, LNG train 2 achieved start-
up in June 2018 and produced at rates above plan due to a 
quicker than expected ramp up. Woodside’s share of annual 
production from Wheatstone was 9.1 MMboe in 2018.

Woodside’s share of Wheatstone production will grow in  
2019 with first domestic gas deliveries expected in Q1 2019.  
At the end of 2018, construction of the domestic gas plant  
was complete.

Further development of Wheatstone reserves will be achieved 
through phase 2 of the Woodside-operated Julimar-Brunello 
Project. Woodside holds a 65% equity interest in the Julimar 
and Brunello fields, which contribute 20% of Wheatstone LNG’s 
foundation production. Phase 1 of the Julimar-Brunello Project 
involved the tie-in of the Brunello field in 2016 as part of the 
foundation project.

Phase 2, which will tie back the Julimar field to the existing 
Brunello subsea infrastructure connected to the Wheatstone 
offshore platform, entered FEED phase in 2018. The project is 
targeting FID in Q2 2019 and RFSU in 2022. 

Once fully operational for both LNG and pipeline gas, 
Wheatstone will contribute more than 13 MMboe to 
Woodside’s annual equity production.

Wheatstone LNG Woodside interest: 13%

Julimar-Brunello Project Woodside interest: 65%

CASE STUDY 

Woodside developed and implemented its non-operating 
joint venture (NOJV) strategy for Wheatstone LNG in 2016. 
The key focus was to support Operator to achieve a safe and 
flawless start-up of LNG trains 1 and 2. 

We provided 25 Woodside employees to support both the 
offshore and onshore components of the development. We 
shared recent knowledge and experience in the areas of 
completions, commissioning and start-up at both Pluto LNG 
and KGP, utilising our 30 years’ experience of LNG operations. 

A key to success was the excellent collaborative relationship 
with Operator, which was the foundation for Woodside to 
provide value-adding support to the project. From the outset, 
we were determined to focus on areas where we could add 
value through constructive engagement with the Operator  
and other participants. 

Opportunities were identified to simplify work processes, 
and a structured execution model was implemented for the 
completion of construction, commissioning, start-up and 
final handover to operations. 

We were supportive of Operator’s drive to deliver the project 
efficiently. We shared site productivity lessons that we learned 
on a KGP maintenance program. Operator’s personnel visited 
KGP and Woodside employees visited the Wheatstone LNG 
site at Onslow to identify opportunities for improvement.

The first LNG cargo was successfully delivered from train 1 
in October 2017 and from train 2 in June 2018. Both trains 
have exceeded performance and reliability expectations, 
with train 1 start-up lessons implemented on train 2, 
reducing the start-up duration by approximately 75%.

Lessons from the start-up of Wheatstone LNG continue to 
be shared between both parties, and have created a solid 
platform for future opportunities to reduce operating costs 
and identify potential synergies.

As Woodside prepares to realise the Burrup Hub vision, 
collaboration between operators and partners is paramount 
to successful project execution. The collaborative approach 
achieved on the Wheatstone Project will set the benchmark 
for future LNG growth projects.

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Greater Western Flank Phase 2 

The Greater Western Flank Phase 2 Project (GWF-2) represents 
the next phase in gas supply to KGP. 

GWF-2 commenced production in October 2018, $630 million 
under budget (100% project) and six months ahead of schedule. 

The project involved the tie-back of eight subsea production 
wells by a 35 km subsea pipeline from six offshore fields (Keast, 
Dockrell, Sculptor, Rankin, Lady Nora and Pemberton) to the 
existing Goodwyn A platform. 

GWF-2 was driven throughout by a commitment to  
innovation and cost discipline. Excellent overall performance 
and close collaboration with contractors enabled the project 
to consolidate a two-phase well completion campaign into 
a single scope, accelerating the key work packages while 
reducing project risks. 

Gas from the GWF-2 fields adds approximately 1.6 Tcf  
to existing North West Shelf reserves (100% basis). 

Woodside interest: 16.67%

Greater Enfield 

The Greater Enfield Project is on track for first oil in mid-2019, 
starting a new chapter in Woodside’s established oil operations 
off North West Cape, Western Australia. 

The project involves development of the Laverda Canyon, 
Norton over Laverda and Cimatti oil accumulations by a 31 km 
subsea tie-back to the Ngujima-Yin FPSO, located over the 
Vincent oil field. 

Woodside’s share of the 2P reserves targeted for development is 
41 MMboe (69 MMboe 100% project) from the oil accumulations, 
and is initially estimated to increase production by more than 
24,000 bbl/d (40,000 bbl/d 100% project). 

The Ngujima-Yin FPSO suspended operations as planned on  
1 May 2018 and transited to the Keppel shipyard in Singapore  
to commence maintenance and modification activities.  
The FPSO dry-dock work program was completed in Q4 2018. 
Final modifications and maintenance activities will be carried 
out quayside, before the FPSO returns to location in mid-2019. 

Subsea pipelay and drilling campaigns were conducted 
throughout 2018, with installation of the 31 km flowline 
system and subsea infrastructure substantially complete 
in December 2018. Development well drilling continued 
throughout Q4 2018, and at the year end, eight of the project’s 
12 development wells had been drilled and completed.

At the end of 2018 the project was 83% complete, and remains 
on budget and on schedule for first oil in mid-2019. 

Woodside interest: 60%

Ngujima-Yin FPSO at Keppel shipyard in Singapore

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BURRUP  
HUB

We are developing an integrated, regional LNG production centre on the Burrup Peninsula utilising our 
proven LNG facilities. The Burrup Hub will provide a long-term solution for processing gas resources to 
supply domestic and export markets for decades to come.

To realise the Burrup Hub vision we are advancing several projects that unlock new gas resources and prepare the onshore 
facilities for processing these resources. The projects include Scarborough, Browse to NWS Project, Pluto LNG Train 2, NWS 
Project Extension and the Pluto-NWS Interconnector. Together, these projects will maximise the efficient use of existing assets.

Scarborough

 + Development of 7.3 Tcf (100%, 2C) from  

the Scarborough resource

 + Semi-submersible floating production unit 
and trunkline to Pluto LNG with an offshore 
capacity of 7.5 Mtpa (LNG and domestic gas)

Browse to NWS Project

 + Development of 13.9 Tcf of dry gas and  

390 MMbbl of condensate (100%, 2C) from 
the Browse resources

 + Two FPSO facilities processing gas and 
condensate, and a trunkline to the NWS 
Project with an offshore capacity of 11.4 Mtpa 
(LNG/LPG and domestic gas)

See page 42 for more information

See page 44 for more information

Pluto LNG

NWS Project

Pluto LNG Train 2

Pluto-NWS Interconnector

NWS Project Extension

 + Construction of Pluto LNG  
Train 2, with capacity of 
approximately 5 Mtpa

LNG trucking

Pluto domestic gas

See page 42 for more information

 + Construction of a pipeline 

connecting Pluto LNG and KGP

 + Refurbishment to extend the 

life of the NWS Project facilities 
for processing third-party gas 
resources

 + Targeting extension of the facility 

life by 30+ years

BURRUP HUB

Future development of the Jupiter and 
Thebe fields and other gas resources

40   Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

Development of the Burrup Hub will extend the life of 
Woodside infrastructure, enabling growth and delivering 
sustainable value for our shareholders, governments, partners 
and the communities in which we operate. It will unlock third-
party resources, providing owners with the ability to process 
their gas for sale to domestic and export markets. Initially the 

Burrup Hub will involve the development of some 20 to 25 Tcf 
of gross (100%) dry gas resources. This will position Australia 
to take advantage of the expected global LNG supply gap 
from the early 2020s, providing long-term energy security. 
Significant employment and contracting opportunities will be 
generated as these projects are progressed.

Pluto-NWS Interconnector 
The Pluto-NWS Interconnector is a pipeline connecting Pluto 
LNG with KGP, including metering equipment, to allow the 
transfer of gas between the two facilities.

NWS Project Extension
Central to the Burrup Hub vision is the transition of KGP into  
a third-party tolling facility as the NWS Project resources reach 
end of field life. 

A referral for primary environmental approval associated with 
the Interconnector was submitted to the WA Environmental 
Protection Authority and the Commonwealth Department of 
Energy and Environment in Q4 2018. 

A supporting application associated with Woodside’s 
Pluto LNG facility was lodged with the Western Australian 
Environmental Protection Authority in December 2018. 
Woodside intends to lodge a similar application in Q1 2019  
for the Interconnector tie-in to KGP.

Subject to joint venture, regulatory and other approvals, 
the Interconnector provides a pathway for development of 
unallocated resources in the Carnarvon and Greater Exmouth 
basins. Woodside is targeting FID in 2019 and RFSU in 2021.

In November 2018, the NWS Project participants signed non-
binding preliminary agreements with the Browse Joint Venture 
and Chevron, the leaseholder of the Clio-Acme fields, for the 
processing of their respective offshore gas resources through 
the NWS facilities. Long-term processing of third-party gas, 
such as the Browse resources, at KGP will extend the life of the 
facility for decades. 

A proposal to use existing State onshore and offshore 
infrastructure to enable the long-term processing of third-
party gas at KGP was referred by the NWS Project to the 
Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority and 
the Commonwealth Department of Environment and Energy 
in November 2018. 

The NWS Project on the Burrup Peninsula

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SCARBOROUGH  
AND PLUTO LNG TRAIN 2

2018 HIGHLIGHTS

 + Completed acquisition of an additional  

50% interest in WA-1-R

 + Completed concept definition for Scarborough 

and Pluto LNG Train 2

 + Progressed technical and commercial engagement

 + Entered FEED on Pluto LNG Train 2

 + Referred proposals to environmental regulators

 + Subsequent to the period, awarded contracts 
for Scarborough front-end engineering design 
activities 

2019 ACTIVITIES

 + Execute FEED activities for Scarborough  

and Pluto LNG Train 2

 + Finalise commercial arrangements for 

processing of Scarborough gas

 + Finalise the Scarborough Development 
Agreement with the Government of  
Western Australia

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Woodside’s safe and reliable Pluto LNG facility is 
positioned to unlock value from Scarborough.

Scarborough
Woodside assumed operatorship of Scarborough in April 2018, 
following the acquisition of an additional 50% participating interest 
in WA-1-R.

Woodside is well placed to deliver its preferred development 
concept, processing Scarborough gas through a brownfield 
expansion of Pluto LNG.

The Scarborough gas resource is located in the offshore 
Carnarvon Basin, approximately 375 km west-north-west of the 
Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia. This resource is estimated 
to contain 7.3 Tcf (100%, 2C) of gas.

The 0.7 Tcf (1.4 Tcf, 100%, 2C) Thebe and 0.2 Tcf (0.5 Tcf, 100%, 2C) 
Jupiter gas fields provide opportunities for future tie-backs to 
Scarborough infrastructure.

The upstream development concept is to initially develop the 
Scarborough gas field with up to seven subsea, high-rate gas 
wells, tied back to a semi-submersible floating production unit. 
The upstream design capacity will be 7.5 Mtpa (100% project, 
including 1 Mtpa of domestic gas). 

The proposed export pipeline route traverses the Carnarvon Basin, 
in close proximity to undeveloped fields. Provision for future 
tie-ins is planned and engagement is progressing with third-party 
resource owners.

A geophysical and environmental deep-water survey of the pipeline 
route was completed in July 2018, to define the environment 
between the Scarborough and Pluto field areas. 

Geophysical, geotechnical and metocean survey campaigns were 
initiated in Q4 2018 and Q1 2019, to acquire data to support the 
engineering design of the pipeline.

In December 2018, the Scarborough Joint Venture referred a 
proposal for activities in State waters to the Western Australian 
Environmental Protection Authority and the Commonwealth 
Department of Environment and Energy.

Woodside awarded contracts in January 2019, in its corporate 
capacity and funded on a 100% basis, for front-end engineering 
design activities for the floating production unit, the export 
trunkline and the subsea umbilical risers and flowlines. 

Woodside is targeting FID in 2020 and upstream RFSU in 2023.

Scarborough Woodside interest: 75%

Pluto LNG Train 2 
Woodside’s preferred development option is to process 
Scarborough gas through a brownfield expansion of  
Pluto LNG. The expansion will include construction of a 
second LNG train with a capacity of approximately 5 Mtpa 
and installation of domestic gas infrastructure to increase 
capacity to approximately 225 TJ/d.

The Scarborough reservoir characteristics are well matched to 
the Pluto LNG basis of design. Pluto LNG was originally designed 
to allow efficient brownfield development and third-party gas 
processing. Existing primary environmental approvals for Pluto 

LNG allow for two LNG trains and supporting infrastructure.  
An area for a second train was pre-prepared with the foundation 
project in 2007-2008. Minimal further earthworks are required 
for Pluto LNG Train 2.

In December 2018, Woodside awarded Bechtel the contract  
to complete FEED for Pluto LNG Train 2, with the option for  
the full execute phase contract subject to a positive FID.

Woodside is targeting FID in 2020 and downstream RFSU  
in 2024.

Pluto LNG Train 2 Woodside interest: 100%

SCARBOROUGH FLOATING 
PRODUCTION UNIT

PLUTO PLATFORM

~430km TO PLUTO LNG

~190km TO PLUTO LNG

SCARBOROUGH PIPELINE 
SHORE CROSSING

PLUTO LNG TRUCK  
LOADING FACILITY

TO KARRATHA 
GAS PLANT

PROPOSED
EXISTING

PLUTO LNG

PLUTO LNG
TRAIN 2

DOMESTIC GAS 
INFRASTRUCTURE

PLUTO-NWS 
INTERCONNECTOR

Scarborough and Pluto LNG Train 2 development concept (not to scale)

Woodside target schedule

2019

FEED

2020

FID

2023

Scarborough 
RFSU

2024

Pluto LNG 
Train 2 RFSU

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BROWSE TO  
NORTH WEST  
SHELF PROJECT

2018 HIGHLIGHTS

 + Commenced concept definition phase for the 

Browse to NWS Project

 + Signed a non-binding, preliminary tolling 

agreement between the Browse Joint Venture 
and NWS Project for the processing of Browse 
gas resources through KGP

 + Referred the Browse to NWS Project and 

the NWS Project Extension to the Western 
Australian Environmental Protection Authority 
and the Commonwealth Department of the 
Environment and Energy

2019 ACTIVITIES

 + Conclude binding, fully-termed gas  

processing agreements

 + Progress primary environmental approvals

 + Finalise the Browse Development Agreement  
with the Government of Western Australia

The Browse resources are progressing towards 
commercialisation. 

Located offshore, approximately 425 km north of Broome in north-
west Australia, the Browse resources, containing the Brecknock, 
Calliance and Torosa fields, are estimated to contain 13.9 Tcf of dry 
gas and 390 MMbbl of condensate (100%, 2C).1

The Browse Joint Venture (BJV) selected the Browse to NWS 
Project development concept, including two FPSO facilities, and 
commenced the concept definition phase in September 2018.  
The project will deliver gas through an approximately 900 km 
pipeline to existing NWS infrastructure, producing around 10 Mtpa 
of LNG/LPG and 1.4 Mtpa of domestic gas (100% project).

In November 2018, the BJV and NWS Project participants signed 
a non-binding, preliminary tolling agreement for the processing of 
Browse gas resources through KGP. Four of the five BJV participants 
hold interests in both the BJV and NWS Project.

The BJV is proposed to be the foundation tenant for the NWS 
Project Extension. 

The preliminary tolling agreement is being converted to a binding, 
fully-termed gas processing agreement. 

Several contracts were awarded to support the concept definition 
phase, including the engineering design of the FPSO facilities and 
the pipeline route survey. 

 + Commence FEED

1.  Gross (100%) 2C resource estimate (net 4.3 Tcf and 119 MMbbl). 

Browse FPSO development concept over the Brecknock, Calliance and Torosa fields (not to scale)

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In October 2018, the BJV referred the Browse to NWS Project 
to the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority 
and the Commonwealth Department of the Environment and 
Energy. The referrals are the initial step in the environmental 
approvals process for the development.

To support the design of the subsea pipelines, a metocean survey 
campaign commenced in Q1 2019 to capture current, temperature 
and turbidity data along the proposed pipeline route.

Developing Browse through existing Woodside-operated 
infrastructure will deliver a globally competitive project for the 
benefit of governments, the local community, titleholders and 
infrastructure owners.

Woodside interest: 30.6% (Browse)

SCOTT REEF WATERS

BROWSE FPSO 
FACILITIES

AUSTRALIA

BROWSE FPSO 
FACILITIES

NORTH RANKIN 
COMPLEX

KARRATHA GAS 
PLANT

NORTH RANKIN COMPLEX

KARRATHA GAS PLANT

PROPOSED
EXISTING

Browse to NWS Project development concept (not to scale)

Woodside target schedule

2019

FEED Entry

late 
2020

FID

2026

Calliance and 
Brecknock 
FPSO RFSU

2027

Torosa  
FPSO RFSU

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SENEGAL

2018 HIGHLIGHTS

 + Assumed the role of operator of  
the SNE development in Senegal

 + Commenced FEED activities

 + Submitted the SNE Development and 
Exploitation Plan to the Government  
of Senegal

 + Environmental and Social Impact 

Assessment was approved

2019 ACTIVITIES

 + Complete technical and commercial 

activities to support FID

 + Commence execute phase works

 + Progress domestic gas opportunity 

SNE Field Development Phase 1 

Woodside acquired a material position in the highly prospective offshore 
region of Senegal in 2016 as a joint venture participant in the Rufisque 
Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore (RSSD)  
permit areas, 100 km offshore and south of Dakar. The RSSD blocks include 
the SNE discovery which offers near-term oil production from the SNE 
Field Development Phase 1 and is positioned to be Senegal’s first offshore 
oil development.

The SNE Field Development Phase 1 has made substantial progress in 2018, 
delivering on the planned program of work. 

Since the discovery of the world-class SNE and neighbouring FAN fields 
in 2014, a significant drilling program has been undertaken to appraise the 
SNE field. 

The first phase for the development will target an estimated 230 MMbbl of oil 
resources (P50 gross) from the lower, less complex reservoirs, and an initial 
pilot phase in the upper reservoirs.

The development concept is a stand-alone FPSO facility with 23 subsea 
wells and supporting subsea infrastructure. The FPSO is expected to 
have a capacity of around 100,000 bbl/day and will be designed to allow 
subsequent SNE development phases, including options for gas export  
to shore and for future subsea tie-backs from other reservoirs and fields.

The RSSD joint venture submitted the SNE Development and Exploitation 
Plan to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energies in October 2018. In January 
2019, the RSSD joint venture was granted an extension of the production 
sharing contract (PSC) for the SNE area.

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SNE Field Development Phase 1 concept (not to scale)

ESIA validation meeting with State and regional Government representatives

Woodside assumed the role of operator of the RSSD joint 
venture in December 2018, following approval from the Minister 
of Petroleum and Energies. On 17 December 2018, Woodside 
announced the commencement of FEED activities following the 
award of the subsea FEED contract. 

The development’s Environmental and Social Impact Assessment 
(ESIA) Report was approved by the Ministry of the Environment 
and Sustainable Development on 2 January 2019. The ESIA is 
a comprehensive study of potential environmental and social 
impacts and benefits which may arise from the development. 
In preparing the ESIA, significant stakeholder engagement was 
undertaken in the Dakar, Thies and Fatick coastal regions of 
Senegal to understand local concerns, issues and expectations. 

In 2019, we will work with the Ministry of Petroleum and 
Energies, Petrosen and SENELEC, the national electricity 
company of Senegal, to collectively pursue an opportunity  
to export pipeline gas to shore. 

The RSSD joint venture maintained its social investment 
program in 2018, which included English language training for 
key stakeholders and a mobilisation project with seven fishing 
communities in Yenne. The fishing community mobilisation 
project, led by The Hunger Project, is addressing health and 
safety education, environmental management and sustainable 
fishing practices. These programs are in addition to Woodside’s 
corporate investment in early childhood education in Dakar with 
Save the Children through the Woodside Development Fund.

The RSSD joint venture is proposing to undertake a 3D 
marine seismic survey in Q2 2019, subject to government 
and regulatory approvals. It is expected that the 3D marine 
seismic survey will improve reservoir definition supporting 
well positioning and optimisation.

The RSSD joint venture submitted a request to the Ministry in 
January 2019 for an extension of the FAN and SNE-North-Spica 
exploration area to undertake further evaluation works.

Woodside also worked with government environment officials  
in Senegal to develop a broader understanding of the oil and gas 
industry by hosting a week-long workshop in June 2018. 

Refer to the Sustainable Development Report 2018 
for more information on our social investment outcomes.

FID is targeted for mid-2019. The development is a key 
component of Woodside’s growth strategy to be delivered  
in Horizon II. 

Woodside interest: 35%

2018

FEED

2019

FID

2022

First oil

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HORIZON III 
GROWTH

Sunrise

Kitimat LNG

Australia and Timor-Leste signed a new treaty on  
6 March 2018 to establish their permanent 
maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea. 

In 2018, we focused on developing a globally 
competitive project which will be aligned with  
LNG market demand growth.

The new treaty provides a pathway to the development 
of Greater Sunrise, provided the underlying arrangements, 
including the new Greater Sunrise PSC and agreed fiscal 
regime, are on terms and conditions equivalent to the existing 
regime and give the Sunrise Joint Venture the fiscal and 
regulatory certainty necessary for a commercial development 
to proceed. 

Negotiations between the two Governments and the Sunrise 
Joint Venture on the new Greater Sunrise PSC commenced in 
November 2018. 

While the new PSC arrangements are being negotiated, the 
Sunrise Joint Venture will meet its obligations under existing 
PSCs (JPDA 03-19 and JPDA 03-20) and Retention Leases (NT/
RL2 and NT/RL4), continue ongoing social investment activities 
in Timor-Leste and maintain an office in Dili.

The Kitimat LNG Development is a 50/50 joint venture 
between Woodside Energy International (Canada) Limited  
and Chevron Canada Limited (Operator). 

The project is targeting a globally competitive cost of supply, 
with significant reductions in Kitimat LNG unit cost already 
achieved since Woodside’s investment in the project in 2015.

Key activities in 2018 have included progressing value 
enhancement opportunities in the Kitimat LNG design to ensure 
necessary project cost competitiveness is achieved; advocating 
for a clear, stable and competitive fiscal framework with 
governments; continuing the appraisal of the Liard upstream 
natural gas resource and maintaining engagement and support 
for the project with First Nations and local communities.

In 2019, the joint venture is focusing efforts on activities to 
drive down costs across the full value chain, advocating with 
governments and maintaining engagement with key stakeholders. 

Woodside interest: 33.44%

Woodside interest: 50%

Community garden in Timor-Leste, supported by the Sunrise Joint Venture in partnership with HIAM Health

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Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Developments   49

 
SUSTAINABILITY

Taxes and royalties 
paid in Australia

A$894million1

Social contribution

A$17.7million2

Energy efficiency 
improvement3

3.4%

Total recordable 
injury rate

per million work hours1.32

Female workforce 
representation

30.4%

Working sustainably is one of our core values  
and ensures we are here for the long term.  
We look after each other, our communities and 
the environment. This value is embedded at every 
level within our organisation and is fundamental 
to realising our vision to be a global leader in 
upstream oil and gas. 

These themes are underpinned by our sustainability principles 
which provide the foundation for ensuring we operate in a 
sustainable manner:

 + Creating shared value: We believe there is shared 

value for our business and the communities in which we 
operate in the co-creation of opportunities in education, 
employment and enterprise.

 + Operating with transparency and integrity: We are open, 

honest and fair and we have the courage to do what’s right, 
balancing short- and long-term interests.

 + Building a resilient business: We are committed to 

supporting a sustainable energy future.

 + Operating safely and responsibly: Effective risk 

management is essential to ensuring that we are best 
positioned to prevent and respond to any incidents that 
have the ability to impact our people, our communities and 
the environment.

 + Fostering the organisation and culture: We focus on having 

a values-led, high-performance culture.

Sustainable Development Report
The Sustainable Development Report 2018 provides a complete 
overview of our sustainability performance and outlines our 
approach to addressing our material sustainability topics.

Woodside considers sustainability topics to be material if they 
have a significant economic, environmental and social impact, 
or if they substantively influence the assessments and decisions 
of our stakeholders. In 2018, our material topics include climate 
change and greenhouse gas emissions; social and cultural 
impacts on communities; health and safety; and fraud, anti-
bribery and corruption. 

Woodside’s sustainability performance is linked to remuneration 
for employees and executives, and is measured through 
metrics within our corporate scorecard. We also measure our 
performance against our material topics with annual targets. 

More information on how we engage with our stakeholders, 
as well as our approach to material topics and our overall 
sustainability performance, can be found in our Sustainable 
Development Report 2018, released in March 2019.

1.  Approximately US$668 million equivalent.
2.  Approximately US$12.7 million equivalent.
3.  Against baseline performance, which is measured relative to product energy efficiency prior to 2016.

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COMMUNITIES

Woodside has an active role to play in contributing to the well-being of our communities and creating a 
more sustainable future.

Stakeholder engagement and managing impacts
We are committed to understanding and managing actual  
and potential impacts from our activities.

the Karratha community by announcing that we will transition 
our operations workforce to a predominantly residential model 
over the long term.

In 2018, we continued regular engagement with our host 
communities through community group meetings in Karratha 
and Exmouth. 

We conducted social impact assessments in 2018 for our 
proposed activities in Myanmar and Senegal. Both included 
significant consultations with local communities. 

Late in 2018, we commenced social impact assessments for our 
Burrup Hub projects. We also reinforced our commitment to 

Social contribution
We build and maintain partnerships that allow us to engage in 
real conversations with the local community. We have aligned 
our social contribution approach across four focus areas: 
education and early-childhood development; environment; 
technology and innovation; and arts, culture and community.

MIA YELLAGONGA

From September 2018 we transitioned to our new 
headquarters in Perth at Mia Yellagonga. This project has 
been guided by a desire to foster innovation, collaboration 
and acceleration in line with Woodside Compass values. 

In designing the campus, we targeted sustainable 
construction and design that would minimise waste and 
pollutants and prioritise long-term energy efficiency.  
The facility has received a rating of 6 Green Stars, the 
highest rating awarded by the Green Building Council 
Australia. Energy use in the building is monitored to ensure 
it continues to meet stringent efficiency targets. 

The advanced wellbeing features and a variety of workspace 
choices, enabled by cutting edge technology, ensure the new 
precinct sets the scene for optimal performance. 

From the use of biometrics, backed by global best practice 
processes, to creating a culturally sensitive environment, 
each feature has been carefully considered to help enable a 
new way of working.

Utilisation of new collaboration tools is enabling effective 
communication and efficient decision making, which is 
important as we execute our growth strategy.

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PEOPLE

We continue to grow outstanding leaders, build diverse capability, drive an inclusive high-performance 
culture and optimise workforce performance.

2018 HIGHLIGHTS

 + Positive progress against Woodside’s Reconciliation 

Action Plan

 + Increased female workforce representation

 + Increased Indigenous workforce representation

 + Increased membership of Woodside inclusion and 

diversity community groups

Inclusion and diversity
In 2018, we progressed our 2016-2020 Reconciliation Action 
Plan (RAP) and commenced implementing an updated three-
year inclusion and gender diversity strategy.

Key statistics from the year show improvement across a 
range of key indicators: 

 + Increased the directly employed Indigenous workforce 
from 117 employees in 2017 (3.3% of total workforce) to  
130 employees (3.7% of the total workforce and above 
target of 3.5%). 

 + Increased the number of Indigenous tertiary scholarships 

 + Delivered 145 new leadership development programs 

from 22 in 2017 to 34 in 2018.

across the business

Productivity performance
In 2018, we maintained a flat and efficient organisation to 
achieve business priorities. Global headcount remained stable 
at 3,662 and global voluntary turnover was 3.5% (3.2% 2017).

Building culture and capability
Woodside continues to build an inclusive, values-led, high-
performing culture. Outstanding leadership and capability 
development of our workforce are key enablers in driving 
Woodside’s future success. In response to employee survey 
feedback and to provide greater clarity on the leadership skills 
and behaviours required to deliver our growth portfolio, we 
launched our revised leadership expectations in May 2018. 
Building on foundations from 2013, a number of enhancements 
were implemented to enable more targeted and effective 
development of leadership capability and support our drive to 
shift employee mindsets to ‘innovate, collaborate, accelerate’.

Our ability to grow outstanding leaders remains evident with 
76% of senior leader appointments in 2018 coming from internal 
promotions, an improvement on 68% in 2017.

 + Increased female representation from 29% in 2017 to 30.4%.

 + Increased senior and executive female representation from 
17.6% and 23.9% respectively in 2017, to 19.3% and 24.4%.

 + Decreased the voluntary turnover of female employees from 

4.5% in 2017 to 3.6%.

 + Increased membership of diversity and inclusion community 
groups; Gender Equality Matters (increased 18%), Woodside 
Reconciliation Community (increased 60%) and Spectrum 
(employee network supporting a more inclusive working 
environment for LGBTI+ staff, increased 21%).

Refer to Woodside’s website for more information.

Indigenous employment rate

2.6%

2.6%

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HEALTH  
AND SAFETY

In 2018, Woodside recorded its second best ever safety performance through strong leadership and 
enhanced collaboration with our contractor workforce. We continue to strive for every day to be a  
‘Perfect HSE Day’, with no injuries and no incidents.

Safety culture survey
A mature and positive safety culture strongly correlates with 
improved, sustainable safety performance. Measuring safety 
culture is considered best practice by leading industries.

In 2018, we conducted a company-wide safety culture 
survey to understand the health and safety perspectives 
of our workforce and compare our safety culture maturity 
to other industries. We received a strong response to the 
survey, allowing us to identify our strengths and areas for 
improvement. External benchmarking of this data highlighted 
that the safety culture performance of our Operations and 
Developments divisions exceeded the industry average.

Safer Together WA/NT launch
Woodside led the formation of a new industry body, Safer 
Together Western Australia/Northern Territory, modelled 
on the success of Safer Together Queensland. We hosted 
the first conference in September 2018. Over 60 contractor 
and operator members shared leadership lessons to improve 
industry health and safety performance.

Contractor safety forum
Woodside facilitated a safety performance workshop in 
collaboration with key contractors to generate strategies for 
stopping injuries. Over 70 ideas and five prototype solutions 
were developed. These were shared with joint industry 
working groups, including the Safer Together WA/NT Forum. 
We look forward to a continuing partnership in delivering safe 
outcomes for our industry.

Process safety
Integrity of our assets and excellence in project design are critical 
in preventing loss of containment events. We strengthened our 
process safety competency and culture through delivering a 
structured training program across the organisation for over 
1,800 employees and contractors. 

We had one Tier 1 loss of primary containment process safety 
event (LOPC PSE) and one Tier 2 LOPC PSE in 2018. The Tier 1 
event involved the release of crude oil product in a pump room, 
with no injuries sustained and no release to the environment.

Best in class innovation
Woodside won the global IChemE Safety Centre Process Safety 
Award in November 2018 for the ‘Watson for HSEQ’ project 
in recognition of this innovative approach to process safety, 
improved risk assessment and hazard identification. Watson for 
HSEQ allows users to examine more than 700,000 historical data 
records within minutes, enabling data-driven decision making.

APPEA Safety Excellence Award
In May 2018, Woodside was awarded the 2017 Australian 
Petroleum Production & Exploration Association Safety 
Excellence Award, which acknowledged our smart safety 
systems, strong focus on process and assurance management, 
and the use of data analytics to enhance decisions and 
minimise risk.

Total recordable injury  
rate (TRIR) performance

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ENVIRONMENT

Woodside is taking action on climate change and we are motivated to play a key role in a clean energy future. 

Environmental performance
We recognise that strong environmental performance is 
essential to our success and continued growth. Our approach 
is based on robust risk management underpinned by sound 
science, strong partnerships with local researchers and 
transparency of our environmental knowledge

Energy efficiency improvement
We intensified efforts to improve our energy efficiency in 
2018, achieving a 3.4% improvement in operated asset energy 
efficiency against baseline.2

Three years into our five-year efficiency improvement plan, 
we are on track to meet our target of 5% energy efficiency 
improvement against baseline by 2020. 

Our improved performance in 2018 was achieved through 
delivery of targeted improvement projects at KGP and Pluto 
LNG, combined with high reliability and reduced flaring across 
our operated assets.

Scientific partnerships
In 2018, we recognised our 25-year partnership with the 
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and 20-year 
partnership with the Western Australian Museum. 

These partnerships have significantly contributed to 
understanding Western Australia’s rich marine biodiversity 
and iconic ecosystems. 

Climate change
In multiple scenarios, the demand for natural gas is expected to 
increase as a vital component of a clean energy future due to 
its benefits over other energy sources:

 + Gas is the cleanest burning hydrocarbon.

 + Switching from coal to gas-fired power can significantly 

reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 

 +  Gas improves air quality, by displacing higher emissions 

energy sources.1 

 +  Gas is easy to transport. 

 +  Gas is an ideal, reliable partner for renewable energies. 

We have a goal to improve our energy efficiency and we are 
also developing new opportunities for LNG to displace higher-
emission fuels, including in trucks, trains and ships.

In 2018, we released our Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) 
submission.

Woodside is resilient as a business in a lower carbon future. 
This is supported through three themes: 

 + Create value: We create value through prudent application 
of our investment framework, innovating to develop new 
opportunities and building new markets.

 + Protect value: We protect our existing investments by 
focusing on a competitive cost of supply, designing and 
reviewing our assets to withstand extreme environmental 
conditions and testing the resilience of our portfolio 
against a range of scenarios, including ‘2 degrees Celsius’ 
climate-related scenarios.

 + Our contribution: We are improving our energy efficiency, 
supplying affordable and clean energy, and supporting 
policies that deliver carbon abatement at lowest cost and 
enhanced competitiveness.

For more information refer to the sustainability section of 
Woodside’s website.

1.  http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/syr/ 
2.  Baseline performance is measured relative to product energy efficiency prior to 2016.

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OUR FUTURE

Technology, combined with our pioneering, innovative spirit, is a key supporter of our corporate strategy. 

We invest in technology to reduce costs for our existing 
operations, to enable future developments, and to extend 
sources of revenue. The application of technology in our 
business also enables our people to work more efficiently and 
assists in reducing their exposure to health and safety hazards. 

In 2018, we refreshed our technology strategy to increase 
the priority of carbon management and the development 
of new energy markets and sources. We continue to focus 
on conventional oil and gas technologies and data-driven 
breakthroughs. Our strategy ensures we apply innovation and 
technology to support growth. 

We don’t do this alone. We utilise external expertise by 
growing our FutureLab network, combining innovative ideas 
from our own people with fresh perspectives from outside our 
industry. In November 2018, we launched the Centre for Long 
Subsea Tiebacks in partnership with the University of Western 
Australia, driving research into new subsea engineering 
technologies for offshore oil and gas production.

Conventional oil and gas technology 
Woodside has long been a leader in oil and gas technologies. 
Supported by our capabilities in data science, analytics and 
machine learning, we continue to search for breakthroughs that 
will deliver value. 

In the second half of 2018, we completed a pilot initiative to 
optimise the composition of mixed refrigerants across KGP 
LNG trains 1 and 2. By making small changes in response to 
ambient temperature, we delivered a 1.5% improvement in 
energy efficiency. We plan to extend the initiative to other LNG 
trains in 2019, reducing costs and carbon dioxide equivalent 
(CO2-e) emissions.

Intelligent assets 
We are installing a data-driven digital nerve system at our 
existing facilities that will provide real-time insights, enabling 
better decision making, cost reductions and higher reliability. 
To achieve this we are employing technologies such as smart 
sensors and robots. 

The Woodside robotics team continued proof of concept trials 
at Pluto LNG and KGP throughout 2018, proving navigation 
capabilities via local teleoperation and autonomous control. 

We performed an Australian-first trial on an offshore 
platform at the North Rankin Complex (NRC) in October 
2018. We successfully teleoperated our ‘Aggie’ surveillance 
robot on NRC from Perth. This is an early step towards 
proving our extended capabilities in remote operations. 

Carbon management 
We aim to reduce our carbon emissions from existing and 
future operations. 

We worked with ABB Australia Pty Ltd to install a 1 MWh 
PowerStore battery on the Goodwyn A platform, with 
commissioning due to start in 2019. This world-first application 
of microgrid technology on an offshore platform is expected 
to improve energy efficiency by approximately 5%, reducing 
fuel gas consumption by more than 2,000 tonnes per year and 
CO2-e emissions by 10,000 tonnes per year. 

In late 2018, we established a team to build a portfolio of CO2 
abatement mechanisms considering reduction, sequestration 
and other uses of carbon. We also progressed plans to integrate 
industrial-scale solar power generation with gas-fired generation 
and battery storage for our future Burrup Hub LNG operations. 
Reducing fuel gas consumption on the Burrup Peninsula will 
increase the amount of gas available for LNG production, 
yielding both environmental and commercial benefits. 

New energy 
We are supporting the transition to low carbon energy in a 
way that adds value for our shareholders across our growth 
horizons. We are developing and promoting new markets for 
LNG fuels. In the longer term, we are exploring opportunities  
to produce and export hydrogen on a commercial scale. 

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RISK

Woodside maintains a robust and disciplined 
focus on operational excellence and effective 
risk management. We do this so that we better 
understand uncertainty and manage risks, to help 
achieve our objectives. 

Our risk management process is designed to recognise and 
manage risks that have the potential to materially impact on 
Woodside’s short- and long-term business objectives. This 
process is aligned to the international standard 1SO31000 for 

risk management and assesses potential risks in areas such 
as health and safety, environment, finance and economic, 
reputation and brand, legal and compliance and social and 
cultural consequences. 

Refer to the Sustainable Development Report 2018 for 
more information on sustainability issues of importance  
to our stakeholders and our business.

Refer to Woodside’s Corporate Governance Statement 
for more information (www.woodside.com.au/
Working-Sustainably/governance-and-compliance).

Material risks overview

CONTEXT

RISK

MITIGATION

Our future growth 
depends on our ability to 
identify, acquire, explore 
and develop reserves.

Unsuccessful exploration and renewal of 
upstream resources may impede delivery of  
our strategy.

Exposure to reserve depletion is addressed 
by our exploration strategy together 
with our capability in geosciences and 
deep-water exploration. Our disciplined 
management of opportunities and 
acquisitions, together with the application  
of new technologies and recovery 
processes, further addresses this risk.

Commercial transactions undertaken with the 
objective of growing or divesting Woodside’s 
portfolio incur many risks that may impact 
the ability to deliver anticipated value. These 
include sub-optimal commercial outcomes; the 
imposition of unfavorable (or change in) fiscal 
conditions, obligations or liabilities; and operational 
performance of assets not meeting expectations.

Our commercial processes are designed 
to reduce the likelihood of these risks 
materialising as a result of a commercial 
transaction. We focus on maintaining a 
disciplined approach to ensure that we 
continue to increase shareholder value  
and appropriately manage risk.

Efficient and 
cost-competitive 
commercialisation 
of hydrocarbons is a 
contributor to our success.

Failure to prioritise, invest in, and successfully 
commercialise our hydrocarbon opportunities to 
meet our corporate strategy may reduce the value 
we can secure from future developments and 
negatively impact our financial performance.

Failure to deliver on major capital project FID 
commitments through poor project execution 
performance may negatively impact our 
financial performance.

Failure to negotiate, opitimise and finalise 
commercial agreements with key stakeholders 
may impact Woodside’s current and future 
opportunity portfolio.

Central to the management of this risk is 
our focus on creating effective commercial 
arrangements with a range of participants, 
stakeholders and contractors.

In addition, we continue to invest in robust 
and high-quality opportunity development 
and project management systems.

We undertake resource planning and 
management to support the demands 
of a growing, fast-paced and diverse 
development portfolio, with ongoing 
review of the mix of capability for each 
opportunity phase and capacity to deploy.

Our commercial processes are designed 
to reduce the likelihood of these risks 
materialising as a result of a commercial 
transaction. We focus on maintaining a 
disciplined approach to ensure that we 
continue to increase shareholder value  
and appropriately manage risk.

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CONTEXT

RISK

MITIGATION

Safe and optimised 
production and delivery 
of hydrocarbon 
products to plan may 
influence our licence to 
operate and our ability 
to achieve superior 
shareholder returns.

Sustained, unplanned interruption to production 
may impact our licence to operate and financial 
performance. Our facilities are subject to operating 
hazards associated with major accident events, 
cyber-attack, inclement weather and disruption 
to supply chain, which can result in a loss of 
hydrocarbon containment, diminished production, 
additional costs, environmental damage or harm  
to our people, reputation or brand.

Woodside’s financial 
strength and 
performance may be 
impacted by key factors 
such as: 
 + disruption in market 

dynamics;

 + ability to maintain 

competitive 
advantage;

 + access to capital;

 + capital allocation; and 

 + management of 
financial risks.

The integrity, availability and reliability of data 
within Woodside’s information technology systems 
may be subject to intentional or unintentional 
disruption (e.g. cyber security attack).

Commodity prices are variable and are 
impacted by global economic factors beyond 
Woodside’s control. 

Demand for and pricing of our products remain 
sensitive to external economic and political 
factors, weather, natural disasters, introduction 
of new and competing supply, and change within 
buyer preferences for differing products and 
price regimes.

We are exposed to treasury and financial risks, 
including liquidity, changes in interest rates, 
fluctuation in foreign exchange and credit risk.

Insufficient liquidity to meet financial 
commitments and fund growth opportunities 
could have a material adverse effect on our 
operations and financial performance. 

Our financing costs could be affected by interest 
rate fluctuations or deterioration in our long-term 
investment grade credit rating.

We are exposed to credit risk; our counterparties 
could fail or could be unable to meet their 
payment and/or performance obligations under 
contractual arrangements.

Our world-class operational performance 
is based on an extensive framework of 
controls which enable the management 
of these risks. This includes production 
processes, drilling and completions and 
well integrity management processes, 
inspection and maintenance procedures and 
performance standards. This framework is 
supported by the ongoing engagement we 
have with regulators.

Our exposure to cyber security risk is managed 
by a control framework and the continuing 
focus on system control improvements, 
supported by an established and embedded 
security strategy across the organisation.

Woodside mitigates the uncertainty 
associated with product demand by  
selling LNG in a portfolio manner and under  
long-term ‘take or pay’ sale agreements,  
in addition to the spot market. Our low cost 
of production and approach to balance 
sheet risk management further mitigate 
this exposure.

Woodside maintains a flexible approach 
to capital management. The overall level 
of investment in the different areas of 
our business and the investment mix 
are adjusted to reflect the external 
environment. Our capital management 
strategy focuses on capital allocation, 
capital discipline and capital efficiency.

Woodside maintains insurance in line 
with industry practice and sufficient to 
cover normal operational risks. However, 
Woodside is not insured against all potential 
risks because not all risks can be insured and 
because of constraints on the availability 
of commercial insurance in global markets. 
Insurance coverage is determined by the 
availability of commercial options and 
cost/benefit analysis, taking into account 
Woodside’s risk management program. 
Losses that are not insured could impact 
Woodside’s financial performance. For 
example, Woodside does not purchase 
insurance for the loss of revenue arising 
from an operational interruption. 

Our extensive framework of financial controls, 
including monitoring of counterparties, 
enables the management of these risks.

The US dollar reflects the majority of 
Woodside’s underlying cash flows and is 
used in our financial reporting, reducing  
our exposure to currency fluctuations.

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CONTEXT

RISK

MITIGATION

Woodside must have 
the right capability 
and capacity, with 
staff performing to the 
required level, to deliver 
base business and growth.

Failure to establish sufficient capability and 
organisational culture to support global 
operations may impact achievement of  
our objectives.

Woodside’s technology 
strategy is focused on 
maintaining competitive 
advantage through 
innovation to generate 
value for our business.

Our business activities 
are subject to extensive 
regulation and 
government policy. Our 
business performance 
is underpinned by our 
licence to operate.

Woodside faces climate 
change related risks 
including changes in 
product demand, carbon 
pricing, uncertainty 
surrounding future 
regulatory frameworks 
and increased stakeholder 
expectations.

Unsuccessful development and delivery of new 
technology and new products through innovation 
may impact competitive advantage.

In each of the countries where we do business, 
Woodside is subject to various national and local 
laws, regulations and approvals, and stakeholder 
expectations. These relate to the exploration, 
development, production, marketing, pricing, 
transportation and storage of our products, and 
changes or failure to comply with these may 
impact our licence to operate.

Bribery and corruption present a significant threat 
to commercial organisations and communities 
worldwide. Violation of anti-bribery and corruption 
laws may expose Woodside to fines, criminal 
sanctions and civil suits, and negatively impact  
our international reputation.

Demand for oil and gas may subside as lower 
carbon substitutes take market share. Global 
climate change policy remains uncertain and  
has the potential to constrain Woodside’s ability  
to create and deliver stakeholder value from the 
commercialisation of our hydrocarbons.

As we progress into a major growth phase, 
our focus has been on reinforcing our 
Compass values, the establishment of the 
right talent and capability to support the 
fast-paced development portfolio timeline, 
and establishment of employer of choice 
credentials to attract high talent in the market.

We proactively engage our tier 1 contractors, 
strengthening alignment with our Compass 
values, and are locking in capability and 
price to meet upcoming business demands.

We are reducing unit costs for developments 
and deploying technology solutions in new 
business opportunities to deliver our strategic 
objectives. We aim to respond nimbly to 
emerging trends, disruptive innovations and 
complementary technologies.

As we increase our global footprint, we 
continue to strengthen our regulatory 
compliance framework and supporting tools. 
We also proactively maintain relationships 
with governments, regulators and 
stakeholders within countries in which  
we operate and those of interest.

Our Fraud and Corruption Control Program 
provides a clear framework to help 
prevent, detect and respond to dishonest 
or unethical behaviour. The framework 
incorporates policies, programs, training, 
standards and guidelines that help ensure 
that all activities are conducted ethically, 
honestly and to a high standard.

We are focusing on ensuring our portfolio 
is robust in a carbon constrained market, 
improving our energy efficiency, and 
maintaining engagement with key industry 
and government stakeholders. We are 
implementing strategies to diversify our 
product mix, diversify use of our products, 
broaden our customer base and increase  
our portfolio resilience.

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Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Corporate   63

 
RESERVES AND 
RESOURCES

The Scarborough acquisition contributed 640 MMboe to Best Estimate Contingent resources (2C)  
while start-up of Greater Western Flank Phase 2 contributed 48 MMboe to North West Shelf Proved  
plus Probable (2P) Developed reserves.

Woodside’s¹,²,³,⁴ reserves and contingent resources⁵ overview* (Woodside share, as at 31 December 2018)

Proved11 Developed13 and Undeveloped14

Proved Developed

Proved Undeveloped
Proved plus Probable12 Developed  
and Undeveloped

Proved plus Probable Developed

Proved plus Probable Undeveloped

Contingent resources

*Small differences are due to rounding.

Key metrics

Dry gas 
Bcf

4,494.7

2,333.4

2,161.4

6,052.7

3,260.5

2,792.2

29,124.2

Condensate 
MMbbl

Oil 
MMbbl

Total 
MMboe

80.1

43.3

36.7

108.2

59.8

48.4

214.1

46.4

15.4

31.0

67.7

25.7

42.0

193.6

915.0

468.0

447.0

1,237.8

657.5

580.3

5,517.2

2018 reserves replacement ratio15

Organic 2018 reserves replacement ratio16

Three-year reserves replacement ratio

Organic three-year reserves replacement ratio

Reserves life17

Annual production18

Net acquisitions and divestments

%

%

%

%

Years

MMboe

MMboe

Proved

Proved plus Probable

-3

-3

16

16

10

93.6

0.0

-3

-3

4

4

13

93.6

0.0

1P Reserves

2P Reserves

2C Contingent resources

3
4
1
,
1

e
o
b
M
M

8
4
0

,
1

0
5
1
,
1

0
8
0

,
1

2
1
0

,
1

5
1
9

7
3
4
,
1

9
3
3
,
1

8
0
5
,
1

2
4
4
,
1

4
3
3
,
1

8
3
2
,
1

4
1
0
5

,

8
9
3
4

,

2
9
6
,
1

3
4
7
,
1

7
1
5
2 5
1
0
5

,

,

13

14

15

16

17

18

13

14

15

16

17

18

13

14

15

16

17

18

64   Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

Proved (1P) and Proved plus Probable (2P) developed and undeveloped reserves annual reconciliation by product* 
(Woodside share, as at 31 December 2018)

Dry gas6
Bcf8

Condensate7
MMbbl9

Oil
MMbbl

)
P
1
(
d
e
v
o
r
P

l

s
u
p
d
e
v
o
r
P

l

e
b
a
b
o
r
P

)
P
2
(

)
P
1
(
d
e
v
o
r
P

l

s
u
p
d
e
v
o
r
P

l

e
b
a
b
o
r
P

)
P
2
(

)
P
1
(
d
e
v
o
r
P

l

s
u
p
d
e
v
o
r
P

l

e
b
a
b
o
r
P

)
P
2
(

Total
MMboe10

)
P
1
(
d
e
v
o
r
P

l

s
u
p
d
e
v
o
r
P

l

e
b
a
b
o
r
P

)
P
2
(

4,983.0

6,538.5

88.8

117.0

48.5

69.9

1,011.5

1,333.9

1.5

-28.0

0.0

0.0

461.7

24.8

-48.9

0.0

0.0

461.7

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

8.8

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

8.8

1.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.8

1.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.8

2.0

-4.9

0.0

0.0

93.6

6.1

-8.6

0.0

0.0

93.6

4,494.7

6,052.7

80.1

108.2

46.4

67.7

915.0

1,237.8

Reserves at  
31 December 2017
Revision of previous 
estimates19

Transfer to/from reserves

Extensions and discoveries20
Acquisitions and 
divestments

Annual production
Reserves at  
31 December 2018

*Small differences are due to rounding.

Best Estimate Contingent resources (2C) annual reconciliation 
by product* (Woodside share, as at 31 December 2018)

Best Estimate Contingent resources (2C) summary by region*  
(Woodside share, as at 31 December 2018)

Dry gas 
Bcf

Condensate 
MMbbl

Oil 
MMbbl

Total 
MMboe

Project

Dry gas6 
Bcf8

Condensate7 
MMbbl9

Oil 
MMbbl

Total 
MMboe10

Contingent 
resources at 31 
December 2017
Transfer to/from 
reserves 
Revision of 
previous 
estimates
Extensions and 
discoveries
Acquisitions and 
divestments
Contingent 
resources at  
31 December 2018

26,043.8

236.9

206.0

5,012.0

49.0

0.0

0.0

8.6

-789.5

-22.9

-12.4

-173.8

174.5

3,646.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

30.6

0.0

639.7

Greater Browse26

4,257.8

Greater Sunrise28

1,716.8

Greater Pluto

Greater Exmouth

North West Shelf

Wheatstone

Canada

Senegal30
Greater 
Scarborough27

Myanmar29

619.9

307.4

294.7

20.3

15,024.0

88.8

6,411.6

383.0

119.4

75.6

8.2

2.1

8.5

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

32.0

16.8

0.0

0.0

866.4

376.7

117.0

87.9

77.0

3.9

2,635.8

144.9

160.5

0.0

0.0

1,124.8

67.2

29,124.2

214.1

193.6

5,517.2

Total

29,124.2

214.1

193.6

5,517.2

*Small differences are due to rounding.

*Small differences are due to rounding.

1P Reserves by region 
(Developed and Undeveloped)

2P Reserves by region 
(Developed and Undeveloped)

2C Contingent resource  
by region

915 

MMboe

1,238 

MMboe

5,517

MMboe

lGreater Pluto
lNorth West Shelf
lGreater Exmouth

%
50
26
4

lWheatstone
lCanada

%
20
0

lGreater Pluto
lNorth West Shelf
lGreater Exmouth

%
52
23
4

lWheatstone
lCanada

%
21
0

lGreater Browse
lGreater Sunrise
lGreater Pluto
lGreater Exmouth
lNorth West Shelf

%
%
16 lWheatstone
0
7 lCanada
48
2 lSenegal
3
2 lGreater Scarborough 20
1 lMyanmar
1

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Corporate   65

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proved (1P) Developed and Undeveloped reserves by region*

Dry gas
Bcf

l

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
d
n
U

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
D

l

l

a
t
o
T

Greater Pluto21, 31

848.4

1,551.7

2,400.1

North West Shelf22, 31

1,050.5

102.6

1,153.1

Greater Exmouth²³

0.0

0.0

0.0

Wheatstone24

434.4

507.2

941.6

Canada25

Reserves

0.0

0.0

0.0

2,333.4

2,161.4 4,494.7

*Small differences are due to rounding.

Condensate
MMbbl

Oil
MMbbl

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
D

l

11.8

21.1

0.0

10.3

0.0

43.3

l

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
d
n
U

25.4

3.0

0.0

8.4

0.0

36.7

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
D

l

0.0

10.2

5.1

0.0

0.0

15.4

l

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
d
n
U

0.0

0.0

31.0

0.0

0.0

31.0

l

a
t
o
T

37.2

24.1

0.0

18.7

0.0

80.1

Total
MMboe

l

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
d
n
U

l

a
t
o
T

297.6

458.3

21.0

31.0

97.4

0.0

236.6

36.2

183.9

0.0

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
D

l

160.7

215.6

5.1

86.6

0.0

l

a
t
o
T

0.0

10.2

36.2

0.0

0.0

46.4

468.0

447.0

915.0

Proved plus Probable (2P) Developed and Undeveloped reserves by region*

Dry gas
Bcf

l

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
d
n
U

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
D

l

l

a
t
o
T

Greater Pluto

1,447.3

1,920.7 3,367.9

North West Shelf

1,231.2

115.7 1,346.9

Greater Exmouth

0.0

0.0

0.0

Wheatstone

582.0

755.9

1,337.8

Canada

Reserves

0.0

0.0

0.0

3,260.5

2,792.2 6,052.7

*Small differences are due to rounding.

Condensate
MMbbl

l

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
d
n
U

32.3

3.5

0.0

12.6

0.0

l

a
t
o
T

51.9

29.9

0.0

26.4

0.0

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
D

l

19.5

26.5

0.0

13.8

0.0

59.8

Oil
MMbbl

l

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
d
n
U

0.0

0.0

42.0

0.0

0.0

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
D

l

0.0

13.3

12.4

0.0

0.0

48.4

108.2

25.7

42.0

Total
MMboe

l

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
d
n
U

369.3

23.8

42.0

145.2

0.0

d
e
p
o
e
v
e
D

l

273.4

255.8

12.4

115.9

0.0

l

a
t
o
T

642.7

279.6

54.4

261.1

0.0

657.5

580.3

1,237.8

l

a
t
o
T

0.0

13.3

54.4

0.0

0.0

67.7

Qualified petroleum reserves and resources 
evaluator statement
The Reserves and Resources Statement is based on and 
fairly represents information and supporting documentation 
prepared by qualified petroleum reserves and resources 
evaluators. The Reserves and Resources Statement has been 
approved by Mr Ian F. Sylvester, Woodside’s Vice President 
of Reservoir Management, who is a full-time employee of the 
company and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. 
Mr Sylvester’s qualifications include a Master of Engineering 
(Petroleum Engineering) from Imperial College, University 
of London, England, and more than 20 years of relevant 
experience. Mr Sylvester has consented in writing to the 
inclusion of this information in this report.

Governance and assurance 
Woodside, as an Australian company listed on the Australian 
Securities Exchange, reports its petroleum resource estimates 
using definitions and guidelines consistent with the 2018 
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)/World Petroleum 
Council (WPC)/American Association of Petroleum Geologists 
(AAPG)/Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (SPEE) 
Petroleum Resources Management System (PRMS). 

Woodside has several processes to provide assurance for reserves 
reporting, including the Woodside Reserves Policy, the Petroleum 
Resources Management Procedure, staff training and minimum 
competency levels and external reserves audits. On average,  
96% of Woodside’s Proved Reserves have been externally verified 
by independent review over the past four years.

Unless otherwise stated, all petroleum resource estimates are 
quoted as net Woodside share at standard oilfield conditions  
of 14.696 pounds per square inch (psi) (101.325 kPa) and  
60 degrees Fahrenheit (15.56 degrees Celsius).

66   Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

Notes to the reserves and resources statement
‘Reserves’ are estimated quantities of petroleum that have been 
1. 
demonstrated to be producible from known accumulations in which 
the company has a material interest from a given date forward, at 
commercial rates, under presently anticipated production methods, 
operating conditions, prices and costs. 

2.  Assessment of the economic value of a project, in support of a reserves 
booking, uses Woodside Portfolio Economic Assumptions (PEAs). The 
PEAs are reviewed on an annual basis or more often if required. The 
review is based on historical data and forecast estimates for economic 
variables such as product prices and exchange rates. The PEAs are 
approved by the Woodside Board. Specific contractual arrangements 
for individual projects are also taken into account.

15.  The ‘reserves replacement ratio’ is the reserves (Developed and 
Undeveloped) change during the year, before the deduction of 
production, divided by production during the year. The ‘three-
year reserves replacement ratio’ is the reserves (Developed and 
Undeveloped) change over three years, before the deduction of 
production for that period, divided by production during the  
same period. 

16.  The ‘organic annual reserves replacement ratio’ is the reserves 
(Developed and Undeveloped) change during the year, before 
the deduction of production and adjustment for acquisition and 
divestments, divided by production during the year.

17.  The ‘reserves life’ is the reserves (Developed and Undeveloped) 

3.  Woodside uses both deterministic and probabilistic methods for 

divided by production during the year.

estimation of petroleum resources at the field and project levels. Unless 
otherwise stated, all petroleum estimates reported at the company 
or region level are aggregated by arithmetic summation by category. 
Note that the aggregated Proved level may be a very conservative 
estimate due to the portfolio effects of arithmetic summation.

18. 

4.  Woodside reports reserves net of the fuel and flare required for 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

12. 

production, processing and transportation up to a reference point. 
For offshore oil projects and floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) 
projects, the reference point is defined as the outlet of the floating 
production storage offloading (FPSO) facility or FLNG facility 
respectively, while for onshore gas projects the reference point is 
defined as the inlet to the downstream (onshore) processing facility. 
Downstream fuel and flare represents 10.6% of Woodside’s Proved 
(Developed and Undeveloped) reserves, and 10.5% of Proved plus 
Probable (Developed and Undeveloped) reserves.

‘Contingent resources’ are those quantities of petroleum estimated, 
as of a given date, to be potentially recoverable from known 
accumulations, but the applied project(s) are not yet considered 
mature enough for commercial development due to one or more 
contingencies. Contingent resources may include, for example, 
projects for which there are currently no viable markets, or 
where commercial recovery is dependent on technology under 
development, or where evaluation of the accumulation is insufficient 
to clearly assess commerciality. Woodside reports contingent 
resources net of the fuel and flare required for production, processing 
and transportation up to a reference point and non-hydrocarbons not 
present in sales products. Contingent resources estimates may not 
always mature to reserves and do not necessarily represent future 
reserves bookings. All contingent resource volumes are reported at 
the ‘Best Estimate’ (P50) confidence level.

‘Dry gas’ is defined as ‘C4 minus’ petroleum components including 
non-hydrocarbons. These volumes include LPG (propane and butane) 
resources. Dry gas reserves and contingent resources include ‘C4 
minus’ hydrocarbon components and non-hydrocarbon volumes that 
are present in sales product. 

‘Bcf’ means billions (109) of cubic feet of gas at standard oilfield 
conditions of 14.696 psi (101.325 kPa) and 60 degrees Fahrenheit 
(15.56 degrees Celsius).

‘MMbbl’ means millions (106) of barrels of oil and condensate at 
standard oilfield conditions of 14.696 psi (101.325 kPa) and 60 
degrees Fahrenheit (15.56 degrees Celsius).

‘MMboe’ means millions (106) of barrels of oil equivalent. Consistent 
with international practice, dry gas volumes are converted to oil 
equivalent volumes via a constant conversion factor, which for 
Woodside is 5.7 Bcf of dry gas per 1 MMboe. Volumes of oil and 
condensate are converted from MMbbl to MMboe on a 1:1 ratio.

‘Proved reserves’ are those reserves which analysis of geological 
and engineering data suggests, to a high degree of certainty (90% 
confidence), are recoverable. There is relatively little risk associated 
with these reserves.

‘Probable reserves’ are those reserves which analysis of geological and 
engineering data suggests are more likely than not to be recoverable. 
Proved plus Probable reserves represent the best estimate of 
recoverable quantities. Where probabilistic methods are used, there 
is at least a 50% probability that the quantities actually recovered will 
exceed the sum of estimated Proved plus Probable reserves.

13. 

‘Developed reserves’ are those reserves that are producible through 
currently existing completions and installed facilities for treatment, 
compression, transportation and delivery, using existing operating 
methods and standards.

14. 

‘Undeveloped reserves’ are those reserves for which wells and 
facilities have not been installed or executed but are expected to be 
recovered through future investments.

‘Annual production’ is the volume of dry gas, condensate and oil 
produced during the year and converted to ’MMboe’ for the specific 
purpose of reserves reconciliation and the calculation of reserves 
replacement ratios. The ‘Reserves and Resources Statement’ 
annual production differs from production volumes reported in the 
company’s annual and quarterly reports due to differences between 
the sales and reserves product definitions, reserves being reported 
gross of downstream fuel and flare and the ‘MMboe’ conversion 
factors applied. Woodside’s NWS pipeline gas production for the 
purpose of dry gas reserves reconciliation is based on the Woodside 
equity share. Any imbalance resulting from independently marketed 
pipeline gas sales will be reconciled before project abandonment.

19. 

‘Revision of previous estimates’ are changes in previous estimates of 
reserves or contingent resources, either up or down, resulting from 
new information normally obtained from development drilling and 
production history or resulting from a change in economic factors or 
reservoir modelling to estimate volumes reasonably expected to be 
recovered from wells in the relevant project.

20.  ‘Extensions and discoveries’ represent additions to reserves or 

contingent resources that result from increased areal extensions 
of previously discovered fields, discovery of reserves or contingent 
resources in new fields, or new reservoirs in old fields.

21.  The ‘Greater Pluto’ region comprises the Pluto-Xena, Larsen, Martell, 

Martin, Noblige, Pyxis and Remy fields. 

22.  The ‘North West Shelf’ (NWS) includes all oil and gas fields within the 
North West Shelf Project Area. As the NWS consists of a portfolio of 
fields, probabilistic aggregation is more appropriate than arithmetic 
summation as inter-field dependencies reflecting different reservoir 
characteristics between fields are incorporated. Probabilistic 
aggregation of individual fields in the NWS accounts for 20.3% of 
NWS Proved (Developed and Undeveloped) dry gas reserves, 27.4% 
of NWS Proved (Developed and Undeveloped) condensate reserves.

23.  The ‘Greater Exmouth’ region comprises the Vincent, Enfield, Greater 

Enfield, Greater Laverda, Ragnar and Toro fields.

25.  The ‘Canada’ region comprises unconventional resources in the 

Liard and Horn River Basins. Previously reported Canada reserves, 
all associated with pipeline gas, have been reclassified to Contingent 
Resources using definitions and guidelines consistent with the 2018 
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)/World Petroleum Council 
(WPC)/American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)/
Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (SPEE) Petroleum 
Resources Management System (PRMS).

26.  The ‘Greater Browse’ region comprises the Brecknock, Calliance and 

Torosa fields. 

27.  The ‘Greater Scarborough’ region comprises the Jupiter, Scarborough 

and Thebe fields.

28.  The ‘Greater Sunrise’ region comprises the Sunrise and Troubadour fields.

29.  The ‘Myanmar’ region comprises the Pyi Thit and Shwe Yee Htun 
fields with well results and discovered volumes within Block A-6 
supporting consideration of concept selection in the near term.

30.  The ‘Senegal’ region comprises the SNE field and includes oil and gas 
estimates for the SNE development phases including the opportunity 
to export pipeline gas to shore.

31.  Material concentrations of undeveloped reserves in Greater Pluto and 
North West Shelf have remained undeveloped for longer than five 
years from the dates they were initially reported, as the incremental 
reserves are expected to be recovered through future developments 
to meet long-term contractual commitments. The incremental 
projects are included in the company business plan, demonstrating 
the intent to proceed with the developments.

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‘Condensate’ is defined as ‘C5 plus’ petroleum components.

24.  The ‘Wheatstone’ region comprises the Julimar and Brunello fields.

 
WOODSIDE  
BOARD OF  
DIRECTORS 

RICHARD GOYDER, AO

PETER COLEMAN

Richard Goyder, AO
BCom, FAICD 

Chairman: Appointed April 2018

Term of office: Director since August 2017

Independent: Yes

Experience: 24 years with Wesfarmers Limited, including 
Managing Director and CEO from 2005 to late 2017. Chairman 
of the Australian B20 (the key business advisory body to the 
international economic forum which includes business leaders 
from all G20 economies) from February 2013 to December 2014.

Committee membership: Chair of the Nominations Committee. 
Attends other Board committee meetings.

Current directorships/other interests:

Chairman: Qantas Airways Limited, Australian Football League 
Commission, Channel 7 Telethon Trust, JDRF Australia and  
WA Symphony Orchestra.

LARRY ARCHIBALD

MELINDA CILENTO

Member: Evans and Partners Investment Committee.

Directorships of other listed entities within the past three 
years: Wesfarmers Limited (2002 to 2017).

FRANK COOPER, AO

CHRISTOPHER HAYNES, OBE

Independent: No

Peter Coleman
BEng, MBA, FTSE

CEO and Managing Director

Term of office: Director since 2011

Experience: More than 30 years in the global oil and gas 
business, including 27 years’ experience with the ExxonMobil 
group, culminating as Vice President Development Company, 
with responsibility for the development and project work in the 
Asia-Pacific region. Appointed an Adjunct Professor in Corporate 
Strategy by the University of Western Australia in 2012.

Committee membership: Attends Board committee meetings.

Current directorships/other interests:

Chair: Australia–Korea Foundation (since 2014).

Director: Business Council of Australia (since 2017).

Member: Executive Committee of the Australia Japan Business 
Co-operation Council (since 2011) and Australian Institute of 
Company Directors (since 2011).

Adviser: Monash Industry Council.

Directorships of other listed entities within the past three 
years: Nil

IAN MACFARLANE

ANN PICKARD

SARAH RYAN

GENE TILBROOK

70   Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

Larry Archibald 
BSc (Geosciences), BA (Geology), MBA

Frank Cooper, AO
BCom, FCA, FAICD 

Term of office: Director since February 2017

Term of office: Director since February 2013

Independent: Yes

Independent: Yes

Experience: Former ConocoPhillips company executive (2008 
to 2015), spending eight years in senior positions including 
Senior Vice President, Business Development and Exploration, 
and Senior Vice President, Exploration. Prior to this, spent 
29 years at Amoco (1980 to 1998) and BP (1998 to 2008) in 
various positions including leadership of exploration programs 
covering many world regions.

Committee membership: Audit & Risk, Sustainability and 
Nominations Committees.

Current directorships/other interests:

Adviser: Warburg Pincus (since 2016).

Member: Geosciences Advisory Board of the University  
of Arizona.

Directorships of other listed entities within the past three 
years: Nil

Melinda Cilento
BA, BEc (Hons), MEc

Term of office: Director since December 2008

Independent: Yes

Experience: Significant public and private sector experience 
in economic policy development and analysis. Deputy Chief 
Executive (2006 to 2010) and Chief Economist (2002 to 2010) 
of the Business Council of Australia. Previously worked with 
County Investment Management (now Invesco) as Head of 
Economics, the Department of Treasury and the International 
Monetary Fund.

Committee membership: Chair of the Human Resources & 
Compensation Committee. Member of the Sustainability and 
Nominations Committees.

Current directorships/other interests:

Chief Executive Officer: Committee for Economic Development 
of Australia (since 2017).

Director: Australian Unity Limited (since 2014).

Co-Chair: Reconciliation Australia (director since 2010).

Member: Chief Executive Women.

Directorships of other listed entities within the past three 
years: Nil

Experience: More than 35 years’ experience in corporate tax, 
specialising in the mining, energy and utilities sector, including 
senior leadership roles at three of the largest accounting firms 
and director of a leading Australian utility company.

Committee membership: Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee. 
Member of the Human Resources & Compensation and 
Nominations Committees.

Current directorships/other interests: 

Chair: Insurance Commission of Western Australia and the 
University of Western Australia Strategic Resources Committee.

Director: St John of God Australia Limited (since 2015) and 
South32 Limited (since 2015).

Member: Senate of the University of Western Australia.

President: Western Australia division of the Australian Institute  
of Company Directors.

Trustee: St John of God Health Care (since 2015).

Directorships of other listed entities within the past three 
years: Nil

Christopher Haynes, OBE
BSc, DPhil, CEng, FIMechE, FIEAust

Term of office: Director since June 2011 

Independent: Yes

Experience: A 38-year career with Shell including as 
Executive Vice President, Upstream Major Projects within 
Shell’s Projects and Technology business, General Manager 
of Shell’s operations in Syria and a secondment as Managing 
Director of Nigeria LNG Ltd. From 1999 to 2002, seconded 
to Woodside as General Manager of the North West Shelf 
Venture. Retired from Shell in 2011.

Committee membership: Member of the Audit & Risk, 
Sustainability and Nominations Committees.

Current directorships/other interests:

Director: WorleyParsons Limited (since 2012).

President: Energy Industries Council (since 2015).

Directorships of other listed entities within the past three 
years: Nil

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Ian Macfarlane
Former Australian Federal Minister (Resources; Energy; Industry 
and Innovation), FAICD 

Sarah Ryan
BSc (Geology), BSc (Geophysics) (Hons 1), PhD (Petroleum and 
Geophysics), FTSE

Term of office: Director since 2016

Term of office: Director since 2012

Independent: Yes

Independent: Yes

Experience: Australia’s longest-serving Federal Resources 
and Energy Minister and the Coalition’s longest-serving 
Federal Industry and Innovation Minister with over 14 years 
of experience in both Cabinet and shadow ministerial 
positions. Before entering politics, Mr Macfarlane’s experience 
included agriculture, and being President of the Queensland 
Graingrowers Association (1991 to 1998) and the Grains Council 
of Australia (1994 to 1996).

Committee membership: Member of the Human Resources & 
Compensation, Sustainability and Nominations Committees.

Current directorships/other interests:

Experience: More than 20 years’ experience in the oil and 
gas industry in various technical, operational and senior 
management positions, including 15 years with Schlumberger 
Limited. From 2007 to 2017 was an equity analyst, portfolio 
manager and then energy adviser for Earnst Partners. 

Committee membership: Member of the Audit & Risk, 
Sustainability and Nominations Committees.

Current directorships/other interests:

Director: Akastor ASA (since 2014), MPC Kinetic Pty Ltd 
(previously Kinetic Consolidated Pty Ltd) (since 2016) and Viva 
Energy Group Ltd (since 2018).

Chief Executive: Queensland Resources Council (since 2016).

Chair: Innovative Manufacturing Co-operative Research Centre.

Member: Advisory Board of Unearthed Solutions (since 2017) 
and Chief Executive Women (since 2016).

Member: Toowoomba Community Advisory Committee of the 
University of Queensland Rural Clinical School.

Directorships of other listed entities within the past three 
years: Central Petroleum Limited (2017 to 2018).

Directorships of other listed entities within the past three 
years: Nil

Ann Pickard
BA, MA

Term of office: Director since February 2016

Independent: Yes

Experience: Retired from Shell in 2016 after a 15-year tenure 
holding numerous positions, including Executive Vice President 
Arctic, Executive Vice President Exploration and Production, 
Country Chair of Shell in Australia, and Executive Vice President 
Africa. Previously had an 11-year tenure with Mobil prior to its 
merger with Exxon.

Committee membership: Chair of the Sustainability 
Committee. Member of the Human Resources & Compensation 
and Nominations Committees. 

Current directorships/other interests:

Director: KBR Inc. (since 2015).

Member: Chief Executive Women and University of Wyoming 
Foundation Board.

Directorships of other listed entities within the past three 
years: Nil

Gene Tilbrook
BSc, MBA, FAICD

Term of office: Director since 2014

Independent: Yes

Experience: Broad experience in corporate strategy, 
investment and finance. Senior executive of Wesfarmers 
Limited between 1985 and 2009, including roles as Executive 
Director Finance and Executive Director Business Development.

Committee membership: Member of the Audit & Risk, Human 
Resources & Compensation and Nominations Committees.

Current directorships/other interests:

Deputy Chair: National Board of the Australian Institute of 
Company Directors (since 2016).

Director: Orica Limited (since 2013), GPT Group Limited (since 
2010) and the Bell Shakespeare Company.

Member: Western Australia division of the Australian Institute 
of Company Directors (since 2013).

Directorships of other listed entities within the past three 
years: Aurizon Holdings Limited (2010 to 2016).

Michael Chaney
BSc, MBA, Hon LLD (UWA), FAICD

Mr Michael Chaney retired effective on 19 April 2018 after  
13 years of service on Woodside’s Board of Directors.  
Mr Chaney served as Chairman from 2007 and was also 
Chair of the Nominations Committee.

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CORPORATE 
GOVERNANCE

We believe high standards of governance and transparency are essential.

Corporate governance at Woodside
Woodside is committed to a high level of corporate governance 
and fostering a culture that values ethical behaviour, integrity and 
respect. We believe that adopting and operating in accordance 
with high standards of corporate governance is essential for 
sustainable long-term performance and value creation.

Woodside’s Compass is core to our governance framework. 
It sets out our mission, vision and strategic direction and core 
values of integrity, respect, working sustainably, working 
together, discipline and excellence. The Compass is the 
overarching guide for everyone who works for Woodside.  
Our values define what is important to us in the way we work.

Refer to Woodside’s website for more information.

Our corporate governance model is illustrated below.  
The Woodside Management System (WMS) describes the 
Woodside way of working, enabling Woodside to understand 
and manage its business to achieve its objectives. It defines the 
boundaries within which our employees and contractors are 
expected to work. The WMS establishes a common approach 
to how we operate, wherever the location.

Throughout 2018, our governance arrangements complied 
with the ASX Corporate Governance Council’s Corporate 
Governance Principles and Recommendations (third edition) 
(ASXCG Recommendations).

Our Corporate Governance Statement reports on Woodside’s 
key governance principles and practices. These principles and 
practices are reviewed regularly and revised as appropriate to 
reflect changes in law and developments in corporate governance.

The Corporate Governance Statement discusses arrangements 
in relation to our Board of Directors, committees of the Board, 
shareholders, risk management and internal control, the 
external auditor relationship, and inclusion and diversity.

Our website contains copies of Board and committee charters 
and copies of many of the policies and documents mentioned 
in the Corporate Governance Statement. The website is 
updated regularly to ensure that it reflects Woodside’s most 
current corporate governance information.

Refer to Woodside’s Corporate Governance Statement for 
more information (www.woodside.com.au).

STAKEHOLDERS

BOARD

DELEGATION

ACCOUNTABILITY

AUDIT & RISK 
COMMITTEE

HUMAN RESOURCES 
& COMPENSATION 
COMMITTEE

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

NOMINATIONS 
COMMITTEE

SUSTAINABILITY 
COMMITTEE

INDEPENDENT ASSURANCE

MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE AND ASSURANCE

EXTERNAL AUDIT

STRATEGY

INTERNAL AUDIT

RISK MANAGEMENT

AUTHORITIES 
FRAMEWORK

OPERATING 
STRUCTURE

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DIRECTORS’  
REPORT

Directors
The directors of Woodside Petroleum 
Ltd in office at any time during or since 
the end of the 2018 financial year and 
information on the directors (including 
qualifications and experience and 
directorships of listed companies held by 
the directors at any time in the last three 
years) are set out on pages 70–72.

The number of directors’ meetings held 
(including meetings of committees of 
the Board) and the number of meetings 
attended by each of the directors of 
Woodside Petroleum Ltd during the 
financial year are shown in Table 3 on 
page 14 of the Corporate Governance 
Statement. For all Board meetings held in 
person in 2018, all directors were present.

Details of director and senior executive 
remuneration are set out in the 
Remuneration Report.

The particulars of directors’ interests in 
shares of the company as at the date of 
this report are set out on page 75.

Principal activities
The principal activities and operations of 
the Group during the financial year were 
hydrocarbon exploration, evaluation, 
development, production and marketing.

Other than as previously referred to in 
the Annual Report, there were no other 
significant changes in the nature of the 
activities of the consolidated entity during 
the year.

Consolidated results
The consolidated operating profit 
attributable to the company’s shareholders 
after provision for income tax was  
$1,364 million ($1,069 million in 2017).

Review of operations
A review of the operations of the 
Woodside Group during the financial year 
and the results of those operations are set 
out on pages 1–67.

74   Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

The directors of Woodside Petroleum Ltd present their report 
(including the Remuneration Report) together with the Financial 
Statements of the consolidated entity, being Woodside Petroleum 
Ltd and its controlled entities, for the year ended 31 December 2018.

Significant changes in the 
state of affairs
The review of operations (pages 
1–67) sets out a number of matters 
that have had a significant effect on the 
state of affairs of the consolidated entity.

Other than those matters, there were no 
significant changes in the state of affairs 
of the consolidated entity during the 
financial year.

Events subsequent to end  
of financial year
Since the reporting date, the directors 
have declared a fully franked dividend. 
More information is available in the 
‘Dividend’ section below. No provision 
has been made for this dividend in the 
financial report as the dividend was not 
declared or determined by the directors 
on or before the end of the financial year.

Dividend
The directors have declared a final 
dividend out of profits of the company in 
respect of the year ended 31 December 
2018 of 91 cents per ordinary share (fully 
franked) payable on 20 March 2019.

Type

2018  
final

2018 
interim

2017 
final 

Payment 
date

20 March 
2019

20 
September 
2018

22 March 
2018

Period 
ended

31 
December 
2018

30 June 
2018

31 
December 
2017

Likely developments and 
expected results
In general terms, the review of operations 
of the Group gives an indication of likely 
developments and the expected results 
of the operations. In the opinion of 
the directors, disclosure of any further 
information would be likely to result in 
unreasonable prejudice to the Group.

Environmental compliance
Woodside is subject to a range of 
environmental legislation in Australia and 
other countries in which it operates.

Details of Woodside’s environmental 
performance are provided on page 56.

Through its Health, Safety, Environment 
and Quality Policy, Woodside plans and 
performs activities so that adverse effects 
on the environment are avoided or kept 
as low as reasonably practicable.

Company Secretaries
The following individuals have acted as 
Company Secretary during 2018:

Andrew Cox 
BA (Hons), LLB, MA 
Vice President Legal and General 
Counsel, and Joint Company Secretary

Mr Cox joined Woodside in 2004 and 
was appointed to the role of Vice 
President Legal in January 2015. He was 
appointed Vice President Legal and 
General Counsel and Joint Company 
Secretary on 1 June 2017.

91

53

49

852

496

413

Warren Baillie 
LLB, BCom, Grad. Dip. CSP 
Company Secretary

Cents per 
share

Value $ 
million

Fully 
franked







The full-year 2018 dividend was 144 cents per share. 

Mr Baillie joined Woodside in 2005 and  
was appointed Company Secretary 
effective 1 February 2012. Mr Baillie 
is a solicitor and chartered secretary. 
He is a member of the National Board 
and Immediate Past President of the 
Governance Institute of Australia.

Indemnification and insurance 
of directors and officers
The company’s constitution requires the 
company to indemnify each director, 
secretary, executive officer or employee 
of the company or its wholly owned 
subsidiaries against liabilities (to the 
extent the company is not precluded by 
law from doing so) incurred in or arising 
out of the conduct of the business of the 
company or the discharge of the duties 
of any such person. The company has 
entered into deeds of indemnity with 
each of its directors, secretaries, certain 
senior executives, and employees 
serving as officers on wholly owned or 
partly owned companies of Woodside in 
terms of the indemnity provided under 
the company’s constitution.

From time to time, Woodside engages 
its external auditor, Ernst & Young, to 
conduct non-statutory audit work and 
provide other services in accordance with 
Woodside’s External Auditor Guidance 
Policy. The terms of engagement include 
an indemnity in favour of Ernst & Young:

 + against all losses, claims, costs, 

expenses, actions, demands, damages, 
liabilities or any proceedings (liabilities) 
incurred by Ernst & Young in respect of 
third-party claims arising from a breach 
by the Group under the engagement 
terms; and

 + for all liabilities Ernst & Young has 
to the Group or any third-party as 
a result of reliance on information 
provided by the Group that is false, 
misleading or incomplete.

The company has paid a premium under 
a contract insuring each director, officer, 
secretary and employee who is concerned 
with the management of the company or 
its subsidiaries against liability incurred in 
that capacity. Disclosure of the nature of 
the liability covered by and the amount of 
the premium payable for such insurance 
is subject to a confidentiality clause under 
the contract of insurance. The company 
has not provided any insurance for the 
external auditor of the company or a body 
corporate related to the external auditor.

Non-audit services and 
auditor independence 
declaration
Details of the amounts paid or payable to 
the external auditor of the company, Ernst 
& Young, for audit and non-audit services 
provided during the year are disclosed in 
note E.5 to the Financial Statements.

Based on advice provided by the Audit & 
Risk Committee, the directors are satisfied 
that the provision of non-audit services by 

the external auditor during the financial 
year is compatible with the general 
standard of independence for auditors 
imposed by the Corporations Act 2001 for 
the following reasons:

 + all non-audit services were provided in 
accordance with Woodside’s External 
Auditor Policy and External Auditor 
Guidance Policy; and

 + all non-audit services were subject to 
the corporate governance processes 
adopted by the company and have been 
reviewed by the Audit & Risk Committee 
to ensure that they do not affect the 
integrity or objectivity of the auditor.

Further information on Woodside’s 
policy in relation to the provision of non-
audit services by the auditor is set out in 
section 7 of the Corporate Governance 
Statement.

The auditor’s independence declaration, 
as required under section 307C of the 
Corporations Act 2001, is set out on this 
page and forms part of this report.

Proceedings on behalf of  
the company
No proceedings have been brought 
on behalf of the company, nor has any 
application been made in respect of 
the company, under section 237 of the 
Corporations Act 2001.

Rounding of amounts
The amounts contained in this report 
have been rounded to the nearest million 
dollars under the option available to the 
company under Australian Securities and 
Investments Commission Corporations 
(Rounding in Financial/Directors’ Reports) 
Instrument 2016/191 dated 24 March 2016.

Directors’ relevant interests 
in Woodside shares as at the 
date of this report

Director

L Archibald

M Cilento

P Coleman

F Cooper

R Goyder

C Haynes

I Macfarlane

A Pickard

S Ryan

G Tilbrook

Relevant interest in 
shares

2,314

4,899

284,1701

8,240

15,634

9,512

1,956

3,818

7,373

7,949

1.  Mr Coleman also has a relevant interest in 

182,177 unvested Restricted Shares and holds 
Variable Pay Rights under his CEO incentive 
arrangements, details of which are set out in 
the Remuneration Report in Table 13 on page 
92 and Table 15 on page 96.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of 
the directors.

R J Goyder, AO 
Chairman 
Perth, Western Australia 
14 February 2019

P J Coleman
Chief Executive Officer and  
Managing Director 
Perth, Western Australia 
14 February 2019

Auditor’s independence 
declaration to the Directors  
of Woodside Petroleum Ltd

As lead auditor for the audit of Woodside 
Petroleum Ltd for the financial year ended 
31 December 2018, I declare to the best of 
my knowledge and belief, there have been:

(a)  no contraventions of the auditor 

independence requirements of the 
Corporations Act 2001 in relation to 
the audit; and

(b) no contraventions of any applicable 
code of professional conduct in 
relation to the audit.

This declaration is in respect of Woodside 
Petroleum Ltd and the entities it 
controlled during the financial year.

Ernst & Young

T S Hammond
Partner 
Perth, Western Australia 
14 February 2019

Liability limited by a scheme approved under 
Professional Standards Legislation 

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REMUNERATION 
REPORT

Chairman's letter 

KMP and summary of Woodside's five-year performance 

Scorecard measures and outcomes 

New Executive Incentive Scheme introduced in 2018 

CEO and executive KMP remuneration structure 

CEO and executive KMP KPIs and outcomes for 2018 

Other equity plans 

Contracts for executive KMP 

Non-executive directors (NEDs) 

Human Resources & Compensation Committee 

Use of remuneration consultants 

Reporting notes 

Statutory tables 

Glossary 

77

78

79

80

82

83

87

88

89

90

90

90

91

97

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14 February 2019

Dear Shareholder

It is my pleasure, on behalf of the Board, to present Woodside’s Remuneration Report for the year ended  
31 December 2018. 

In March 2018, the Board outlined the new Executive Incentive Scheme (EIS), after completing a comprehensive 
review of our executive remuneration arrangements. This report details Woodside’s first application of this new 
remuneration structure. 

I have appreciated the opportunity to engage with our investors in 2018 on remuneration and the new EIS. The Board 
is confident that the scheme is tailored to Woodside’s corporate strategy, aligns with shareholder interests and allows 
Woodside to attract and retain the executive talent required to deliver on Woodside’s growth aspirations. 

It is structured to have a significantly greater reliance on equity to reward executives and for the first time, we have 
introduced minimum shareholding requirements for executive key management personnel. The Board has also decided 
to increase the minimum shareholding requirements for non-executive directors. These changes reflect the long-term 
focus of our executives and further promote alignment with shareholders. 

Executive awards under the scheme will be based upon two equally weighted components – individual and corporate 
performance.  In 2018, Woodside delivered positive performance across all operational assets and progressed a 
number of projects and growth opportunities. The majority of the business plan priorities were met and Woodside is 
well positioned to deliver our strategy across all three growth horizons. Individual executive performance was a critical 
contributor to this positive corporate performance. 

The Board understands and welcomes our shareholders’ expectation that the Board robustly and independently 
assesses executive and corporate performance in determining awards. An important component of this assessment is 
reconciling fairly shareholder experience with the award outcome. 

We have sought to continue to provide greater detail around the factors and metrics that the Board has considered 
in determining remuneration outcomes for 2018.  The challenge is to do so in a way that provides clarity without 
compromising commercially sensitive information.  We trust shareholders share our view that we are striking a good 
balance in our efforts to improve transparency. 

Notwithstanding strong overall performance, the Board chose to exercise discretion in adjusting the recommended 
scorecard outcome from 8.25 to 7.75 (out of 10) to reflect the decline in safety performance over the first half of the 
year and a number of business plan priorities that were not achieved.

Yours sincerely

Richard Goyder AO
Chairman

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Remuneration Report (audited)

KMP and summary of Woodside's five-year performance

Woodside’s executive key management personnel (KMP)
This report outlines the remuneration arrangements in place and outcomes achieved for Woodside’s executive KMP during 2018.

Woodside’s executive KMP are those people who have the authority to shape and influence the Group’s strategic direction and 
performance through their actions, either collectively (in the case of the Board) or as individuals acting under delegated authorities  
(in the case of the CEO and senior executives).

The names and positions of the individuals who were executive KMP during 2018 are set out in Table 1.

Table 1 – Executive KMP

Executive

Executive Director

Peter Coleman (Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer) (CEO)

Senior Executives

Michael Abbott (Senior Vice President Corporate and Legal)

Sherry Duhe (Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer)

Robert Edwardes (Executive Vice President Development)

Shaun Gregory (Executive Vice President Exploration and Chief Technology Officer)

Phil Loader (Executive Vice President Global Exploration)1

Reinhardt Matisons (Executive Vice President Marketing, Trading and Shipping)

Meg O’Neill (Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer)2

Michael Utsler (Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer)3

1.  Mr Phil Loader ceased being executive KMP on 28 February 2018 and ceased employment on 30 June 2018.
2.  Ms Meg O’Neill commenced as KMP on 1 May 2018.
3.  Mr Mike Utsler ceased being executive KMP on 27 April 2018 and ceased employment on 1 November 2018.
4.  Mr Richard Goyder was appointed Chairman of the Woodside Board on 20 April 2018.
5.  Mr Michael Chaney ceased being Chairman of the Woodside Board on 19 April 2018.

Non-executive directors

Richard Goyder (Chairman)4

Michael Chaney (Chairman)5

Larry Archibald

Melinda Cilento

Frank Cooper

Christopher Haynes

Ian Macfarlane

Ann Pickard

Sarah Ryan

Gene Tilbrook

Table 2 – Five-year performance

The table below outlines Woodside's performance over the last five years against key metrics.

Net profit after tax (NPAT)2

Earnings per share3

Dividends per share

Share closing price (last trading day of the year) 

Production

(US$ million)

(US cents)

(US cents)

(A$)

(MMboe)

2018

1,364

148

144

31.32

91.4

20171

1,069

123

98

33.08

84.4

2016 

2015 

868

104

83

31.16

94.9

26

3

109

28.72

92.2

2014

2,414

293

255

38.01

95.1

1.  2017 NPAT has been restated for the retrospective application of AASB 15, and earnings per share has been restated for the retrospective application of AASB 15 and the Retail Entitlement Offer.  

For more information refer to the Financial Statements on pages 99-139. 

2.  NPAT figure is NPAT attributable to equity holders of the parent. NPAT detail is contained in the Financial Statements on pages 99-139.
3.  Basic and diluted earnings per share from total operations.

Remuneration Policy

Woodside aims to be a leading global performer in upstream oil and gas. To do so the company must be able to attract and retain 
executive capability in a globally competitive market. The Board structures remuneration so that it rewards those who perform, is valued 
by executives, and is strongly aligned with the company’s Compass, strategic direction and the creation of value for all stakeholders.

Fixed Annual Reward (FAR) is determined by the scope of the executive’s role and their level of knowledge, skills and experience.

Variable Annual Reward (VAR) at target is structured to reward the CEO and executive KMP for achieving challenging yet realistic 
targets set by the Board which deliver long-term growth for the company. VAR aligns shareholder and executive remuneration 
outcomes by ensuring a significant portion of executive remuneration is at risk, while rewarding performance.

Executive remuneration is reviewed annually having regard to the accountabilities, experience and performance of the individual. 
FAR and VAR are compared against domestic and international competitors at target, to maintain Woodside’s competitive 
advantage in attracting and retaining talent and ensure appropriate motivation is provided to executives to deliver on the strategic 
objectives of the company.

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Scorecard measures and outcomes

The Board assesses executive management performance on an annual basis against a balanced scorecard of measures in conjunction with 
individual key performance indicators (KPIs) that aim to drive business performance and the creation of shareholder value.

The 2018 scorecard for executive KMP is based on four equally weighted measures that have been chosen because they impact 
short- and long-term shareholder value, with a score of 5 for an outcome at target and a maximum score of 10 on each measure. 
The Board sets challenging targets for each measure with significant stretch to achieve maximum performance and robustly 
assesses performance against expectation. 

In 2018, Woodside delivered positive performance across all operational assets, with total 2018 production at the high end of market 
guidance and strong safety performance particularly in the second half of the year. Combined with the higher realised price outcome, 
this enabled Woodside to deliver a NPAT outcome at the upper end of our target range. Woodside re-positioned its portfolio with 
the acquisition of an additional 50% equity in the Scarborough gas field and further progressed a number of projects and growth 
opportunities. The majority of business plan priorities were met and we are well positioned to deliver across all three growth horizons. 

In considering overall corporate performance, the Board chose to exercise its discretion to reflect appropriately first half safety performance 
and business priorities that were not achieved. The Board elected to adjust the initially recommended scorecard outcome from 8.25 to 7.75 
(out of a maximum of ten) for the 2018 performance year.

NPAT
Profit after tax performance is closely aligned with short-term 
shareholder value creation. NPAT is underpinned by operational 
performance, oil price and foreign exchange rates. This measure 
focuses management on driving exceptional operational performance, 
with the Board ensuring that short-term results are not achieved at the 
expense of longer term performance. NPAT outcomes are exposed to 
the upside and downside of oil price and foreign exchange fluctuations, 
as are returns to shareholders.

Scorecard outcome: 10

 + Strong operational performance due to high reliability and low cost 

assets underpinned a NPAT result of $1,364 million, a 28% increase on 
2017. This was supported by higher realised prices and lower exploration 
operational expense, partially offset by lower petroleum resource rent 
tax benefit, higher income tax expense and higher depreciation.

PRODUCTION 
Woodside maximises revenue and generates value from its assets when 
they are fully utilised in production. Production is carefully managed 
throughout the year to optimise the production value from the reservoir. 
The production target is set relative to the company’s annual budget 
and is not revised through the year.

Scorecard outcome: 7

 + Full year production was 91.4 MMboe and was at the high end 
of market guidance. This result was underpinned by our strong 
operational and project delivery performance including successful 
optimisation of the North West Shelf turnaround, strong Pluto 
reliability, early delivery of Greater Western Flank 2 start-up and 
better than expected production performance  

from Wheatstone.

DELIVERY AGAINST BUSINESS PLAN
Woodside’s annual business plan commitments aim 
to deliver long-term shareholder value. In 2018, we 
focused on five key business priorities - base business 
excellence, Wheatstone delivery and optimisation, 
unlocking the Burrup Hub, SNE FEED entry and 
progressing our opportunities in Myanmar.

Scorecard outcome: 8

 + Continued to deliver high reliability and strong unit production 

performance from our operating assets; commenced production 
from Greater Western Flank Phase 2, six months ahead of schedule 
and $630 million under budget (100% project); Wheatstone 
commenced LNG production from Train 2; successful A$2.5 
billion equity raising underpinned funding for the acquisition of an 
additional 50% interest in Scarborough gas field, and will support 
the progression of Scarborough and the SNE Phase 1 developments 
and the development of Browse to FID; Woodside entered FEED 
for Pluto Train 2 underpinning Woodside’s preferred concept for 
the development of the Scarborough gas resource; NWS Project 
signed non-binding preliminary agreements with the Browse Joint 
Venture (BJV) and Chevron for the processing of their respective 
offshore gas resources through NWS Project facilities; Browse 
commenced concept definition with unanimous approval by the 
BJV participants; Woodside assumed operatorship for the proposed 
SNE Field Development Phase 1, and FEED activities commenced; 
successful appraisal of the 2016 Shwe Yee Htun-1 discovery in 
Block A-6, located in offshore Myanmar; start-up of both the 
Wheatstone Domestic Gas and Pluto Truck Loading facilities was 
not achieved as planned in 2018 with delivery now expected in early 
2019; disappointing exploration outcomes resulting in higher than 
expected non-commercial discoveries.

Total  
scorecard

7.75

outcome

SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT
The Board considers company performance across 
a range of elements including personal and process 
safety, environment (including emissions reductions), 
sustainability and our social licence to operate. Strong 
performance in this area creates and protects value four 
ways; it reduces the likelihood of major accident events and 
catastrophic losses; it maintains Woodside’s licence to operate 
which enables the development and sanction of its growth portfolio; 

it reflects efficient, optimised and controlled business processes that 
generate value; and it supports the company’s position as a partner of 
choice providing us access to the best capabilities and talent. 

Scorecard outcome: 6

 + During the first half of 2018, Woodside’s safety performance declined 
compared to 2017. However, in response to a concerted campaign 
of engagement with staff and contractors, performance improved to 
deliver a total recordable injury rate of 1.32 per million hours worked. 
Woodside had one Tier 1 and one Tier 2 loss of primary containment 
process safety event in 2018. Woodside delivered a total of 138kt CO2-e 
in emissions reductions against baseline. This exceeded our annual 
target of 115 kt CO2-e. We remain on track to deliver our target of a 
5% reduction against baseline by 2020. The Dow Jones Sustainability 
Index included Woodside in the World, Asia-Pacific and Australian lead 
groups and ranked Woodside fifth within our industry.

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New Executive Incentive Scheme introduced in 2018

Following a comprehensive review of Woodside’s incentive structure, the Executive Incentive Scheme (EIS) was introduced for the 
2018 performance year. All executives have transitioned into the scheme and the terms of the CEO's contract have been updated 
to facilitate the new structure. The new scheme remunerates our executives for delivering outstanding results, whilst avoiding 
inappropriate remuneration outcomes for under-performance. The EIS has been designed to deliver three key objectives:

EXECUTIVE ENGAGEMENT
 + Enable Woodside to attract and 
retain executive capability in a 
globally competitive environment 
by providing executives with a 
simple remuneration structure 
and clear line of sight to how 
performance is reflected in 
remuneration outcomes.

ALIGNMENT WITH THE  
SHAREHOLDER EXPERIENCE
 + 87.5% of the award will be 

delivered as equity in the form  
of Restricted Shares or 
Performance Rights. The 
Performance Rights are RTSR-
tested after five years against 
comparator groups.

STRATEGIC FIT
 + 60% of the award will have a 

five-year vesting period, which 
reflects Woodside’s strategic 
time horizons to drive executives 
to deliver our strategic objectives 
with discipline and collaboration 
and in turn create shareholder 
value. 

The scheme delivers a single combined award to executives which is linked to annual individual and corporate performance, 
designed to be simple and transparent. We have considerably reduced the variable cash opportunity for executives with a significant 
proportion of the award allocated in equity whilst introducing extended deferral periods which align to our strategic horizons of 
delivery. Awards under the EIS will be granted for the first time in 2019 based on performance against the corporate scorecard and 
individual KPIs set for the 2018 performance year.

The Board has strong oversight and governance to ensure that appropriate, challenging and stretch targets are set to ensure 
the clear link between performance and reward. The Board has overriding discretion to adjust outcomes in line with shareholder 
experience and company or management performance.

VARIABLE ANNUAL REWARD

The entire EIS award (cash, Restricted Shares and Performance Rights) 
is subject to performance in the initial 12 month performance period.

Performance tested

Subject to a relative total shareholder return (RTSR) test five years after 
the date of allocation; divided into two separate tranches with one third 
tested against the ASX 50 companies and the remainder against a group of 
international oil & gas companies

Time tested

Subject to a five-year deferral period

Time tested

Subject to a three-year  
deferral period

12 month 
performance 
period

Performance
Rights

30%

Restricted
Shares

30%

Restricted
Shares

27.5%

Cash

12.5%

Payable following 
the end of the 
performance year

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

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Calculation of award
An executive’s award will be based upon two equally weighted components; individual performance against challenging KPIs and 
the company’s performance against the corporate scorecard. This results in an individual performance factor (IPF) which ranges 
from 0 to 1.6 for executive KMP. These targets are designed to promote short- and long-term shareholder value. Performance 
against individual KPIs is assessed by the Board in the case of the CEO, and by the CEO and the Human Resources & Compensation 
Committee in the case of other executive KMP. Meeting these targets means the CEO and executive KMP are eligible for their target 
EIS allocation, subject to individual performance. Exceeding targets may result in an increase to award, whereas under performance 
will result in a reduction in award. The minimum award that an executive can receive is zero if the initial performance conditions are 
not achieved. The decision to pay or allocate any EIS award is subject to the overriding discretion of the Board, which may adjust 
outcomes in order to better reflect shareholder expectations, and company or management performance.

EQUALLY WEIGHTED

INDIVIDUAL  
KPIs

CORPORATE 
PERFORMANCE

IPF

See page 83 for details of the CEO’s individual KPIs and page 85 for other executive KMP.

Restricted Shares
The Restricted Shares are divided into two tranches. The first tranche is 27.5% of the award and subject to a three-year deferral 
period. The second tranche is 30% of the award and subject to a five-year deferral period. There are no further performance 
conditions attached to these awards. This element creates a strong retention proposition for executives as vesting is subject 
to employment not being terminated with cause or by resignation during the deferral period. The deferral ensures that awards 
remain subject to fluctuations in share price across the three and five-year periods, which is intended to reflect the sustainability of 
performance over the medium- and long-term and support increased alignment between executives and shareholders.

Performance Rights
The Performance Rights are divided into two portions with each portion subject to a separate RTSR performance hurdle tested over a five-
year period. Performance is tested after five years as Woodside operates in a capital intensive industry with long investment timelines. It is 
imperative that executives take decisions in the long-term interest of shareholders, focused on value creation across the commodity price 
cycles of the oil and gas industry. Our view is that RTSR is the best measure of long-term value creation across the commodity price cycle 
of our industry.

One-third of the Performance Rights will be tested against a comparator group that comprises the entities within the ASX 50 index at  
1 December 2018. The remaining two-thirds will be tested against an international group of oil and gas companies, set out in Table 12 on 
page 92.

RTSR outcomes are calculated by an external adviser on or after the fifth anniversary of the allocation of the Performance Rights.  
The outcome of the test is measured against the schedule below. For EIS awards, any Performance Rights that do not vest will lapse  
and are not retested.

Woodside RTSR percentile position within peer group

Vesting of Performance Rights

Less than 50th percentile

Equal to 50th percentile

Equal to or greater than 75th percentile

Vesting between the 50th and 75th percentile points is on a pro rata basis.

no vesting

50% vest

100% vest

Target variable opportunity for 2018
Each executive is given a target VAR opportunity and a maximum VAR opportunity which is a percentage of the executive's FAR. The 
opportunities for 2018 are outlined below. 

Position

CEO

Executive KMP

Minimum opportunity

Target opportunity (% of FAR)

Maximum opportunity (% of FAR)

Zero

200

160

300

256

CEO target remuneration 

Executive KMP target remuneration 

FIXED REWARD
33%

VARIABLE REWARD
67%

FIXED REWARD
38%

VARIABLE REWARD
62%

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CEO and executive KMP remuneration structure

Woodside's remuneration structure for the CEO and executive KMP is now comprised of two components; fixed remuneration  
and variable reward.

FIXED ANNUAL REWARD
 + Based upon the scope of the executive’s role and their 
individual level of knowledge, skill and experience. 

 + Benchmarked for competitiveness against domestic and 
international peers to enable the company to attract and 
retain superior executive capability.

VARIABLE ANNUAL REWARD
 + Executives are eligible to receive a single variable reward 
linked to challenging individual and company annual 
targets set by the Board.

 + 12.5% of the variable reward is paid in cash.

 + 27.5% is allocated in Restricted Shares, subject to a 

three-year deferral period.

 + 30% is allocated in Restricted Shares, subject to a  

five-year deferral period.

 + 30% is allocated in Performance Rights which are subject 
to a RTSR test five years after the date of grant; divided 
into two separate tranches with one-third tested against 
a comparator group that comprises the ASX 50 and the 
remaining two-thirds against a group of international oil 
and gas companies determined by the Board.

MINIMUM SHAREHOLDING REQUIREMENTS (MSR)
The Board introduced a MSR policy for executive KMP to reflect the long-term focus of management and further strengthen 
alignment with shareholders.  The policy requires executive KMP to have acquired and maintained Woodside shares for a minimum 
total purchase price of at least 100% of their fixed remuneration after a period of five years and in the case of the CEO a minimum of 
200% of fixed remuneration.

Table 3 – Key VAR features 

Allocation methodology

Dividends

Clawback provisions

Control event

Cessation of employment

Restricted Shares and Performance Rights will be allocated using a face value allocation 
methodology. The number of Restricted Shares and Performance Rights is calculated by dividing 
the deferred value by the volume weighted average price (VWAP) each year.

Executives are entitled to receive dividends on Restricted Shares. No dividends are paid on 
Performance Rights prior to vesting. For Performance Rights that do vest, a dividend equivalent 
payment will be paid by Woodside for the period between allocation and vesting.

The Board has the discretion to reduce unvested entitlements including where an executive has acted 
fraudulently or dishonestly or is found to be in material breach of their obligations, there is a material 
misstatement or omission in the financial statements or the Board determines that circumstances have 
occurred that have resulted in an unfair benefit to the executive. 

The Board has the discretion to determine the treatment of any EIS award on a change of 
control event. If a change of control occurs during the 12-month performance period, an 
executive will receive at least a pro-rata cash payment in respect of the unallocated cash and 
Restricted Share components of the EIS award for that year, assessed at target. If a change of 
control occurs during the vesting period for equity awards, Restricted Shares will vest in full 
whilst Performance Rights may, at the discretion of the Board, vest on an at least pro-rata basis.

During a Performance Period, should an executive provide notice of resignation or be terminated 
for cause, no EIS award will be provided. In any other case, Woodside will have regard to 
performance against target and the portion of the performance period elapsed in determining the 
form of any EIS award.

During a Vesting Period, should an executive provide notice of resignation or be terminated for 
cause, any EIS award will be forfeited or lapse. In any other case, any Restricted Shares will vest in 
full from a date determined by the Board whilst any Performance Rights will remain on foot and 
vest in the ordinary course subject to the satisfaction of applicable conditions. The Board will have 
discretion to accelerate the vesting of unvested equity awards, subject to termination benefits laws.

No retesting

There will be no retest applied to EIS awards. Performance Rights will lapse if the required RTSR 
performance is not achieved at the conclusion of the five-year period.

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CEO and executive KMP KPIs and outcomes for 2018

CEO KPIs and outcomes

FAR
In February 2018, Woodside conducted a review of the CEO's remuneration. This review took into account the changes to the CEO’s 
incentive structure alongside the CEO’s individual and company performance together with comparative data against a defined peer 
group. This supported the Board's decision to award the CEO an increase of 7.9% in April 2018.

VAR
For 2018, the individual performance of the CEO was reviewed by the Board against five equally weighted measures. These metrics, 
outlined in Table 4, were chosen because successful performance in each area is a key driver of superior shareholder returns.

At the completion of the year, the Board reviews the CEO’s performance for that year. The CEO is given an individual performance 
score of between 0 and 1.6. The CEO’s overall IPF for 2018 was 1.29, resulting in an award of 85.8% of maximum. The 2018 award for 
the CEO is detailed in Table 6a on page 86.

Table 4 – CEO performance measures 

Growth agenda

Objective

Assesses the alignment of growth 
opportunities to shareholder return; 
portfolio balance; the achievement of 
challenging business objectives.

2018 outcomes

Substantial progress achieved against strategic objectives including acquisition of 
additional equity in Scarborough; commencing FEED activities for Scarborough, Pluto 
expansion and Senegal; negotiating preliminary agreements to process Browse gas at 
KGP; commencing Browse concept definition phase; high grading Myanmar prospects 
through successful drilling campaigns; and completing the equity raising providing 
funding certainty for growth. 

Effective execution

Objective

2018 outcomes

Assesses the maintenance, operation 
and profitability of existing assets; 
project delivery to achieve budget, 
schedule and stated performance; 
cost reduction; achievement of health, 
safety and community expectations.

Strong operational performance with increased production, reduced unit production 
costs and increased gross margin supporting cash flow and increased profit. Production 
optimised through major NWS maintenance turnaround executed with no recordable 
incidents, high Pluto reliability, completion of GWF 2 project ahead of schedule and 
under budget, and Wheatstone producing at above design rates. CO2-e emissions 
reductions better than target, TRIR did not meet target but was the second best result on 
record and high potential incidents were almost halved.

Enterprise capability

Objective

2018 outcomes

Assesses leadership development; 
workforce planning; executive 
succession; Indigenous participation 
and diversity; effective risk 
identification and management.

Increased executive stewardship of workforce planning to deliver growth objectives 
while maintaining base business. Continued to build executive capability and gender 
balance with the appointment of the new Chief Operations Officer (COO). Overall, female 
participation increased to 30.4% which compares favourably to the industry average 
of 23.2%. Indigenous participation increased to 3.7%. Continued to advance artificial 
intelligence and data analytic capability while maintaining focus on critical infrastructure, 
security and risk management including a focus on opportunities designed to enhance 
long term resilience to a lower emissions future (e.g. carbon abatement capability, 
hydrogen assessment).

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Shareholder focus

Objective

Assesses whether decisions are 
made with a long-term shareholder 
return focus; efficient and timely 
communication to shareholders, 
market analysts and fund managers; 
the focus on shareholder return 
throughout the organisation.

CEO actual remuneration

FIXED REWARD
28%

2018 Vesting

P Coleman

Table 4 – CEO performance measures (cont.)

Culture and reputation

Objective

2018 outcomes

Assesses performance culture and 
emphasis on values; engagement 
and enablement; improved employee 
climate; Woodside’s brand as a 
partner of choice.

Introduced a new integrated cultural framework incorporating values, safety, risk and 
compliance and piloted pulse checks to measure cultural health on a regular basis. 
Workplace climate and collaboration enhanced through new Mia Yellagonga headquarters. 
Positive contribution to host communities through A$17.7 million social investment, and 
meeting or exceeding most annual Reconciliation Action Plan targets. Progressed Human 
Rights Policy implementation plan, including supply chain management framework.

2018 outcomes

The CEO drove a disciplined approach to managing capital efficiency allowing the 
optimisation of growth projects while maintaining base business operating cash flows 
and balancing corporate gearing.

VARIABLE REWARD
72%

Shares

45,334

103,051

14,097

2014 deferred short-term award vested on 20 February 2018

2013 long-term award had a partial vesting of 65% on 5 March 2018 including an adjustment due to the Retail Entitlement Offer

2012 long-term award had a partial vesting of 14% on 5 March 2018 including an adjustment due to the Retail Entitlement Offer

Executive KMP KPIs and outcomes
FAR
In January 2018, Woodside conducted a review of executive KMP remuneration based on benchmarking data against a defined 
peer group alongside consideration of executive performance and role accountabilities. This review confirmed that executive KMP 
remuneration was below market median. This supported the Board's decision to award an on average increase of 2.8% in April 2018.

VAR
For 2018, KPIs were tailored to reflect the individual responsibilities of executives who participate in the EIS. They are chosen to 
align individual performance with the achievement of Woodside’s corporate strategy whilst fostering collaboration and excellence 
amongst executives.

The Board approved EIS awards to executive KMP based on the scorecard result and their individual performance assessment. As a 
result, EIS awards for executive KMP ranged from 59% to 88% of maximum and the average EIS award for executive KMP was 75% of 
maximum. The EIS award for executive KMP is detailed in Table 6a on page 86.

The individual KPIs for each of the executive KMP are shown in Table 5 on page 85.

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Table 5 – Individual KPIs for 2018 EIS

Executive KMP

Key performance indicators

2018 performance

Michael Abbott
Senior Vice President 
Corporate and Legal

Stakeholder engagement; continuous disclosure 
compliance; Code of Conduct and anti-bribery 
and corruption training; deliver Woodside 
headquarters project

Successful legal and corporate affairs support for core business and growth 
activities; corporate reputation plan succesfully executed; new Woodside 
headquarters delivered under budget and on schedule with smooth startup; 
managed robust market disclosure practices with no continuous disclosure 
breaches; training enhanced and delivered to plan.

Sherry Duhe
Executive Vice President 
and Chief Financial 
Officer

Corporate operating expense; balance sheet 
strength; credit rating; commercial; contracting and 
funding support for growth projects

Robert Edwardes 
Executive Vice President 
Development

Portfolio development; capital expenditure; cost 
and schedule; portfolio cost competitiveness; 
Development HSE

Project development; exploration value delivery; data 
analytics capability; technology delivery

Corporate operating expenditure below budget; successful conclusion 
of Scarborough equity acquisition; successful execution of funding plan, 
including equity raising, to support growth; effective commercial and 
contracting support for Burrup Hub strategy including negotiations to 
process Browse gas at KGP and contract awards for Scarborough, Senegal 
and Pluto Train 2 FEED.

GWF 2 project delivered under budget and ahead of schedule; Greater 
Enfield, Pluto Expansion, Scarborough, Senegal and Browse developments 
progressed on or ahead of plan; capital expenditure (excluding 
Scarborough acquisition) below budget; Scarborough, Senegal and Browse 
cost of supply in line with targets; Development Division TRIR did not 
achieve target.

Successfully moved Scarborough and Pluto Expansion into FEED activities 
and Browse into concept definition stage; review and redirection of 
exploration focus; two Myanmar gas discoveries; technology initiatives 
delivered; enhanced data analytics capability; identification of opportunities 
to enhance resilience to a lower emissions future.

LNG, oil and domestic gas sales; trading 
performance; fleet utilisation; progress integrated 
energy solutions 

LNG marketing strategies developed for growth projects; grew domestic 
gas sales portfolio including long-term agreement with Perdaman for 
pipeline gas; trading performance and fleet utilisation exceeded targets; 
joint venture agreement for domestic LNG fuel distribution in the Pilbara.

Production, operating expense; unit production costs; 
Operations HSE performance 

Production above target; operating expenditure below budget; unit 
production costs better than target; instrumental in mid-year turnaround 
in company’s personal safety performance; Operations Division TRIR 
better than target; emissions reductions better than target; successful 
commissioning of Pluto pipeline gas facility.

Shaun Gregory
Executive Vice President 
Exploration and Chief 
Technology Officer 

Reinhardt Matisons
Executive Vice President 
Marketing, Trading and 
Shipping

Meg O’Neill
Executive Vice President 
and Chief Operations 
Officer

Executive KMP actual remuneration1

FIXED REWARD
36%

1. This represents an average of all executive KMPs actual and variable remuneration for 2018.

2018 vestings

2015 WEP Equity Rights vested on 1 October 2018 including an adjustment due to the Retail Entitlement Offer

2014 deferred short-term award vested on 20 February 2018

2013 long-term award had a partial vesting of 65% on 5 March 2018 including an adjustment due to the 
Retail Entitlement Offer

2012 long-term award had a partial vesting of 14% on 5 March 2018 including an adjustment due to the 
Retail Entitlement Offer

VARIABLE REWARD
64%

Shares

2,323

2,323

2,323

4,287

9,717

5,198

7,445

5,324

12,228

4,431

12,988

6,566

4,947

6,807

1,100

613

1,115

434

950

Executive KMP

Mr Abbott

Mr Gregory

Mr Matisons

Mr Abbott

Mr Edwardes

Mr Gregory

Mr Loader

Mr Matisons

Mr Utsler

Mr Abbott

Mr Edwardes

Mr Gregory

Mr Loader

Mr Matisons

Mr Utsler

Mr Abbott

Mr Edwardes

Mr Gregory

Mr Matisons

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Table 6a – Valuation summary of CEO and executive KMP EIS for 2018

Name

Year

P Coleman

M Abbott

S Duhe

R Edwardes

S Gregory

P Loader4

R Matisons

M O'Neill5

M Utsler6

2018

2018

2018

2018

2018

2018

2018

2018

2018

Cash1

$

612,113 

100,721 

144,976 

170,422 

123,403 

15,063 

108,688 

139,948 

48,103 

Restricted Shares²
3 year vesting period

Restricted Shares²
5 year vesting period

Performance Rights3 
5 year vesting period

$

$

1,360,220

1,483,006

223,799

322,164

378,704

274,206

33,465

241,513

310,980

106,881

244,160

351,438

413,118

299,134

36,509

263,463

339,261

116,609

$

851,081 

140,121 

201,686 

237,084 

171,670 

20,952 

151,198 

194,698 

66,921 

Total EIS

$

4,306,420

708,801

1,020,264

1,199,328

868,413

105,989

764,862

984,887

338,514

1.  Represents the cash incentive earned in the respective year, which is actually paid in the following year. Amounts were translated to US dollars using closing spot rate on 31 December 2018.
2.  The number of Restricted Shares allocated was calculated by dividing the amount of the executive's entitlement allocated to restricted shares by the face value of Woodside shares. The USD fair value 
of Restricted Shares as at their date of grant has been estimated by reference to the closing share price at 31 December 2018. Grant date has been determined to be the date of the Board of Directors 
approval, being 13 February 2019 and any differences between the estimated fair value at 31 December 2018 to the final fair value will be trued-up in the following 2019 financial year. The fair value 
is not related to or indicative of the benefit (if any) that an individual executive may ultimately realise should these equity instruments vest.

3.  The number of Performance Rights allocated for 2018 was calculated by dividing the amount of the executive's entitlement allocated to performance rights by the face value of Woodside shares. 
The USD fair value shown above has been estimated at the date of grant based on preliminary modelling. Grant date has been determined to be the date of the Board of Directors' approval, 
being 13 February 2019 and any differences between the estimated fair value at 31 December 2018 to the final fair value will be trued-up in the following 2019 financial year. The amount listed 
above is not related to or indicative of the benefit (if any) that an individual executive may ultimately receive should these equity instruments vest.

4.  Mr Loader ceased being executive KMP on 28 February 2018 and ceased employment on 30 June 2018.
5.  Ms O'Neill commenced employment with Woodside on 1 May 2018.
6.  Mr Utsler ceased being executive KMP on 27 April 2018 and ceased employment on 1 November 2018.

Table 6b – Valuation summary of CEO and executive KMP EIP for 2017

Name

P Coleman

M Abbott

S Duhe4

R Edwardes

S Gregory

P Loader

R Matisons

M Utsler

Year

2017

2017

2017

2017

2017

2017

2017

2017

STA Cash1

STA Deferred2

$

1,875,061 

234,046 

21,809 

333,532 

239,529 

256,787 

184,074 

475,262 

$

850,617 

106,175 

9,873 

151,290 

108,649 

116,476 

83,483 

215,589 

LTA3

$

Total EIP

$

1,263,852 

3,989,530 

84,263 

10,468 

160,109 

86,229 

123,265 

88,364 

171,107 

424,484 

42,150 

644,931 

434,407 

496,528 

355,921 

861,958 

1.  Represents the short-term incentive earned in the respective year, which is actually paid in the following year. Amounts were translated to US dollars using closing spot rate on 31 December 2017.
2.  The number of shares allocated under the STA was calculated by dividing the amount of the executive's entitlement by the face value of Woodside shares. The USD fair value of Restricted Shares 
as at their date of grant has been determined by reference to the share price at acquisition. The fair value is not related to or indicative of the benefit (if any) that an individual executive may 
ultimately realise should these equity instruments vest.

3.  The number of shares allocated under the LTA for 2017 was calculated by dividing the amount of the executive's entitlement by the face value of Woodside shares. The USD fair value shown 

above has been determined at the date of grant by applying the binomial valuation method combined with a Monte Carlo simulation. The amount listed above is not related to or indicative of the 
benefit (if any) that individual executives may ultimately receive should these equity instruments vest.

4.  Ms Duhe commenced employment with Woodside on 1 December 2017.

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Other equity plans

Woodside has a history of providing employees with the opportunity to participate in ownership of shares in the company and  
using equity to support a competitive base remuneration position, including the legacy Executive Incentive Plan. 

Details of prior year allocations are provided in Table 13 on pages 92-94. The terms applying to prior year grants are described  
in past Woodside Annual Reports.

Executive Incentive Plan (EIP) 
The EIP operated as Woodside’s executive incentive framework until the end of 2017 when the Board introduced the EIS. The EIP  
was used to deliver STA and LTA to executive KMP. 

Eligible executives could only receive an STA award if their individual annual performance was assessed as acceptable. Participants 
were then divided into “Pool Groups”, with the size of the pool determined by each participant's target STA, and then adjusted based 
on the corporate scorecard result. 

STA made up 30-33% of total target remuneration for executive KMP with no individual maximum STA opportunity because the size 
of the STA pool varied from year to year depending on performance and other factors. 

LTA was granted in the form of Variable Pay Rights (VPRs) making up 20-22% of total target remuneration for executive KMP. 

The award was divided into two portions with each portion subject to a separate RTSR performance hurdle tested over a four-year 
period. One-third of the LTA will be tested against a comparator group that comprises of the entities within the ASX 50 index.  
The remaining two-thirds will be tested against an international group of oil and gas companies. 

RTSR outcomes are calculated by an external adviser on the fourth anniversary of the allocation. For 2017 awards, any VPRs that  
do not vest, will lapse and are not retested. Prior awards of VPRs allowed for a retest at the end of a five-year period. 

Table 7 illustrates how EIP awards for executive KMP were allocated, as well as their lifecycle in future years.

Table 7 – Overview of EIP

Performance Year

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

PERFORMANCE YEAR
Executives must have been employed for at least part of 
the Performance Year and achieve at least an acceptable 
level of performance in their individual performance 
assessments to be eligible for an EIP award. 

F
O
S
T
S
I
S
N
O
C
R
A
V

ELIGIBLE EXECUTIVES RECEIVE 
A VAR UNDER THE EIP 
VAR for a Performance Year was 
calculated as a percentage of FAR, which 
was determined by the Board taking into 
account relevant data on levels of variable 
reward being offered in the market. 

60% STA
Adjusted in accordance with the STA 
pooling and performance assessment 
process. Two-thirds of the STA was 
paid as cash while the other third was 
awarded as Restricted Shares. 

40% LTA
Awarded as VPRs.

RESTRICTED SHARES
Subject to a three-year 
deferral period.

VPRS
Subject to RTSR performance 
over a four-year period up to 
the vesting date with no retest.

Details of prior year allocations are provided in Table 13 on pages 92-94.

CEO STA & LTA
The CEO’s incentive arrangements are governed by his contract of employment. For previous years the CEO’s STA award was 
determined by multiplying the CEO’s FAR by the corporate scorecard result and the CEO’s individual performance factor as 
determined by the Board. Two-thirds of the award was paid in cash with the remaining third delivered as a deferred equity award 
of Restricted Shares, subject to an overall cap of two times FAR.

For 2017, the LTA opportunity was set at 133% of his FAR. The entitlement was allocated at face value and in the form of VPRs and 
divided into two portions with each subject to a separate RTSR performance hurdle tested over a four year period with no retest. 
One- third of the LTA will be tested against a comparator group that comprises the entities within the ASX 50 index. The remaining 
two-thirds will be tested against an international group of oil and gas companies.

Details of prior year allocations are provided in Table 13 on pages 92-94.

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Woodside Equity Plan (WEP)
The WEP is available to all permanent employees, but since 1 January 2018 has excluded EIS participants. The purpose of the WEP is 
to enable eligible employees to build up a holding of equity in the company as they progress through their career at Woodside.

The number of Equity Rights (ERs) offered to each eligible employee is determined by the Board, and based on individual 
performance as assessed under the performance review process. There are no further ongoing performance conditions. The linking  
of performance to an allocation allows Woodside to recognise and reward eligible employees for high performance.

Each ER entitles the participant to receive a Woodside share on the vesting date three years after the effective grant date.

Supplementary Woodside Equity Plan (SWEP)
In October 2011, the Board approved a remuneration strategy which includes the use of equity to support a competitive base 
remuneration position. To this end, the Board approved the establishment of the SWEP to enable the offering of targeted 
retention awards of ERs for key capability. The SWEP was designed to be offered to a small number of employees identified as 
being retention critical. The SWEP awards have service conditions and no performance conditions. Each ER entitles the participant 
to receive a Woodside share on the vesting date three years after the effective grant date.

There were no allocations under the SWEP in 2018. Table 13 on pages 92-94 includes a summary of executive KMPs interests in ERs.

ERs under both the WEP and the SWEP may vest prior to the vesting date on a change of control or on a pro-rata basis, at the 
discretion of the CEO, limited to the following circumstances; redundancy, retirement (after six months’ participation), death, 
termination due to illness or incapacity or total and permanent disablement of a participating employee. An employee whose 
employment is terminated by resignation or for cause prior to the vesting date will forfeit all of their ERs.

Equity awards
In February 2018, the Board approved the equity award rules which apply to EIS and discretionary executive allocations.  
This allows the Board and CEO to award discretionary allocations of Restricted Shares or Performance Rights. 

An award of 133,366 Restricted Shares was made to Ms Meg O’Neill upon commencement of employment with Woodside on 1 May 2018 
to recognise certain rights that were forfeited with her prior employer. The Restricted Shares will vest in three tranches on each of  
1 May 2019, 1 May 2021 and 1 May 2023, subject to Ms O’Neill not resigning or being terminated for cause prior to the vesting date.  
No further vesting conditions were attached. Further details are set out in Table 13 on page 92-94.

Contracts for executive KMP

All executive KMP have a contract of employment. Table 8 below contains a summary of the key contractual provisions of the 
contracts of employment for the executive KMP.

Table 8 – Summary of contractual provisions for executive KMP

Employing company

Contract Duration

Termination notice 
period company1, 2 

Termination notice  
period executive

P Coleman

Woodside Petroleum Ltd

Unlimited

12 months

M Abbott

S Duhe

Woodside Energy Ltd

Unlimited

Woodside Energy Ltd

Unlimited

R Edwardes

Woodside Energy Ltd

Fixed term contract until  
31 December 2019

S Gregory

Woodside Energy Ltd

Unlimited

R Matisons

Woodside Energy Ltd

Unlimited

M O’Neill

Woodside Energy Ltd

Unlimited

6 months

6 months

6 months

6 months

12 months

6 months

6 months

3 months

6 months

6 months

3 months

6 months

3 months

1.  Termination provisions – Woodside may choose to terminate the contract immediately by making a payment in lieu of notice equal to the fixed remuneration the executive would have received 

during the ‘Company Notice Period’. In the event of termination for serious misconduct or other nominated circumstances, executives are not entitled to this termination payment. Any payments 
made in the event of a termination of an executive contract will be consistent with the Corporations Act 2001.

2.  On termination of employment, executives will be entitled to the payment of any fixed remuneration calculated up to the termination date, any leave entitlement accrued at the termination date 
and any payment or award permitted under the EIP and Equity Award Rules. Executives are restrained from certain activities for specified periods after termination of their employment in order 
to protect Woodside’s interests.

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Non-executive directors (NEDs)

Remuneration Policy
Woodside’s Remuneration Policy for NEDs aims to attract, retain, motivate and to remunerate fairly and responsibly having regard to:

 + the level of fees paid to NEDs relative to other major Australian companies

 + the size and complexity of Woodside’s operations

 + the responsibilities and work requirements of Board members.

Fees paid to NEDs are recommended by the HR&C Committee based on benchmarking from external remuneration consultants, and 
determined by the Board, subject to an aggregate limit of A$3.75 million per financial year, which was approved by shareholders at 
the 2014 AGM.

The minimum shareholding requirements for NEDs was reviewed in 2018. NEDs are now required to have acquired shares for a total 
purchase price of at least 100% of their pre-tax annual fee after five years on the Board. The NEDs may utilise the Non-Executive 
Directors’ Share Plan (NEDSP) to acquire the shares on market at market value. As the shares are acquired with net fees the shares  
in the NEDSP are not subject to any forfeiture conditions.

NEDs remuneration structure
NEDs remuneration consists of base Board fees and committee fees, plus statutory superannuation contributions or payments in lieu 
(currently 9.5%). Other payments may be made for additional services outside the scope of Board and committee duties. NEDs do 
not earn retirement benefits other than superannuation and are not entitled to any form of performance-linked remuneration.

Table 9 below shows the annual base Board and committee fees for NEDs.

In addition to these fees, NEDs are entitled to reimbursement of reasonable travel, accommodation and other expenses incurred 
attending meetings of the Board, committees or shareholders, or while engaged on Woodside business. NEDs are not entitled to 
compensation on termination of their directorships.

Effective 1 January 2019 an allowance is paid to any NED required to travel internationally to attend Board commitments, 
compensating for factors related to long-haul travel. Where travel is between six and ten hours, an allowance of $5,000 gross per  
trip is paid. Where travel exceeds 10 hours, an allowance of $10,000 gross per trip is paid.

Board fees are not paid to the CEO, as the time spent on Board work and the responsibilities of Board membership are considered  
in determining the remuneration package provided as part of the normal employment conditions.

The total remuneration paid to, or in respect of, each NED in 2018 is set out in Table 14 on page 95.

Table 9 – Annual base Board and committee fees for NEDs

Position 

Chairman of the Board2

Non-executive directors3

Committee chair

Committee member

Board1

A$

723,3004

212,7004

Audit & Risk 
Committee

Human Resources 
& Compensation 
Committee

Sustainability 
Committee

Nominations 
Committee

A$

A$

A$

56,0004

27,9004

52,0005

26,5005

47,4004

23,7004

A$

Nil

Nil

1.  NEDs receive Board and committee fees plus statutory superannuation (or payments in lieu for overseas based NEDs).
2.  Inclusive of committee work.
3.  Board fees paid to NEDs other than the Chairman.
4.  Annual fee from 1 July 2014.
5.  Annual fee from 1 July 2018.

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Human Resources & Compensation Committee

The Committee assists the Board to determine appropriate remuneration policies and structures for NEDs and executives. 
Further information on the role of the Committee is described in section 3.4 of the Corporate Governance Statement, available on 
Woodside's website.

Use of remuneration consultants

The Committee directly engages independent external advisers to provide input to the process of reviewing NEDs and executive 
remuneration. The Committee may receive executive remuneration advice directly from external independent remuneration 
consultants. Table 10 below shows the fees payable to independent external remuneration consultants during 2018.

Under communications and engagement protocols adopted by the company, the market data reports were provided directly to  
the Committee Chair, and the consultants provided a statement to the Committee that the reports had been prepared free of undue 
influence from executive KMP. The Committee had full oversight of the review process and therefore it, and the Board, were satisfied 
that the work undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers was free from undue influence by executive KMP.

Table 10 – Fees paid to remuneration consultants

Remuneration consultant

Services provided

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Remuneration benchmarking for the 2018 NED fee review

Remuneration benchmarking and modelling for the EIS

Remuneration benchmarking for the 2018 CEO remuneration review

Fees

A$184,609 (ex GST)

A$15,000 (ex GST)

A$25,500 (ex GST)

PricewaterhouseCoopers provided other services to Woodside including provision of taxation advice and general financial and 
business consulting which resulted in a total of A$3,967,077 fees paid by Woodside.

Reporting notes

Reporting in United States dollars
In this report, the remuneration and benefits reported have been presented in US dollars, unless otherwise stated. This is consistent 
with the functional and presentation currency of the company.

Compensation for Australian-based employees and all executive KMP is paid in Australian dollars and, for reporting purposes, 
converted to US dollars based on the applicable exchange rate at the date of payment. Valuation of equity awards is converted at  
the spot rate applying when the equity award is granted.

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Statutory tables

Table 11 - Compensation of executive KMP for the year ended 31 December 2018 and 2017

Fixed Annual Reward

Variable Annual Reward

Short-term

Post

Cash

Share based 
payments

Salaries, 
fees and 
allowances

Benefits 
and 
allowances 
(including 
 non-
monetary)1

Company 
contributions to 
superannuation 

Cash2

Share plans3

Long 
service 
leave

Termination 
benefits

Total remuneration4

Performance 
related5

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

A$

P Coleman 
Chief Executive Officer

2018

1,964,585

44,260

15,149

612,113

3,755,729

147,126

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6,538,962

8,807,377

7,914,105 10,266,600

909,781

1,226,641

983,756

1,281,013

1,112,571

1,501,811

308,683

402,986

1,996,778

2,688,150

1,890,649

2,456,444

1,204,600

1,623,340

1,079,246

1,409,030

-

-

-

-

-

1,682,683

2,186,728

984,849

1,327,826

1,015,831

1,325,726

2,550,923

3,497,641

-

-

%

67

74

46

51

38

10

56

54

43

54

55

56

47

50

61

-

49

55

2017

1,893,748

51,310

15,197 1,875,061

3,994,496

84,293

2018

430,015

17,060

14,569

100,721

322,263

25,153

2017

349,823

17,049

92,801

234,046

270,277

19,760

2018

628,922

35,984

7,544

144,976

279,663

15,482

2017

197,922

78,528

-

21,809

9,186

1,238

2018

790,884

27,563

15,149

170,422

951,554

41,206

2017

807,124

17,532

15,197

333,532

688,578

28,686

2018

532,588

19,062

15,149

123,403

393,253

121,145

2017

444,512

17,003

15,197

239,529

339,217

23,788

M Abbott 
Senior Vice President 
Corporate and Legal

S Duhe 
Executive Vice President 
and Chief Financial 
Officer6,7

R Edwardes, 
Executive Vice President 
Development8

S Gregory 
Senior Vice President and 
Chief Technology Officer

P Loader 
Executive Vice President 
Global Exploration7, 9, 10

R Matisons 
Executive Vice President 
Marketing, Trading and 
Shipping

M O'Neill 
Executive Vice President 
and Chief Operations 
Officer7, 11

M Utsler 
Executive Vice President 
and Chief Operations 
Officer7, 12, 13

2018

360,299

7,102

2017

681,242

41,783

-

-

256,787

681,840

21,031

15,063

349,044 (88,098)

21,012

664,422

853,388

2018

469,000

19,746

12,977

108,688

357,139

17,299

2017

385,171

23,336

79,248

184,074

323,310

20,692

2018

846,751

129,600

11,531

139,948

1,407,427

15,666

2017

-

-

2018

873,307

13,869

2017

1,026,372

22,006

-

-

-

-

-

-

48,103

829,668 (116,234)

153,035

1,801,748

2,352,842

475,262

828,789

30,656

2,383,085

3,094,964

1.  Reflects the value of allowances and non-monetary benefits (including relocation, travel, health insurance, car parking and any associated fringe benefit tax).
2.  The amount represents the cash earned in the respective year, which is actually paid in the following year. Amounts were translated to USD using closing spot rate on 31 December 2018.
3.  ‘Share plan’ incorporates all equity based plans. In accordance with the requirements of AASB 2 Share-based Payment, the fair value of rights as at their date of grant has been determined by 
applying the Black-Scholes option pricing technique or applying the binomial valuation method combined with a Monte Carlo simulation. The fair value of rights is amortised over the vesting 
period from the commencement of the service period, such that ‘total remuneration’ includes a portion of the fair value of unvested equity compensation during the year. The portion of the 
expense relating to the 2018 EIS has been measured using estimated fair values as disclosed in footnotes 2 and 3 in Table 6a. The amount included as remuneration is not related to or indicative 
of the benefit (if any) that individual executives may ultimately realise should these equity instruments vest.

4.  The total remuneration in AUD is converted from USD using exchange rates on the date of each transaction. This non-IFRS information is included for the purposes of showing the total annual 

cost of benefits to the company in Australian dollars for the service period.

5.  Performance related outcomes are calculated using the USD total remuneration figure.
6.  Ms Duhe commenced with Woodside on 1 December 2017.
7.  As non-residents for Australian tax purposes Ms Duhe, Mr Loader, Ms O'Neill and Mr Utsler have elected to receive a cash payment in lieu of all superannuation contributions, in accordance with 
the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992. The cash payment is subject to (PAYG) income tax and paid as part of their normal monthly salary. The amount is included in salaries, 
fees and allowances.

8.  Mr Edwardes' 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 share based payment amortisation expenses have been accelerated based on his contract end date of 31 December 2019.
9.  Mr Loader's 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 share based payment amortisation expenses have been accelerated based on his contract end date of 30 June 2018.
10. Mr Loader ceased being executive KMP on 28 February 2018 and ceased employment 30 June 2018. Includes $306,774 of salaries, fees and allowances received by Mr Loader for the period of  

1 March 2018 to 30 June 2018 whilst he was on gardening leave.

11.  Ms O'Neill commenced with Woodside on 1 May 2018.
12.  Mr Utsler's 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 share based payment amortisation expenses have been accelerated based on his contract end date of 1 November 2018.
13.  Mr Utsler ceased being executive KMP on 27 April 2018 and ceased employment on 1 November 2018. Includes $688,104 of salaries, fees and allowances received by Mr Utsler for the period of  

28 April 2018 to 1 November 2018 whilst he was on gardening leave.

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Table 12 - Peer group of international oil and gas companies

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 

Apache Corporation 

ConocoPhillips

Hess Corporation 

Inpex Corporation 

Kosmos Energy

Marathon Oil Company

Murphy Oil Corporation 

Noble Energy

Oil Search Limited 

Origin Energy Limited

Santos Ltd 

Tullow Oil PLC

Table 13 – Summary of CEO and executive KMPs allocated, vested or lapsed equity 

Name

Type of equity1

Grant date

Allocation date

Vesting date2,3

Awarded 
but not 
vested

Vested in 
2018

% of total 
vested

Lapsed 
in 2018

Fair 
value of 
equity4,5,13

P Coleman

Restricted Shares

1 January 2014

20 February 2015 20 February 2018

45,334

45,334

100

Restricted Shares

1 January 2015

19 February 2016 19 February 2019

Restricted Shares

16 December 2016 27 February 2017 27 February 2019

Restricted Shares

1 January 2016

27 February 2017 27 February 2020

Restricted Shares

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 20 February 2021

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2022

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

47,905

48,225

48,225

37,822

61,660

67,226

-

-

-

-

-

-

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2012

22 February 2013 5 March 2018

99,8226

14,097

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2013

21 February 2014 21 February 2018

158,5406

103,051

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2014

20 February 2015 20 February 2019

169,0226

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2015

19 February 2016 19 February 2020

155,4026

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2016

27 February 2017 27 February 2021

106,0676

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 20 February 2022

104,797

Performance Rights

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

67,226

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14

65

-

-

-

-

-

M Abbott7

Restricted Shares

1 January 2014

20 February 2015 20 February 2018

Restricted Shares

1 January 2015

19 February 2016 19 February 2019

Restricted Shares

1 January 2016

27 February 2017 27 February 2020

Restricted Shares

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 20 February 2021

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2022

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2012

22 February 2013 5 March 2018

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2013

21 February 2014 21 February 2018

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2015

19 February 2016 19 February 2020

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2016

27 February 2017 27 February 2021

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 20 February 2022

Performance Rights

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

WEP Equity Rights

1 October 2015

WEP Equity Rights

1 October 2017

-

-

1 October 2018

1 October 2020

4,287

4,788

5,339

4,721

10,145

11,068

4,3496

6,8186

9,5216

7,0176

6,987

11,068

2,3236

1,1616

4,287

100

-

-

-

-

-

613

4,431

-

-

-

-

2,323

-

-

-

-

-

-

14

65

-

-

-

-

100

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

85,725

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3,736

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

34.80

31.15

22.73

20.88

22.49

22.06

22.06

15.90

20.77

17.45

17.39

12.05

12.06

12.66

34.80

31.15

20.88

22.49

22.06

22.06

15.90

20.77

17.39

12.05

12.06

12.66

18.07

20.33

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Table 13 – Summary of CEO and executive KMPs allocated, vested or lapsed equity (cont.)

Awarded 
but not 
vested

Vested in 
2018

% of total 
vested

Lapsed 
in 2018

Fair 
value of 
equity4,5,13

Name

Type of equity1

Grant date

Allocation date

Vesting date2,3

S Duhe8

Restricted Shares

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 20 February 2021

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2022

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 20 February 2022

Performance Rights

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

SWEP Equity Rights

1 December 2017

-

1 December 2020

R Edwardes

Restricted Shares

1 January 2014

20 February 2015 20 February 2018

Restricted Shares

1 January 2015

19 February 2016 19 February 2019

Restricted Shares

1 January 2016

27 February 2017 27 February 2020

Restricted Shares

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 20 February 2021

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2022

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2012

22 February 2013 5 March 2018

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2013

21 February 2014 21 February 2018

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2014

20 February 2015 20 February 2019

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2015

19 February 2016 19 February 2020

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2016

27 February 2017 27 February 2021

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 20 February 2022

Performance Rights

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

S Gregory

Restricted Shares

1 January 2014

20 February 2015 20 February 2018

Restricted Shares

1 January 2015

19 February 2016 19 February 2019

Restricted Shares

1 January 2016

27 February 2017 27 February 2020

Restricted Shares

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 20 February 2021

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2022

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2012

22 February 2013 5 March 2018

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2013

21 February 2014 21 February 2018

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2014

20 February 2015 20 February 2019

439

14,604

15,931

868

15,931

15,1536

9,717

10,507

9,658

6,727

17,167

18,727

7,9006

19,9816

21,2926

19,5766

13,3616

13,276

18,727

5,198

6,218

7,038

4,831

12,430

13,560

3,0796

10,1016

11,3916

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2015

19 February 2016 19 February 2020

10,4726

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2016

27 February 2017 27 February 2021

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 20 February 2022

Performance Rights

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

WEP Equity Rights

1 October 2015

WEP Equity Rights

1 October 2017

-

-

1 October 2018

1 October 2020

P Loader9

Restricted Shares

1 January 2014

20 February 2015 20 February 2018

Restricted Shares

1 January 2015

19 February 2016 19 February 2019

Restricted Shares

1 January 2016

27 February 2017 10 July 2018

Restricted Shares

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 10 July 2018

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2022

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2013

21 February 2014 21 February 2018

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2014

20 February 2015 20 February 2019

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2015

19 February 2016 19 February 2020

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2016

27 February 2017 27 February 2021

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 20 February 2022

Performance Rights

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

7,1486

7,150

13,560

2,3236

1,7476

7,445

8,051

8,787

5,179

1,517

1,655

7,6116

16,3146

15,0006

10,2386

10,221

1,655

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

9,717

100

-

-

-

-

-

1,115

12,988

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14

65

-

-

-

-

-

5,198

100

-

-

-

-

-

434

6,566

-

-

-

-

-

2,323

-

7,445

-

8,787

5,179

-

-

4,947

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14

65

-

-

-

-

-

100

-

100

-

100

100

-

-

65

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6,785

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,645

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

22.49

22.06

22.06

12.06

12.66

21.26

34.80

31.15

20.88

22.49

22.06

22.06

15.90

20.77

17.45

17.39

12.05

12.06

12.66

34.80

31.15

20.88

22.49

22.06

22.06

15.90

20.77

17.45

17.39

12.05

12.06

12.66

18.07

20.33

34.80

31.15

20.88

22.49

22.06

22.06

20.77

17.45

17.39

12.05

12.06

12.66

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Table 13 – Summary of CEO and executive KMPs allocated, vested or lapsed equity (cont.)

Name

Type of equity1

Grant date

Allocation date

Vesting date2,3

R Matisons10

Restricted Shares

1 January 2014

20 February 2015 20 February 2018

Restricted Shares

1 January 2015

19 February 2016 19 February 2019

Restricted Shares

1 January 2016

27 February 2017 27 February 2020

Restricted Shares

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 20 February 2021

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2022

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2012

22 February 2013 5 March 2018

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2013

21 February 2014 21 February 2018

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2015

19 February 2016 19 February 2020

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2016

27 February 2017 27 February 2021

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 20 February 2022

Performance Rights

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

WEP Equity Rights

1 October 2015

WEP Equity Rights

1 October 2017

-

-

1 October 2018

1 October 2020

M O'Neill11

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2022

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

Performance Rights

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

Restricted Shares

1 May 2018

Restricted Shares

1 May 2018

Restricted Shares

1 May 2018

1 May 2018

1 May 2018

1 May 2018

1 May 2019

1 May 2021

1 May 2023

M Utsler12

Restricted Shares

1 January 2014

20 February 2015 20 February 2018

Restricted Shares

1 January 2015

19 February 2016 19 February 2019

Restricted Shares

1 January 2016

27 February 2017 1 November 2018

Restricted Shares

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 1 November 2018

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2022

Restricted Shares

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2013

21 February 2014 21 February 2018

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2014

20 February 2015 20 February 2019

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2015

19 February 2016 19 February 2020

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2016

27 February 2017 27 February 2021

RTSR Tested VPRs

1 January 2017

20 February 2018 20 February 2022

Performance Rights

13 February 2019

19 February 2019 19 February 2024

Awarded 
but not 
vested

Vested in 
2018

% of total 
vested

Lapsed 
in 2018

Fair 
value of 
equity4,5,13

5,324

5,541

5,583

3,712

10,948

11,943

6,7326

10,4736

10,7976

7,3686

7,327

11,943

2,3236

1,1616

14,097

15,379

15,379

59,270

37,048

37,048

12,228

10,876

13,673

9,586

4,845

5,286

1,6926

21,4356

19,7076

14,1996

14,188

5,286

5,324

100

-

-

-

-

-

950

6,807

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14

65

-

-

-

-

2,323

100

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12,228

-

13,673

9,586

-

-

1,100

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

100

-

100

100

-

-

65

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5,782

.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

34.80

31.15

20.88

22.49

22.06

22.06

15.90

20.77

17.39

12.05

12.06

12.66

18.07

20.33

22.06

22.06

12.66

24.45

24.45

24.45

34.80

31.15

20.88

22.49

22.06

22.06

20.77

17.45

17.39

12.05

12.06

12.66

1.  For valuation purposes all VPRs and equity rights are treated as if they will be equity settled.
2.  Vesting date and exercise date are the same. Vesting is subject to satisfaction of vesting conditions. Full details of the vesting conditions for all prior year equity grants to executive KMP are 

included in the remuneration report for the relevant year. The minimum total value of the grants for future financial years is nil if relevant vesting conditions are not satisfied. An estimate of the 
maximum possible total value in future financial years is the fair value at grant date multiplied by the number of equity instruments awarded.

3.  Any RTSR-tested VPRs allocated prior to 2017 that do not vest as a result of the first test will be re-tested over a five year performance period. RTSR-tested VPRs allocated in 2017 and 

performance rights will not be re-tested. The second test date for earlier VPR allocations is one year after the vesting date listed in the table.

4.  In accordance with the requirements of AASB 2 Share-based Payment, the fair value of variable pay rights as at their date of grant has been determined by applying the Black-Scholes option 

pricing technique or binomial valuation method combined with a Monte Carlo simulation. The amount included as remuneration is not related to or indicative of the benefit (if any) that individual 
executives may ultimately realise should these equity instruments vest.

5.  The fair value of Rights and Restricted Shares as at their date of grant has been determined by reference to the share price at acquisition. The fair value is not related to or indicative of the benefit 

(if any) that individual executives may ultimately realise should these equity instruments vest.

6.  The RTSR-tested VPRs allocated for the 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 performance years and the 2015 and 2017 WEP allocations have been updated to include any adjustments made as part of 

the Retail Entitlement Offer.

7.  Mr Abbott did not meet the definition of executive KMP under AASB 124 for years prior to 2015. Previous years' figures are not shown.
8.  Ms Duhe commenced employment with Woodside on 1 December 2017.
9.  Mr Loader ceased being executive KMP on 28 February 2018 and ceased employment on 30 June 2018.
10. Mr Matisons did not meet the definition of executive KMP under AASB 124 for years prior to 2015. Previous years' figures are not shown.
11.  Ms O'Neill commenced employment with Woodside on 1 May 2018.
12.  Mr Utsler ceased being executive KMP on 27 April 2018 and ceased employment on 1 November 2018.
13.  Fair values for the 2018 EIS with a grant date of 13 February 2019 have been estimated as disclosed in footnotes 2 and 3 of Table 6a.

94   Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

Table 14 - Total remuneration paid to NEDs in 2018 and 2017

The following table provides a detailed breakdown of the components of remuneration for each of the company’s NEDs.

Non-executive director

Short-term

Cash salary and fees

Post employment

Pension super

Salaries, fees and allowances 
$

Company contributions to superannuation 
$

R Goyder1

M A Chaney2

L Archibald3

M A Cilento 

F C Cooper 

C Haynes

I Macfarlane

A D Pickard

S Ryan

G Tilbrook

2018

2017

2018

2017

2018

2017

2018

2017

2018

2017

2018

2017

2018

2017

2018

2017

2018

2017

2018

2017

 449,968 

69,080

 171,227 

554,241

 216,076 

203,850

 213,606 

217,467

 219,354 

224,057

 216,076 

221,765

 198,637 

203,043

 233,162 

234,168

 197,329 

202,524

 198,375 

211,265

 14,969 

6,507

 17,951 

52,653

 - 

-

 20,293 

20,659

 20,839 

21,285

 - 

-

 15,149 

14,852

 - 

-

 18,747 

19,240

 18,846 

18,301

1.  Mr Goyder was appointed as a Director on 1 August 2017 and was appointed Chairman on 20 April 2018. 
2.  Mr Chaney ceased being Chairman on 19 April 2018. 
3.  Mr Archibald was appointed as a Director on 1 February 2017.

Total 
$

 464,937 

75,587

 189,178 

606,894

 216,076 

203,850

 233,899 

238,126

 240,193 

245,342

 216,076 

221,765

 213,786 

217,895

 233,162 

234,168

 216,076 

221,764

 217,221 

229,566

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Remuneration Report   95

 
 
 
Table 15 - Executive KMP share and equity holdings

Details of shares held by executive KMP including their personally related entities1 for the 2018 financial year are as follows:

Name

Non-executive Directors

Type of 
equity

Opening holding 
at 1 January 20182 NEDSP3

Rights allocated 
in 2018

Rights vested 
in 2018

Restricted 
Shares granted

Net changes 
- other4

Closing holding at 
31 December 20185

R Goyder

M Chaney6

L Archibald

M Cilento

F Cooper

C Haynes

I MacFarlane

A Pickard

S Ryan

G Tilbrook

Executives

P Coleman

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

 12,500    

 1,744    

 20,000    

 -      

 1,088    

 1,106    

 3,559    

 6,396    

 944    

 1,133    

 7,565    

 1,106    

 873    

 2,376    

 5,748    

 7,153    

Equity Rights

Shares

 682,766    

 349,443    

M Abbott

Equity Rights

Shares

S Duhe

Equity Rights

Shares

R Edwardes

Equity Rights

Shares

S Gregory

Equity Rights

P Loader7

Equity Rights

Shares

Shares

R Matisons

Equity Rights

Shares

M O'Neill 

Equity Rights

M Utsler8

Equity Rights

Shares

Shares

 38,111    

 15,996    

 15,000    

 -      

 81,353    

 42,244    

 45,824    

 20,754    

 48,670    

 37,693    

 50,072    

 38,404    

 -      

 -      

 56,460    

 51,449    

 986    

 1,178    

 986    

 -      

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 110,884    

 - 

 7,334    

 - 

 1,021    

 - 

 14,033    

 - 

 7,587    

 - 

 10,221    

 - 

 7,775    

 - 

 -      

-

 14,188

-

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

(117,148)

 117,148    

(7,367)

 7,367    

 - 

 - 

(14,103)

 14,103    

(9,323)

 9,323    

 - 

-

(10,080)

 10,080    

 -

 -      

(1,089)

1,089

 -      

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 1,390    

(20,000)

 120    

 396    

 711    

 841    

 97    

 264    

 639    

 796    

(85,725)    

 37,822    

(38,066)

 - 

 4,721    

 - 

 439    

 6,727    

 - 

 4,831    

 - 

 5,179    

 - 

(3,736)

(5,000)

 - 

 - 

(6,785)    

(2,645)    

(7,128)

(58,891)

(42,872)

(5,782)    

 3,712    

(16,496)

 - 

 133,366    

 - 

 9,586    

 - 

 - 

(69,559)

(62,124)

 15,634    

 - 

 2,314    

 4,899    

 8,240    

 9,512    

 1,956    

 3,818    

 7,373    

 7,949    

 590,777  

 466,347  

 34,342  

 23,084  

 16,021  

 439  

 74,498  

 63,074  

 41,443  

 27,780  

-

-

 41,985  

 35,700  

 -   

 133,366  

-

-

1.  Personally related entities include a KMP's spouse, dependants or entities over which they have direct control or significant influence.
2.  Opening holding represents amounts carried forward in respect of KMP.
3.  Related to participation in the Non-executive Directors' Share Plan (NEDSP).
4.  For NEDs only (excluding M Chaney), related to participation in the entitlement of one new share for every nine shares held on the record date of 19 February 2018, under the Entitlement Offer 

announced on 14 February 2018.

5.  Closing equity rights holdings represents unvested options and rights held at the end of the reporting period. There are no options and rights vested but unexercised as at 31 December 2018.
6.  Mr Chaney ceased being Chairman on 19 April 2018.
7.  Mr Loader ceased being KMP on 28 February 2018.
8.  Mr Utsler ceased being KMP on 27 April 2018.

96   Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

Glossary

Key terms used in the Remuneration Report
Term
Committee
EIP
EIS
ER

Meaning
The Human Resources & Compensation Committee
The Executive Incentive Plan
Executive Incentive Scheme
Equity right. ERs are awarded under the WEP and SWEP and each one entitles participants to receive a fully 
paid share in Woodside on the vesting date (or a cash equivalent in the case of international assignees).  
No amount is payable by the Executive on the grant or vesting of an ER
A senior employee whom the Board has determined to be eligible to participate in the EIS

Executive
Executive Director Peter Coleman
Executive KMP
KMP
KPI
LTA
NED
NEDSP
Performance Right Each Performance Right is a right to receive a fully paid ordinary share in Woodside (or, at the Board’s discretion, 

The Executive Director and senior executives listed in Table 1 on page 78
Key management personnel
Key performance indicator
Long-term award
Non-executive director
The Non-executive Director Share Plan

as cash equivalent). No amount is payable by the Executive on the grant or vesting of a Performance Right
The year to which an EIS award relates

Performance Year
Restricted Shares Woodside ordinary shares that are awarded to Executives as the deferred component of their STA or as a part 
of their VAR under the EIS. No amount is payable by the Executive on the grant or vesting of a Restricted Share
Relative total shareholder return
A corporate scorecard of key measures that aligns with Woodside’s overall business performance
Short-term award
The Supplementary Woodside Equity Plan
Variable Annual Reward
Variable Pay Right. Each VPR is a right to receive a fully paid ordinary share in Woodside (or, at the Board’s 
discretion, as cash equivalent). No amount is payable by the Executive on the grant or vesting of a VPR
The Woodside Equity Plan

RTSR
Scorecard
STA
SWEP
VAR
VPR

WEP

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Remuneration Report   97

 
CONTENTS

Financial statements

Consolidated income statement 

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 

Consolidated statement of financial position 

Consolidated statement of cash flows 

Consolidated statement of changes in equity 

Notes to the financial statements

About these statements 

A.  Earnings for the year 

A.1  Segment revenue and expenses 

A.2  Finance costs 

A.3  Dividends paid and proposed 

A.4  Earnings per share 

A.5  Taxes 

B.  Production and growth assets 

B.1  Segment production and growth assets 

B.2  Exploration and evaluation 

B.3  Oil and gas properties 

B.4  Impairment of oil and gas properties 

B.5  Significant production and growth asset acquisitions 

100

101

102

103

104

105

107

108

110

110

110

110

112

113

114

115

116

116

C.  Debt and capital 

C.1  Cash and cash equivalents 

C.2  Interest-bearing liabilities and financing facilities 

C.3  Contributed equity 

C.4  Other reserves 

D.  Other assets and liabilities 

D.1  Receivables 

D.2  Inventories 

D.3  Payables 

D.4  Provisions 

D.5  Other financial assets and liabilities 

D.6  Segment assets and liabilities 

D.7  Non-current assets held for sale 

E.  Other items 

E.1  Contingent liabilities and assets 

E.2  Leases 

E.3  Employee benefits 

E.4  Related party transactions 

E.5  Auditor remuneration 

E.6  Events after the end of the reporting period 

E.7  Joint arrangements 

E.8  Parent entity information 

E.9  Subsidiaries 

E.10 Other accounting policies 

Directors’ declaration 

Independent audit report 

117

118

118

119

120

121

122

122

122

123

124

124

125

126

127

127

127

129

129

129

129

130

131

133

135

136

Significant changes in the current reporting period
The financial performance and position of the Group were particularly affected by the following events and transactions during the 
reporting period:

•  Wheatstone LNG Train 2 and Greater Western Flank Phase 2 commenced production. Refer to Note A.1 for the assets’ results for the period.

•  The Company completed an equity raising of 93,706,646 shares at a discounted price of A$27.00 per share. The net proceeds from the 

equity raising were US$1,949 million. For more details, refer to Note A.4 and C.3.

•  The purchase of ExxonMobil’s interests in the Scarborough area assets on 29 March 2018, for a total purchase consideration of            

US$444 million. For more details, refer to Note B.5.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Financial Statements  99

 
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
for the year ended 31 December 2018

Operating revenue 
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Other income 
Other expenses
Profit before tax and net finance costs
Finance income
Finance costs
Profit before tax
Petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT) benefit
Income tax expense
Profit after tax
Profit attributable to:

Equity holders of the parent
Non-controlling interest

Profit for the period
Basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to equity holders of the parent (US cents)

Notes

A.1
A.1

A.1
A.1

A.2

A.5
A.5

E.9

A.4

2018
US$m

5,240 
(2,604)
2,636 
79 
(437)
2,278 
33 
(216)
2,095 
52 
(680)
1,467 

1,364 
103 
1,467 
148.1 

Restated* 
2017
US$m

3,975 
(1,963)
2,012 
16 
(314)
1,714 
10 
(94)
1,630 
136 
(601)
1,165 

1,069 
96 
1,165 
123.4 

The accompanying notes form part of the Financial Statements.
*Certain amounts shown here do not correspond to the 2017 Annual Financial Statements, refer to Note E.10(b).

100  Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

 
 
 
 
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
for the year ended 31 December 2018

Profit for the period

Other comprehensive income
Items that may be reclassified to the income statement in subsequent periods:
Losses on hedges
Tax effect on employee share plans

Items that will not be reclassified to the income statement in subsequent periods:
Remeasurement gains on defined benefit plan

Other comprehensive (loss)/income for the period, net of tax
Total comprehensive income for the period
Total comprehensive income attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent
Non-controlling interest
Total comprehensive income for the period

The accompanying notes form part of the Financial Statements.
*Certain amounts shown here do not correspond to the 2017 Financial Statements, refer to Note E.10(b).

2018
US$m

1,467 

Restated* 
2017
US$m

1,165 

-
(4)

1 

(3)
1,464 

1,361 
103 
1,464 

(2)
8 

4 

10 
1,175 

1,079 
96 
1,175 

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Financial Statements  101

 
 
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
as at 31 December 2018

Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Receivables
Inventories
Other financial assets
Other assets
Non-current assets held for sale
Total current assets

Non-current assets
Receivables
Other financial assets 
Other assets
Exploration and evaluation assets
Oil and gas properties
Other plant and equipment 
Deferred tax assets
Total non-current assets
Total assets

Current liabilities
Payables
Interest-bearing liabilities 
Other financial liabilities 
Other liabilities
Provisions 
Tax payable
Total current liabilities

Non-current liabilities
Interest-bearing liabilities 
Deferred tax liabilities
Other financial liabilities 
Other liabilities
Provisions
Total non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
Net assets

Equity 
Issued and fully paid shares
Shares reserved for employee share plans
Other reserves
Retained earnings
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent 
Non-controlling interest
Total equity 

Notes

C.1
D.1
D.2
D.5

D.7

D.1
D.5

B.2
B.3

A.5

D.3
C.2
D.5

D.4
A.5

C.2
A.5
D.5

D.4

C.3
C.3
C.4

E.9

2018
US$m

1,674 
487 
155 
54 
31 
10 
2,411 

208 
30 
17 
4,180 
18,881 
182 
1,179 
24,677 
27,088 

586 
79 
48 
43 
215 
74 
1,045 

3,992 
2,062 
20 
64 
1,583 
7,721 
8,766 
18,322 

8,880 
(31)
985 
7,655 
17,489 
833 
18,322 

Restated* 
2017
US$m

318 
406 
186 
74 
27 
-
1,011 

155 
31 
8 
3,530 
19,398 
141 
1,125 
24,388 
25,399 

645 
76 
11 
29 
220 
61 
1,042 

4,989 
1,811 
22 
77 
1,547 
8,446 
9,488 
15,911 

6,919 
(35)
997 
7,200 
15,081 
830 
15,911 

The accompanying notes form part of the Financial Statements.
*Certain amounts shown here do not correspond to the 2017 Financial Statements, refer to Note E.10(b).

102  Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

Cash flows from operating activities
Profit after tax for the period

Adjustments for:
Non-cash items

Depreciation and amortisation 
Change in fair value of derivative financial instruments
Net finance costs
Tax expense
Exploration and evaluation written off
Impairment loss
Other

Changes in assets and liabilities

(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables
Decrease/(increase) in inventories
Decrease in provisions
Decrease/(increase) in other assets and liabilities
Decrease in trade and other payables

Cash generated from operations
Purchases of shares and payments relating to employee share plans
Interest received
Dividends received
Borrowing costs relating to operating activities
Income tax paid 
PRRT received
Payments for restoration 
Net cash from operating activities

Cash flows used in investing activities
Payments for capital and exploration expenditure
Proceeds from disposal of other plant and equipment
Borrowing costs relating to investing activities
Payments for acquisition of joint arrangements net of cash acquired
Net cash used in investing activities

Cash flows used in financing activities

Proceeds from borrowings
Repayment of borrowings
Borrowing costs relating to financing activities
Contributions to non-controlling interests
Dividends paid

Net proceeds from equity raising
Net cash used in financing activities

Net increase in cash held
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
Effects of exchange rate changes 
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

Notes

2018
US$m

Restated* 
2017
US$m

1,467 

1,165 

1,497 
(2)
183 
628 
94 
39 
9 

(96)
22 
(14)
45 
(5)

3,867 
(56)
29 
8 
(131)
(414)
2
(9)
3,296 

(1,334)
71 
(65)
(444)
(1,772)

-
(1,003)
(47)
(149)
(909)

1,949 
(159)

1,365 
318 
(9)
1,674 

1,204 
(1)
84 
465 
58 
-
28 

9 
(25)
(75)
(24)
(9)

2,879 
(47)
10 
6 
(21)
(411)
6
(22)
2,400 

(1,390)
-
(178)
-
(1,568)

2,220 
(2,133)
(15)
(51)
(826)

-
(805)

27 
285 
6 
318 

B.5

C.2
C.2

C.1

The accompanying notes form part of the Financial Statements.
*Certain amounts shown here do not correspond to the 2017 Financial Statements, refer to Note E.10(b).

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1,165 
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US$m

C.4
US$m

C.4
US$m

C.4
US$m

US$m

US$m

At 1 January 2018
Profit for the period
Other comprehensive loss
Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the period
Shares issued
Share issue costs (net of tax)
Employee share plan purchases
Employee share plan redemptions
Share-based payments
Dividends paid 
At 31 December 2018

At 1 January 2017 (restated*)
Profit for the period (restated*)
Other comprehensive income/(loss)
Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the period (restated*)
Employee share plan purchases
Employee share plan redemptions 
Share-based payments
Dividends paid 
At 31 December 2017 (restated*)

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-
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8,880 

6,919 
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-
-
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6,919 

(35)
-
-
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-
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-
-
-
(47)
42 
-
-
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218 
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-
-
-
(60)
51 
-
206 

198 
-
12 
12 
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(42)
50 
-
218 

793 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
793 

793 
-
-
-
-
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793 

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-
-
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(2)
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-
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1,364 
-
1,364 
-
-
-
-
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7,655 

6,957 
1,069 
-
1,069 
-
-
-
(826)
7,200 

15,081 
1,364 
(3)
1,361 
1,989 
(28)
(56)
-
51 
(909)
17,489 

14,825 
1,069 
10 
1,079 
(47)
-
50 
(826)
15,081 

The accompanying notes form part of the Financial Statements.
*Certain amounts shown here do not correspond to the 2017 Financial Statements, refer to Note E.10(b).

104  Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
About these statements

Woodside Petroleum Ltd (Woodside or the Group) is a for-
profit entity limited by shares, incorporated and domiciled in 
Australia. Its shares are publicly traded on the Australian Securities 
Exchange. The nature of the operations and the principal activities 
of the Group are described in the Directors’ Report and in the 
segment information in Note A.1.

The financial statements were authorised for issue in accordance 
with a resolution of the directors on 14 February 2019.

Statement of compliance

The financial statements are general purpose financial statements, 
which have been prepared in accordance with the requirements 
of the Corporations Act 2001, Australian Accounting Standards 
(AASBs) and other authoritative pronouncements of the 
Australian Accounting Standards Board. The financial statements 
comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)  
as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

The accounting policies are consistent with those disclosed in the 
2017 Financial Statements, except for the impact of all new or 
amended standards and interpretations. The adoption of these 
standards and interpretations did not result in any significant 
changes to the Group’s accounting policies, with the exception 
of AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (AASB 15) 
(refer to Note E.10(b)). The Group early adopted AASB 9 Financial 
Instruments (AASB 9) on 1 January 2017. 

The Group has not elected to early adopt any new or amended 
standards or interpretations that are issued but not yet effective. 

Currency

The functional and presentation currency of Woodside Petroleum 
Ltd and all its subsidiaries is US dollars.

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded in the 
functional currency of the transacting entity at the exchange rates 
ruling at the date of transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities 
denominated in foreign currencies at the reporting date are 
translated at the rates of exchange ruling at that date. Exchange 
differences in the consolidated financial statements are taken to 
the income statement.

Rounding of amounts

The amounts contained in these financial statements have been 
rounded to the nearest million dollars under the option available 
to the Group under Australian Securities and Investments 
Commission (ASIC) Corporations (Rounding in Financial/Directors’ 
Reports) Instrument 2016/191 dated 24 March 2016, unless 
otherwise stated.

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost 
basis, except for derivative financial instruments and certain other 
financial assets and financial liabilities, which have been measured 
at fair value or amortised cost adjusted for changes in fair  
value attributable to the risks that are being hedged in effective 
hedge relationships.

The financial statements comprise the financial results of the 
Group and its subsidiaries as at 31 December each year (refer to 
Section E). 

Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control 
is obtained by the Group and cease to be consolidated from the 
date at which the Group ceases to have control.

The financial statements of subsidiaries are prepared for the 
same reporting period as the parent company, using consistent 
accounting policies. All intercompany balances and transactions, 
including unrealised profits and losses arising from intra-group 
transactions, have been eliminated in full.

The consolidated financial statements provide comparative 
information in respect of the previous period. A reclassification of 
items in the financial statements of the previous period has been 
made in accordance with the classification of items in the financial 
statements of the current period.

Non-controlling interests are allocated their share of the net 
profit after tax in the consolidated income statement, their share 
of other comprehensive income net of tax in the consolidated 
statement of comprehensive income and are presented within 
equity in the consolidated statement of financial position, 
separately from parent shareholders’ equity.

Financial and capital risk management 
The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the establishment 
and oversight of the Group’s risk management framework, including 
review and the approval of the Group’s risk management strategy, 
policy and key risk parameters. The Board of Directors and the Audit 
and Risk Committee have oversight of the Group’s internal control 
system and risk management process, including the oversight of the 
internal audit function.

The Group’s management of financial and capital risks is aimed  
at ensuring that available capital, funding and cash flows are  
sufficient to:

•  meet the Group’s financial commitments as and when  

they fall due;

•  maintain the capacity to fund its committed project 

developments;

•  pay a reasonable dividend; and

•  maintain a long-term credit rating of not less than  

‘investment grade’.

The Group monitors and tests its forecast financial position against 
these criteria and, in general, will undertake hedging activity only 
when necessary to ensure that these objectives are achieved.

Other circumstances that may lead to hedging activities include the 
management of exposures relating to trading activities, the purchase 
of reserves and the underpinning of the economics of a new project. 
It is, and has been throughout the period, the Group Treasury 
policy that no speculative trading in financial instruments shall be 
undertaken. Refer to the risk section of the Operating and Financial 
Review on pages 60–62 for more information on the Group’s 
objectives, policies and processes for managing financial risk.

The below risks arise in the normal course of the Group’s business. 
Risk information can be found in the following sections:

Section A
Section A
Section C
Section C
Section C
Section D

Commodity price risk
Foreign exchange risk
Capital risk
Liquidity risk
Interest rate risk
Credit risk

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Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Financial Statements  105

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTSfor the year ended 31 December 2018 
Key estimates and judgements
In applying the Group’s accounting policies, management continually 
evaluates judgements, estimates and assumptions based on 
experience and other factors, including expectations of future events 
that may have an impact on the Group. All judgements, estimates and 
assumptions made are believed to be reasonable based on the most 
current set of circumstances known to management. Actual results 
may differ from those judgements, estimates and assumptions. 
Significant judgements, estimates and assumptions made by 
management in the preparation of these financial statements are 
found in the following notes:

Note A.1
Note A.5
Note B.2
Note B.3
Note B.4
Note D.4
Note E.7

Revenue from contracts with customers
Taxes
Exploration and evaluation
Oil and gas properties
Impairment of oil and gas properties
Provisions
Joint arrangements

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106  Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTSfor the year ended 31 December 2018NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS A. EARNINGS FOR THE YEAR
for the year ended 31 December 2018

In this section

This section addresses financial performance of the Group for the reporting period including, where applicable, the accounting policies 
applied and the key estimates and judgements made. The section also includes the tax position of the Group for and at the end of the 
reporting period.

A.

A.1

A.2

A.3

A.4

A.5

Earnings for the year

Segment revenue and expenses

Finance costs

Dividends paid and proposed

Earnings per share

Taxes

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Key financial and capital risks in this section

Commodity price risk management 
The Group’s revenue is exposed to commodity price fluctuations. Commodity prices are measured by monitoring and stress testing 
the Group’s forecast financial position to sustained periods of low oil and gas prices. This analysis is regularly performed on the Group’s 
portfolio and, as required, for discrete projects and acquisitions.

As at the reporting date, the Group had no financial instruments with material exposure to commodity price risk.

Foreign exchange risk management 
Foreign exchange risk arises from future commitments, financial assets and financial liabilities that are not denominated in US dollars.  
The majority of the Group’s revenue is denominated in US dollars. The Group is exposed to foreign currency risk arising from operating and 
capital expenditure incurred in currencies other than US dollars, particularly Australian dollars.

Measuring the exposure to foreign exchange risk is achieved by regularly monitoring and performing sensitivity analysis on the  
Group’s financial position.

A reasonably possible change in the exchange rate of the US dollar to the Australian dollar (+12%/-12% (2017: +12%/-12%)), with all other 
variables held constant, would not have a material impact on the Group’s equity or the profit or loss in the current period. Refer to Notes 
C.1, C.2, D.1 and D.3 for detail of the denomination of cash and cash equivalents, interest-bearing liabilities, receivables and payables held at  
31 December 2018.

In order to hedge the foreign exchange risk and interest rate risk (refer to Section C) of a Swiss Franc (CHF) denominated medium-term 
note, Woodside holds a number of cross-currency interest rate swaps (refer to Note C.2). The aim of this hedge is to convert the fixed 
interest CHF bond into variable interest US dollar debt.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Financial Statements  107

 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS A. EARNINGS FOR THE YEAR
for the year ended 31 December 2018

A.1  Segment revenue and expenses 

Operating segment information
The Group has identified its operating segments based on the 
internal reports that are reviewed and used by the executive 
management team in assessing performance and in determining 
the allocation of resources. The producing operating segments 
are consistent with the 2017 Financial Statements. In the reporting 
period, the Group’s development projects have been consolidated 
into one development segment for internal reporting purposes 
which comprises the Browse, Scarborough, Kitimat, Myanmar, 
Sunrise and Senegal projects. With the exception of Browse, 
which was previously a separate reporting segment, all other 
projects were previously included in the other reporting segment. 
Comparatives have been restated to reflect the updated operating 
segments reported internally.

Management monitors the performance of the operating results 
of the segments separately for the purpose of making decisions 
about resource allocation and performance assessment. The 
performance of operating segments is evaluated based on profit 
before tax and net finance costs and is measured in accordance 
with the Group’s accounting policies. 

Financing requirements, including cash and debt balances, finance 
income, finance costs and taxes are managed at a Group level.

Operating segments outlined below are identified by 
management based on the nature and geographical location  
of the business or venture.

Producing 
North West Shelf Project – Exploration, evaluation, 
development, production and sale of liquefied natural gas, 
pipeline natural gas, condensate and liquefied petroleum gas 
from the North West Shelf ventures.

Pluto LNG – Exploration, evaluation, development, production 
and sale of liquefied natural gas and condensate in assigned 
permit areas.

Australia Oil – Exploration, evaluation, development, 
production and sale of crude oil in assigned permit areas 
(North West Shelf, Enfield and Vincent).

Wheatstone LNG – Exploration, evaluation, development, 
production and sale of liquefied natural gas and condensate in 
assigned permit areas.

Development 
Development segments – This segment comprises 
exploration, evaluation and development of liquefied natural 
gas and condensate in the Browse, Scarborough, Kitimat, 
Myanmar, Sunrise and Senegal projects. 

Other 
Other segments – This segment comprises trading and 
shipping activities and activities undertaken in other 
international locations.

Unallocated items – Unallocated items comprise primarily 
corporate non-segmental items of revenue and expenses and 
associated assets and liabilities not allocated to operating 
segments as they are not considered part of the core 
operations of any segment.

108  Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

Major customer information
The Group has two major customers which account for 19% and 
14% of the Group’s external revenue. The sales are generated by 
the Pluto and North West Shelf operating segments (2017: two 
customers; 20% and 15%).

Revenue from external 
customers1

Non-current assets2

Restated 
20173
US$m
21,178 
Oceania
133 
Asia
1,349 
Canada
598 
Africa
5 
Other
23,263 
Consolidated
1.  Revenue is attributable to geographic location based on the location of the customers. 
2.  Non-current assets exclude deferred tax assets of US$1,179 million  

Restated 
20173
US$m
334 
3,439 
11 
-
191 
3,975 

2018
US$m
21,324 
192 
1,408 
558 
16 
23,498 

2018
US$m
286 
4,739 
5 
-
210 
5,240 

(2017: US$1,125 million).

3.  2017 amounts have been restated for the retrospective application of AASB 15.

Recognition and measurement 
Revenue from contracts with customers
Revenue is recognised when or as the Group transfers control of 
products or provides services to a customer at the amount to which 
the Group expects to be entitled. If the consideration includes a 
variable component, the expected consideration is adjusted for 
the estimated impact of the variable component at the point of 
recognition and re-estimated at every reporting period.

•  Revenue from sale of produced hydrocarbons

Revenue from the sale of produced hydrocarbons is recognised 
at a point in time when control of the product is transferred to 
the customer, which is typically on delivery.

Revenue from take or pay contracts is recognised in earnings when 
the product has been drawn by the customer (transfer of control) 
and recorded as unearned revenue until drawn by the customer.

•  Other operating revenue

Revenue earned from LNG processing and other services is 
recognised over time as the services are rendered.

Trading and other hydrocarbon revenue earned from sales 
of third-party products is recognised at a point in time when 
control of the product is transferred to the customer, which is 
typically on delivery.

Expenses
•  Royalties and excise duty 

Royalties and excise duty under existing regimes are considered 
to be production-based taxes and are therefore accrued on the 
basis of the Group’s entitlement to physical production.

Key estimates and judgements

Revenue from contracts with customers 
Judgment is required to determine the point at which the customer 
obtains control of hydrocarbons. Factors including transfer of legal title, 
transfer of significant risks and rewards of ownership and the existence 
of a present right to payment for the hydrocarbons typically result in 
control transferring on delivery of hydrocarbons at port of loading or 
port of discharge.

The transaction price at the date control passes for sales made subject to 
provisional pricing periods in oil and condensate contracts is determined 
with reference to quoted commodity prices.

Progress of performance obligations for LNG processing services 
revenue recognised over time is measured using the output method 
which most accurately measures the progress towards satisfaction of the  
performance obligation of the services provided.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS A. EARNINGS FOR THE YEAR
for the year ended 31 December 2018

A.1  Segment revenue and expenses (cont.)

Producing

Development

Other

North West 
Shelf

2018

Pluto

20171

20171

Australia Oil
20171
2018

Consolidated
20171
2018
2018
US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m
3,761  2,674 
8 
1,061 
153 
-
84 
422 
-
327 
391 
-
-

Development Other segments
2018

Wheatstone
20171
2018

2,280 
-
230 
-

1,763 
-
146 
-

903 
142 
276 
-

420 
-
94 
-

-
-
-
391 

-
-
-
301 

89 
651 
301 

-
11 
-
-

-
5 
-
-

20171

20171

20171

2018

2018

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

Unallocated 
items

25 

43 

-

-

-

-

-

1,497 

1,364 

2,510 

1,909 

301 

391 

514 

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

202 
71 

-
273 

192 
36 

19 
247 

1,497 
(124)
(211)
(7)
-
-
(342)
(5)

1,364 
(132)
(180)
(2)
(1)
-
(315)
(4)

2,783 
(157)
-
(14)
(9)
-
(180)
(24)

2,156 
(159)
-
(12)
13 
-
(158)
(24)

(13)
(247)

(7)
(226)

(44)
(803)

(35)
(744)

-
-

-
-

301 
(117)
(7)
(3)
(12)
-
(139)
-

(1)
(53)

-
-

-
-

391 
(125)
(7)
(7)
(8)
120 
(27)
-

-
-

1 
1 

515 
(62)
-
(1)
(3)
-
(66)
(28)

(3)
(94)

(16)
(190)

-

8 

-
-

28 
28 

36 
(15)
-
-
11 
-
(4)
(6)

(1)
(17)

(7)

(7)

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-

-

-

-

-

(272)

(244)

(871)

(803)

(54)

(97)

(234)

(24)

(42)
-

-
(42)
(656)

(15)
826 

(56)
-

(110)
(71)

(96)
(34)

-
-

-
(56)
(615)

-
(181)

(20)
(150)
(1,232) (1,111)

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-
(193)

(18)
731 

(5)
1,546 

(18)
1,027 

20 

12 

(3)
-
-

(3)

(4)

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(39)
(43)
(46)

(4)
-
-

(4)

(3)

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-
(3)
(7)

8 

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-
-

(6)

(16)

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-
(16)
(22)

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(8)
-
-

(8)

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-
(1)
(9)

-
108 

12 

(2)
-
-

(2)

(1)

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-
(1)
(3)

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-

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(124)

-
267 

7 

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-
-

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-
-
(1)

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-

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(34)
(334)

(1)
180 

13 

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-

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-
-
(1)

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-

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(27)
(55)

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(19)

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-
-

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-
-
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5 

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-

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-

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-
-
-
-
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-

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-

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-

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-
(5)

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-

4 

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-
-

-

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-
-
-
-

-

11 

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-

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-

11 
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-
-
-
-
(11)
-

-
-

-

-

-
-

-
-
(11)

-
-

(3)

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-
-

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(1)

-
-
(1)
(1)

-

-

-
139 

-
139 

139 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-

-

-

-
(151)

-
(151)
(151)

21 
9 

4 

-

-

-
17 

-
17 

17 
-
-
(1)
-
-
(1)
-

-
-

-

-

-
(21)

-
(21)
(22)

36 
31 

7 

-

-

-
-

-
-

-
-
-
(11)
-
-
(11)
-

-
-

-

-

(22)
-

-
(22)
(33)

-
(33)

-

-

-
-

-
-

25 

43 

4,827  3,683 

202 
210 

1 
413 

192 
53 

47 
292 

-
(1)
-
(1)
-
-
(2)
-

-
-

-

-

(23)
-

-
(23)
(25)

-
(25)

5,240  3,975 
(443)
(465)
(187)
(218)
(23)
(36)
15 
(24)
120 
-
(518)
(743)
(34)
(57)

(74)

(46)
(1,293) (1,081)

(7)

(7)

(1,431) (1,168)

(207)
(222)

(175)
(55)

(1)
(430)

(47)
(277)
(2,604) (1,963)

-

-
2,636  2,012 

18 

(8)

79 

16 

(121)
(46)
(94)

(104)
(16)
(58)

(261)

(178)

-
-
-

-

-
-
-

-

(133)
(46)
(94)

(119)
(16)
(58)

(273)

(193)

(4)

(7)

(78)

(87)

(103)

(99)

(1)
-
(5)
(266)

(1)
-
(8)
(186)

(19)
(2)
(99)
(99)

(19)
(2)
(108)
(108)

(20)
(41)
(164)
(437)

(20)
(2)
(121)
(314)

800 

736 

1,532 

1,018 

117 

273 

192 

(20)

4 

(4)

(253)

(148)

(114)

(141)

2,278  1,714 

Liquefied natural gas
Pipeline natural gas
Condensate
Oil 
Liquefied petroleum 
gas
Revenue from 
sale of produced 
hydrocarbons
Processing and services 
revenue
Trading revenue
Other hydrocarbon 
revenue
Other revenue
Operating revenue 
from contracts with 
customers
Production costs
Royalties and excise
Insurance
Inventory movement
Provision adjustment
Costs of production
Land and buildings
Transferred exploration 
and evaluation 
Plant and equipment 
Marine vessels and 
carriers
Oil and gas properties 
depreciation and 
amortisation
Shipping and direct 
sales costs
Trading costs
Other hydrocarbon 
costs
Other cost of sales
Cost of sales
Trading intersegment 
adjustments
Gross profit

Other income 
Exploration and 
evaluation expenditure
Amortisation
Write-offs
Exploration and 
evaluation

General, administrative 
and other costs
Depreciation of other 
plant and equipment
Other2
Other costs
Other expenses
Profit/(loss) before 
tax and net finance 
costs

1.  2017 amounts have been restated for the retrospective application of AASB 15 and the change of reporting segments.
2.  Other comprises impairment losses on non-current assets held for sale as well as other expenses not associated with the ongoing operations of the business.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Financial Statements  109

 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS A. EARNINGS FOR THE YEAR
for the year ended 31 December 2018

A.2  Finance costs

A.5  Taxes

Interest on interest-bearing liabilities
Accretion charge
Other finance costs
Less: Finance costs capitalised against qualifying 
assets

2018
US$m
207 
42 
27 

(60)
216 

2017
US$m
202 
39 
20 

(167)
94 

A.3  Dividends paid and proposed

Woodside Petroleum Ltd, the parent entity, paid and proposed 
dividends set out below:

(a) Dividends paid during the financial year
Prior year fully franked final dividend US$0.49, 
paid on 22 March 2018 (2017: US$0.49, paid on 29 
March 2017)
Current year fully franked interim dividend 
US$0.53 paid on 20 September 2018 (2017: 
US$0.49, paid on 21 September 2017)

(b) Dividend declared subsequent to the 
reporting period (not recorded as a liability)
Final dividend US$0.91 (2017: US$0.49)

(c) Other information
Franking credits available for the subsequent 
periods

Current year dividends per share (US cents)

A.4  Earnings per share

Profit attributable to equity holders of the parent 
(US$m)
Weighted average number of shares on issue
Basic and diluted earnings per share (US cents)

2018
US$m

2017
US$m

413 

496 
909 

413 

413 
826 

852

413 

1,634

144

2,032 

98 

2018

Restated 
2017

1,364 

1,069 
921,165,018  866,201,877 
123.4 

148.1 

Earnings per share is calculated by dividing net profit for the 
year attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent by the 
weighted average number of ordinary shares on issue during the 
year. The weighted average number of shares makes allowance 
for shares reserved for employee share plans. 

During the period, the Company completed an equity raising of 
93,706,646 shares at a discounted price of A$27.00 per share. 
As a result of the new shares issued, the weighted average 
number of ordinary shares to calculate EPS was adjusted by a 
theoretical ex-rights price factor. The adjustment factor of 1.03 
was used to restate the weighted average number of ordinary 
shares for the EPS calculation for all periods prior to the equity 
raising. Equity rights under employee share plans were adjusted 
in order to maintain value equivalence, resulting in an additional 
53,656 rights under the Woodside Equity Plan and 24,079 rights 
under the Executive Incentive Plan.

Performance rights of 9,702,925 (2017: 10,006,241) are considered 
to be contingently issuable and have not been allowed for in the 
diluted earnings per share calculation. 

There have been no transactions involving ordinary shares 
between the reporting date and the date of completion of these 
financial statements. 

110  Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

2018
US$m

Restated 
2017
US$m

(a) Tax expense comprises
PRRT

Current tax benefit
Deferred tax benefit

PRRT benefit
Income tax
Current year

Current tax expense
Deferred tax expense
Adjustment to prior years
Current tax benefit
Deferred tax (benefit)/expense

Income tax expense

Tax expense

(b) Reconciliation of income tax expense
Profit before tax
PRRT benefit
Profit before income tax
Income tax expense calculated at 30%
Non-deductible items
Foreign expenditure not brought to account
Adjustment to prior years
Foreign exchange impact on tax expense
Income tax expense

(c) Reconciliation of PRRT benefit
Profit before tax
Non-PRRT assessable profits
PRRT projects profit before tax
PRRT benefit calculated at 40%
Augmentation
Other
PRRT benefit

(d) Deferred tax income statement reconciliation
PRRT

Production and growth assets
Augmentation for current year
Provisions
Other

PRRT deferred tax benefit
Income tax

Oil and gas properties
Exploration and evaluation assets
Provisions
PRRT liabilities
Unused tax losses and tax credits
Other

Income tax deferred tax expense
Deferred tax expense

(e) Deferred tax balance sheet reconciliation
Deferred tax assets
PRRT

Production and growth assets
Augmentation for current year
Provisions
Other

(3)
(49)
(52)

426 
259 

-
(5)
680 

628 

2,095 
52 
2,147 
644 
(1)
51 
(5)
(9)
680 

2,095 
(1,785)
310 
124 
(190)
14 
(52)

189 
(190)
(23)
(25)
(49)

97 
65 
(8)
15 
96 
(19)
246 
197 

987 
174 
21 
(3)
1,179 

(3)
(133)
(136)

384 
189 

(3)
31 
601 

465 

1,630 
136 
1,766 
530 
2 
35 
28 
6 
601 

1,630 
(1,577)
53 
21 
(183)
26 
(136)

(49)
(183)
105 
(6)
(133)

198 
9 
39 
39 
(50)
(23)
212 
79 

933 
178 
24 
(10)
1,125 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS A. EARNINGS FOR THE YEAR
for the year ended 31 December 2018

Restated 
2017
US$m

2018
US$m

Deferred taxes 
Deferred tax expense is the movements in the temporary 
differences between the carrying amount of an asset or liability in 
the statement of financial position and its tax base. 

A.5  Taxes (cont.)

(e) Deferred tax balance sheet reconciliation (cont.)
Deferred tax liabilities
PRRT

Production and growth assets
Augmentation for current year
Provisions
Other
Income tax

Oil and gas properties
Exploration and evaluation assets
Provisions
PRRT liabilities
Unused tax losses and tax credits
Other1

(f) Tax payable reconciliation
Income tax payable

(g) Effective income tax rate: Australian and global 
operations
Effective income tax rate2

Australia
Global

(h) Current year income tax expense reconciliation
Profit before income tax
Income tax at the statutory tax rate of 30%
Non-temporary differences3,4 
Temporary differences: deferred tax4
Current year income tax expense

523 
(16)
(155)
(7)

1,733 
373 
(493)
251 
(73)
(74)
2,062 

463 
(5)
(129)
11 

1,636 
308 
(485)
236 
(169)
(55)
1,811 

(74)
(74)

(61)
(61)

29.4%
31.7%

31.4%
34.0%

2,147
644
49 
(258)
435

1,766
530
37
(189)
378

1.  US$4 million (2017: US$8 million) movement recognised in other comprehensive 

income.

2.  The global operations effective income tax rate (ETR) is calculated as the Group’s 

income tax expense divided by profit before income tax. The Australian operations 
ETR is calculated with reference to all Australian companies and excludes foreign 
exchange impact on tax expense.

3.  Primarily expenditure in respect of foreign operations. Excludes foreign exchange 

impact on tax expense.

4.  Excludes adjustment to prior years.

Tax transparency code 
Woodside participates in the Australian Board of Taxation’s 
voluntary Tax Transparency Code (TTC). To increase public 
confidence in the contributions and compliance of corporate 
taxpayers, the TTC recommends public disclosure of tax 
information. Woodside has addressed the recommended 
disclosures in two parts. The Part A disclosures are addressed 
within this Taxes note; the Part B disclosures are addressed in our 
Sustainable Development Report.

Recognition and measurement 
Current tax assets and liabilities are measured at the amount 
expected to be recovered from or paid to the taxation authorities. 
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that 
are expected to apply in the period in which the liability is settled or 
the asset is realised. The tax rates and laws used to determine the 
amount are based on those that have been enacted or substantially 
enacted by the end of the reporting period. Income taxes relating to 
items recognised directly in equity are recognised in equity. 

Current taxes 
Current tax expense is the expected tax payable on the taxable 
income for the year and any adjustment to tax payable in respect  
of previous years. 

With the exception of those noted below, deferred tax liabilities 
are recognised for all taxable temporary differences. Deferred 
tax assets are recognised for deductible temporary differences, 
unused tax losses and tax credits only if it is probable that sufficient 
future taxable income will be available to utilise those temporary 
differences and losses. 

Deferred tax is not recognised if the temporary difference arises 
from goodwill or from the initial recognition (other than in a 
business combination) of assets and liabilities in a transaction that 
affects neither accounting profit nor the taxable profit. 

In relation to PRRT, the impact of future augmentation on 
expenditure is included in the determination of future taxable 
profits when assessing the extent to which a deferred tax asset can 
be recognised in the statement of financial position. 

Offsetting deferred tax balances 
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset only if there is a legally 
enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and 
when they relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation 
authority on either the same taxable entity or different taxable 
entities that the Group intends to settle its current tax assets and 
liabilities on a net basis. Refer to Notes E.9 and E.10 for detail on 
the tax consolidated group.

Key estimates and judgements 

(a) Income tax classification 
Judgement is required when determining whether a particular tax is 
an income tax or another type of tax. Accounting for deferred tax is 
applied to income taxes as described above, but is not applied to other 
types of taxes, e.g. North West Shelf royalties and excise. Such taxes are 
recognised in the income statement on an appropriate basis. PRRT is 
considered, for accounting purposes, to be an income tax.

(b)  Deferred tax asset recognition 
Australian tax losses: A deferred tax asset of US$73 million  
(2017: US$169 million) has been recognised from carry forward unused 
tax losses and credits. The Group has determined that it is probable that 
sufficient future taxable income will be available to utilise those losses 
and credits.

Foreign tax losses: Deferred tax assets of US$399 million  
(2017: US$403 million) relating to unused foreign tax losses have not 
been recognised on the basis that it is not probable that the assets will be 
utilised based on current planned activities in those regions.

PRRT: Certain deferred tax assets on deductible temporary differences 
have not been recognised on the basis that deductions from future 
augmentation of the deductible temporary difference will be sufficient 
to offset future taxable profit. US$3,792 million (2017: US$3,722 million) 
relates to the North West Shelf Project, US$589 million (2017: US$501 
million) relates to the quarantined exploration spend of the Pluto Project 
and US$767 million (2017: US$680 million) relates to the Wheatstone 
Project. Future taxable profits were determined using a long-term bond 
rate of 2.8% (2017: 2.5%) for the purposes of augmentation.

Had an alternative approach been used to assess recovery of the 
deferred tax assets, whereby future augmentation was not included in 
the assessment, the additional deferred tax assets would be recognised, 
with a corresponding benefit to income tax expense. It was determined 
that the approach adopted provides the most meaningful information 
on the implications of the PRRT regime, whilst ensuring compliance with 
AASB 112 Income Taxes.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Financial Statements  111

 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS B. PRODUCTION AND GROWTH ASSETS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

In this section

This section addresses the strategic growth (exploration and evaluation) and core producing (oil and gas properties) assets position 
of the Group at the end of the reporting period including, where applicable, the accounting policies applied and the key estimates and 
judgements made. The section also includes the impairment position of the Group at the end of the reporting period. 

B.

B.1

B.2

B.3

B.4

B.5

Production and growth assets

Segment production and growth assets

Exploration and evaluation

Oil and gas properties

Impairment of oil and gas properties

Significant production and growth asset acquisitions

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS B. PRODUCTION AND GROWTH ASSETS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

B.1  Segment production and growth assets

Producing

Development

Other

North West 
Shelf

Consolidated
2017
2018
2018
US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m

Australia Oil Wheatstone Development
20172
2018

20172

Pluto

2018

2018

2018

2018

2017

2017

2017

2017

Other 
segments

Balance as at 31 December
Oceania
Asia
Canada
Africa
Other
Total exploration and evaluation

Balance as at 31 December
Land and buildings
Transferred exploration and evaluation
Plant and equipment
Marine vessels and carriers
Projects in development
Total oil and gas properties

Additions to exploration and evaluation:
Exploration
Evaluation
Restoration

Additions to oil and gas properties:
Oil and gas properties additions
Capitalised borrowing costs additions1
Restoration

16 
-
-
-
-
16 

16 
-
-
-
-
16 

464 
-
-
-
-
464 

402 
-
-
-
-
402 

21 
-
-
-
-
21 

21 
-
-
-
-
21 

18 
-
-
-
-
18 

832 
7  1,324 
-
-
-
1,408  1,348 
-
537 
-
563 
-
-
-
7  3,295  2,717 

19 
106 

412 
289 

436 
333 
9,428  10,222 
-

24 
69 
2,262  2,263 
115 
268 

-
11 
339 
-
-
62  1,172 
166 
2,519  2,739  10,295  11,053  1,522 

59 
73 

-
12 

661 
668 
235 
219 
409  3,428  3,190 
7 
-
7 
568 
520 
219 
989  4,541  4,613 

-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-

159 
192 
-
-
15 
366 

1 
-
3 
-
-
4 

169 
133 
-
61 
4 
367 

2,002 
192 
1,408 
563 
15 
4,180 

1,447 
133 
1,348 
598 
4 
3,530 

1,100 
625 

1,122 
1 
-
649 
3  15,460  16,087 
-
122 
66 
-
1,418 
1,630 
4  18,881  19,398 

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

129 
7 
(35)
101 

171 
8 
36 
215 

58 
9 
(1)
66 

110 
-
(1)
109 

1 
10 
(5)
6 

22 
-
18 
40 

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

-
11 
-
11 

-
7 
-
7 

-
580 
(2)
578 

29 
139 
2 
170 

99 
40 
-
139 

150 
43 
-
193 

483 
28 
76 
587 

286 
9 
1 
296 

144 
21 
(3)
162 

480 
150 
21 
651 

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

157 
640 
(3)
794 

866 
56 
37 
959 

180 
199 
(3)
376 

959 
167 
76 
1,202 

1.  Borrowing costs capitalised were at a weighted average interest rate of 4.4% (2017: 4.0%).
2.  2017 amounts have been restated for the change of reporting segments detailed in Note A.1.

Refer to Note A.1 for descriptions of the Group’s segments and geographical regions.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Financial Statements  113

 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS B. PRODUCTION AND GROWTH ASSETS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

B.2  Exploration and evaluation

Year ended 31 December 2018
Carrying amount at 1 January 2018
Additions
Amortisation of licence acquisition costs
Expensed1
Transferred exploration and evaluation
Carrying amount at 31 December 2018

Year ended 31 December 2017
Carrying amount at 1 January 2017
Additions
Amortisation of licence acquisition costs
Expensed1
Carrying amount at 31 December 2017

Exploration commitments
Year ended 31 December 2018
Year ended 31 December 2017

Oceania
US$m

Asia
US$m

Canada
US$m

Africa
US$m

Other
US$m

1,447 
570 
(11)
-
(4)
2,002 

1,392 
90 
(2)
(33)
1,447 

33 
82 

133 
76 
(4)
(13)
-
192 

61 
89 
(1)
(16)
133 

35 
63 

1,348 
60 
-
-
-
1,408 

1,284 
64 
-
-
1,348 

-
21 

598 
74 
(28)
(81)
-
563 

486 
132 
(11)
(9)
598 

3 
93 

4 
14 
(3)
-
-
15 

5 
1 
(2)
-
4 

36 
16 

Total
US$m

3,530 
794 
(46)
(94)
(4)
4,180 

3,228 
376 
(16)
(58)
3,530 

107 
275 

1.  $94 million of exploration and evaluation expensed relates to unsuccessful wells written off during the period (2017: $58 million). 

Recognition and measurement 
Expenditure on exploration and evaluation is accounted for 
in accordance with the area of interest method. The Group’s 
application of the accounting policy for the cost of exploring and 
of evaluating discoveries is closely aligned to the US GAAP-based 
successful efforts method.

Areas of interest are based on a geographical area. All exploration 
and evaluation expenditure, including general permit activity, 
geological and geophysical costs and new venture activity costs, is 
expensed as incurred except for the following:
•  where the expenditure relates to an exploration discovery that, 
at the reporting date, has not been recognised as an area of 
interest, because an assessment of the existence or otherwise of 
economically recoverable reserves is not yet complete; or

•  where the expenditure relates to a recognised area of interest 

and it is expected that the expenditure will be recouped through 
successful exploitation of the area of interest, or alternatively, 
by its sale.

The costs of acquiring interests in new exploration and evaluation 
licences are capitalised. The costs of drilling exploration wells are 
initially capitalised pending the results of the well. 

Costs are expensed where the well does not result in the 
successful discovery of economically recoverable hydrocarbons 
and the recognition of an area of interest.

Subsequent to the recognition of an area of interest, all further 
evaluation costs relating to that area of interest are capitalised.

Upon approval for the commercial development of an area of 
interest, accumulated expenditure for the area of interest is 
transferred to oil and gas properties.

In the statement of cash flows, those cash flows associated  
with capitalised exploration and evaluation expenditure,  
including unsuccessful wells, are classified as cash flows used  
in investing activities.

Exploration commitments 
The Group has exploration expenditure obligations which are 
contracted for, but not provided for in the financial statements. 
These obligations may be varied from time to time and are 
expected to be fulfilled in the normal course of operations  
of the Group.

Key estimates and judgements 

(a) Area of interest 
An area of interest (AOI) is defined by the Group as an individual 
geographical area whereby the presence of hydrocarbons is considered 
favourable or proved to exist. The Group has established criteria 
to recognise and maintain an AOI. There is separate guidance for 
conventional and unconventional AOIs.

(b) Impairment of exploration and evaluation assets
The recoverability of the carrying amount of the exploration and 
evaluation assets is dependent on successful development and 
commercial exploitation, or alternatively, sale of the respective AOI.

Each potential or recognised AOI is reviewed half-yearly to determine 
whether economic quantities of reserves have been found or whether 

further exploration and evaluation work is underway or planned to 
support continued carry forward of capitalised costs. Where a potential 
impairment is indicated, assessment is performed using a fair value less 
costs to dispose method to determine the recoverable amount for each 
AOI to which the exploration and evaluation expenditure is attributed.

This assessment requires management to make certain estimates and 
apply judgement in determining assumptions as to future events and 
circumstances, in particular, the assessment of whether economic 
quantities of reserves have been found. Any such estimates and 
assumptions may change as new information becomes available. If, after 
having capitalised expenditure under the policy, the Group concludes 
that it is unlikely to recover the expenditure by future exploitation or 
sale, then the relevant capitalised amount will be written off to the 
income statement.

114  Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS B. PRODUCTION AND GROWTH ASSETS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

B.3  Oil and gas properties

Year ended 31 December 2018
Carrying amount at 1 January 2018
Additions
Depreciation and amortisation 
Impairment loss
Completions and transfers
Carrying amount at 31 December 2018

At 31 December 2018
Historical cost
Accumulated depreciation and impairment 
Net carrying amount

Year ended 31 December 2017
Carrying amount at 1 January 2017
Additions
Depreciation and amortisation 
Completions and transfers
Carrying amount at 31 December 2017

At 31 December 2017
Historical cost
Accumulated depreciation and impairment 
Net carrying amount

Land and 
buildings
US$m

Transferred 
exploration and 
evaluation 
US$m

Plant and 
equipment
US$m

Marine vessels 
and carriers
US$m

Projects in 
development
US$m

1,122 
-
(57)
-
35 
1,100 

1,694 
(594)
1,100 

489 
-
(34)
667 
1,122 

1,903 
(781)
1,122 

649 
-
(74)
-
50 
625 

1,143 
(518)
625 

425 
-
(46)
270 
649 

1,093 
(444)
649 

16,087 
(56)
(1,293)
-
722 
15,460 

29,167 
(13,707)
15,460 

13,981 
39 
(1,093)
3,160 
16,087 

28,450 
(12,363)
16,087 

122 
-
(7)
(39)
(10)
66 

306 
(240)
66 

122 
-
(7)
7 
122 

316 
(194)
122 

1,418 
1,015 
-
-
(803)
1,630 

1,701 
(71)
1,630 

4,359 
1,163 
-
(4,104)
1,418 

1,530 
(112)
1,418 

Total 
US$m

19,398 
959 
(1,431)
(39)
(6)
18,881 

34,011 
(15,130)
18,881 

19,376 
1,202 
(1,180)
-
19,398 

33,292 
(13,894)
19,398 

Recognition and measurement
Oil and gas properties are stated at cost less accumulated 
depreciation and impairment charges. Oil and gas properties 
include initial cost to acquire, construct, install or complete 
production and infrastructure facilities such as pipelines and 
platforms, capitalised borrowing costs, transferred exploration and 
evaluation assets, development wells and the estimated cost of 
dismantling and restoration.

Subsequent capital costs, including major maintenance, are 
included in the asset’s carrying amount only when it is probable 
that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to 
the Group and the cost of the item can be measured reliably.

Depreciation and amortisation
Oil and gas properties and other plant and equipment are 
depreciated to their estimated residual values at rates based on 
their expected useful lives.

Transferred exploration and evaluation and offshore plant and 
equipment are depreciated using the unit of production basis 
over proved plus probable reserves or proved reserves for late 
life assets. Onshore plant and equipment is depreciated using 
a straight-line basis over the lesser of useful life and the life of 
proved plus probable reserves. On a straight-line basis the assets 
have an estimated useful life of 5-50 years.

All other items of oil and gas properties are depreciated using the 
straight-line method over their useful life. They are depreciated  
as follows:

•  Buildings – 24-40 years;

•  Other plant and equipment – 

•  Marine vessels and carriers – 

5-15 years; and

10-40 years;

•  Land is not depreciated.

Impairment
Refer to Note B.4 for details on impairment.

Capital commitments
The Group has capital expenditure commitments contracted for, 
but not provided for in the financial statements of US$331 million 
(2017: US$535 million).

Key estimates and judgements 

Reserves
The estimations of reserves requires significant management 
judgement and interpretation of complex geological and geophysical 
models in order to make an assessment of the size, shape, depth and 
quality of reservoirs, and their anticipated recoveries. 

Estimates of oil and natural gas reserves are used to calculate 
depreciation, depletion and amortisation charges for the Group’s oil 
and gas properties. Judgement is used in determining the reserve base 
applied to each asset. Typically, late life oil assets use proved reserves. 

Estimates are reviewed at least annually or when there are changes 
in the economic circumstances impacting specific assets or asset 
groups. These changes may impact depreciation, asset carrying 
values, restoration provisions and deferred tax balances. If proved 
reserves estimates are revised downwards, earnings could be 
affected by higher depreciation expense or an immediate write-down 
of the asset’s carrying value. 

For more information regarding reserve assumptions, refer to the 
reserves and resources statement on pages 64–67 of the 
Annual Report.

Depreciation and amortisation
Judgment is required in determing the commencement of 
depreciation and amortisation for an asset and is at the point that the 
project is ready for start up. 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS B. PRODUCTION AND GROWTH ASSETS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

B.4  Impairment of oil and gas properties

Recognition and measurement 
Impairment testing
The carrying amounts of oil and gas properties are assessed half-
yearly to determine whether there is an indication of impairment 
or impairment reversal for those assets which have previously 
been impaired. Indicators of impairment and impairment reversals 
include changes in future selling prices, future costs and reserves. 

Oil and gas properties are assessed for impairment indicators and 
impairments on a cash generating unit (CGU) basis. CGUs are 
determined as a floating production, storage and off-take vessel 
and associated oil fields for an oil asset and an LNG plant and 
associated gas fields for a gas asset.

If there is an indicator of impairment or impairment reversal for  
a CGU then the recoverable amount is calculated.

Impairment calculations
The recoverable amount of an asset or CGU is determined as the 
higher of its value in use and fair value less costs of disposal. Value 
in use is determined by estimating future cash flows after taking 
into account the risks specific to the asset and discounting it to its 
present value using an appropriate discount rate.

If the carrying amount of an asset or CGU exceeds its recoverable 
amount, the asset or CGU is written down and an impairment loss 
is recognised in the income statement.

For assets previously impaired, if the recoverable amount exceeds 
the carrying amount, the impairment loss is reversed. The carrying 
amount of the asset or CGU is increased to the revised estimate 
of its recoverable amount, but only to the extent that the asset’s 
carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would 
have been determined, net of depreciation or amortisation, if no 
impairment loss had been recognised.

Recognised impairment and impairment reversal
The Group assessed each CGU to determine whether an indicator 
of impairment or impairment reversal existed. All impairment losses 
and reversals are recognised in other expenses. Refer to Note A.1.

The conditional sale of two LNG vessels in the North West Shelf 
operating segment resulted in an impairment loss of US$39 million 
as the assets’ carrying value exceeded the fair value less costs of 
disposal. The fair value less costs of disposal was determined using 
in-principle sales agreements, classified as Level 3 on the fair value 
hierarchy. Refer to Note D.7 for further details.

No other indicators of impairment or impairment reversal were 
identified in 2017 or 2018.

Key estimates are disclosed in the ‘Key estimates and 
judgements’ section.

116  Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

Key estimates and judgements

Impairment and impairment reversal indicator key 
assumptions 
In determining whether there is an indicator of impairment or 
impairment reversal, the Group considers whether there has been a 
significant change in the following external and internal qualitative 
factors:

•  Commodity prices - LNG, natural gas and oil.
•   Economic factors - interest rates, inflation rates, foreign exchange 

rates and discount rates. 

•  Operating performance of an asset.
•  Reserve and resource estimates.
•  Project concept / planned use of assets.
•  Forecast project expenditure.

B.5  Significant production and growth  

asset acquisitions

On 29 March 2018, Woodside completed the acquisition of 
ExxonMobil’s 50% interest in WA-1-R, which contains the 
Scarborough gas field, for an aggregate purchase price of 
US$444 million. The transaction was accounted for as an asset 
acquisition. An additional US$300 million payment due to 
ExxonMobil is contingent on a positive final investment decision to 
develop the Scarborough field. In conjunction with the transaction, 
Woodside granted BHP Billiton an option to purchase an 
additional 10% interest in the Scarborough gas field on equivalent 
consideration terms to the transaction with ExxonMobil.

In addition to the contingent payment above, a US$150 million 
payment is due to BHP Billiton contingent on a positive final 
investment decision to develop the Scarborough field.

Both contingent payments associated with acquiring the 
Scarborough development are accounted for as contingent 
liabilities in accordance with the Group’s accounting policies.

Woodside now holds the following interest in Joint Operations 
relating to the Scarborough development:

•  a 75% interest in WA-1-R and a 50% interest in WA-62-R, which 

together contain the Scarborough gas field;

•  a 50% interest in WA-61-R which contains the Jupiter gas field; 

and

•  a 50% interest in WA-63-R which contains the Thebe gas field.

Assets acquired and liabilities assumed 
The identifiable assets and liabilities acquired as at the date of the 
acquisition inclusive of transaction costs were:

Exploration and evaluation assets
Total identifiable net assets at acquisition

Cash flows on acquisition

Purchase cash consideration
Transaction costs1
Total purchase consideration
Net cash outflows on acquisition

1.  Transaction costs were less than US$0.5 million.

Scarborough
US$m
444 
444 

Scarborough
US$m
444 
-
444 
444 

 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS C. DEBT AND CAPITAL
for the year ended 31 December 2018

In this section

This section addresses cash, debt and the capital position of the Group at the end of the reporting period including, where applicable, the 
accounting policies applied and the key estimates and judgements made.

C.

C.1

C.2

C.3

C.4

Debt and capital

Cash and cash equivalents

Interest-bearing liabilities and financing facilities

Contributed equity

Other reserves

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Key financial and capital risks in this section

Capital risk management
Capital management is undertaken to ensure that a secure, cost-effective and flexible supply of funds is available to meet the Group’s 
operating and capital expenditure requirements. A stable capital base is maintained from which the Group can pursue its growth 
aspirations, whilst maintaining a flexible capital structure that allows access to a range of debt and equity markets to both draw upon and 
repay capital.

The Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP) was approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting in 2003 for activation as required to 
fund future growth. The DRP has not been utilised since the fully underwritten 2015 final dividend.

A range of financial metrics are monitored, including gearing and cash flow leverage, and Treasury policy breaches and exceptions.

Liquidity risk management
Liquidity risk arises from the financial liabilities of the Group and the Group’s subsequent ability to meet its obligations to repay financial 
liabilities as and when they fall due. The liquidity position of the Group is managed to ensure sufficient liquid funds are available to meet its 
financial commitments in a timely and cost-effective manner.

The Group’s liquidity position is continually reviewed, including cash flow forecasts, to determine the forecast liquidity position and 
maintain appropriate liquidity levels. At 31 December 2018, the Group has a total of US$3,918 million (2017: US$2,942 million) of available 
undrawn facilities and cash at its disposal. The maturity profile of interest-bearing liabilities is disclosed in Note C.2, and trade and other 
payables are disclosed in Note D.3. Financing facilities available to the Group are disclosed in Note C.2.

Interest rate risk management
Interest rate risk is the risk that the Group’s financial position will fluctuate due to changes in market interest rates.

The Group’s exposure to the risk of changes in market interest rates relates primarily to financial instruments with floating interest rates 
including long-term debt obligations, cash and short-term deposits. The Group manages its interest rate risk by maintaining an appropriate 
mix of fixed and floating rate debt. To manage the ratio of fixed rate debt to floating rate debt, the Group may enter into interest rate 
swaps. The Group holds cross-currency interest rate swaps to hedge the foreign exchange risk (refer to Section A) and interest rate risk of 
the CHF denominated medium term note.

At the reporting date, the Group was exposed to various benchmark interest rates that were not designated in cash flow hedges,  
US$1,536 million (2017: US$84 million) on cash and cash equivalents, US$617 million (2017: US$1,020 million) on interest-bearing liabilities 
(excluding transaction costs) and US$12 million (2017: US$11 million) on cross-currency interest rate swaps.

A reasonably possible change in the USD London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) (+1.0%/-1.0% (2017: +1.0%/-1.0%)), with all variables held 
constant, would not have a material impact on the Group’s equity or the income statement in the current period.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Financial Statements  117

 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS C. DEBT AND CAPITAL
for the year ended 31 December 2018

C.1  Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash at bank 
Term deposits
Total cash and cash equivalents

2018
US$m

214 
1,460 
1,674 

2017
US$m

318 
 - 
318 

Recognition and measurement 
Cash and cash equivalents in the statement of financial position 
comprise cash at bank and short-term deposits with an original 
maturity of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents are 
stated at face value in the statement of financial position.

Foreign exchange risk 
The Group held US$64 million of cash and cash equivalents at  
31 December 2018 (2017: US$73 million) in currencies other  
than US dollars.

C.2  Interest-bearing liabilities and financing facilities

Year ended 31 December 2018
At 1 January 2018
Repayments

Fair value adjustment and foreign exchange movement
Transaction costs capitalised and amortised
Carrying value at 31 December 2018

Current
Non-current
Carrying value at 31 December 2018
Undrawn balance at 31 December 2018

Year ended 31 December 2017
At 1 January 2017
Repayments
Drawdowns
Fair value adjustment and foreign exchange movement
Transaction costs capitalised and amortised
Carrying value at 31 December 2017

Current
Non-current
Carrying value at 31 December 2017
Undrawn balance at 31 December 2017

Bilateral 
Facilities
US$m

Syndicated 
Facilities
US$m

JBIC 
Facility
US$m

US Bonds
US$m

Medium Term 
Notes
US$m

 316 
 (320)

 - 
 2 
 (2)

 (1)
 (1)
 (2)
 1,444 

 244 
 (1,350)
 1,420 
 - 
 2 
 316 

 (2)
 318 
 316 
 1,824 

 (3)
 - 

 - 
 2 
 (1)

 (1)
 - 
 (1)
 800 

 696 
 (700)
 - 
 - 
 1 
 (3)

 (1)
 (2)
 (3)
 800 

 500 
 (83)

 - 
 - 
 417 

 83 
 334 
 417 
 - 

 583 
 (83)
 - 
 - 
 - 
 500 

 83 
 417 
 500 
 - 

 3,880 
 (600)

 - 
 4 
 3,284 

 (2)
 3,286 
 3,284 
 - 

 3,084 
 - 
 800 
 - 
 (4)
 3,880 

 (4)
 3,884 
 3,880 
 - 

 372 
 - 

 1 
 - 
 373 

 - 
 373 
 373 
 - 

 366 
 - 
 - 
 7 
 (1)
 372 

 - 
 372 
 372 
 - 

Total
US$m

 5,065 
 (1,003)

 1 
 8 
 4,071 

 79 
 3,992 
 4,071 
 2,244 

 4,973 
 (2,133)
 2,220 
 7 
 (2)
 5,065 

 76 
 4,989 
 5,065 
 2,624 

Recognition and measurement
All borrowings are initially recognised at fair value less transaction 
costs. Borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost. Any 
difference between the proceeds received and the redemption 
amount is recognised in the income statement over the period of 
the borrowings using the effective interest method.

Borrowings designated as a hedged item are measured at amortised 
cost adjusted to record changes in the fair value of risks that are 
being hedged in fair value hedges. The changes in the fair value risks 
of the hedged item resulted in a loss of US$1 million being recorded 
(2017: loss of US$7 million), and a loss of US$1 million recorded on 
the hedging instrument (2017: gain of US$6 million).

All bonds, notes and facilities are subject to various covenants and 
a negative pledge restricting future secured borrowings, subject 
to a number of permitted lien exceptions. Neither the covenants 
nor the negative pledges have been breached at any time during 
the reporting period.

Foreign exchange risk
All interest-bearing liabilities are denominated in US dollars, 
excluding the CHF175 million medium term note.

Fair value 
The carrying amount of interest-bearing liabilities approximates 
their fair value, with the exception of the Group’s unsecured  
bonds and the medium term notes. The unsecured bonds have 
a carrying amount of US$3,284 million (2017: US$3,880 million) 
and a fair value of US$3,167 million (2017: US$3,985 million).  
The medium term notes have a carrying amount of US$373 million 
(2017: US$372 million) and a fair value of US$388 million  
(2017: US$399 million). The fair value of the bonds and notes  
was determined using quoted prices in an active market, 
classified as Level 1 on the fair value hierarchy. The Group’s 
repayment obligations remain unchanged.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS C. DEBT AND CAPITAL
for the year ended 31 December 2018

C.2  Interest-bearing liabilities and  
financing facilities (cont.)

Maturity profile of interest-bearing liabilities 
The table below presents the contractual undiscounted cash 
flows associated with the Group’s interest-bearing liabilities, 
representing principal and interest. The figures will not necessarily 
reconcile with the amounts disclosed in the consolidated 
statement of financial position.

2018
US$m

235 
233 
914 
388 
359 
2,876 
5,005 

2017
US$m

289 
1,144 
267 
910 
390 
3,237 
6,237 

Due for payment in:
1 year or less
1-2 years
2-3 years
3-4 years
4-5 years
More than 5 years

Amounts exclude transaction costs.

Bilateral facilities

The Group has 14 bilateral loan facilities totalling US$1,444 million 
(2017: US$2,144 million). Details of bilateral loan facilities at the 
reporting date are as follows: 

Number of 
facilities

7
1
6

Term (years)

Currency

Extension option

5
4
3

USD
USD
USD

Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen

Interest rates are based on USD LIBOR and margins are fixed 
at the commencement of the drawdown period. Interest is paid 
at the end of the drawdown period. Evergreen facilities may be 
extended continually by a year subject to the bank’s agreement.

Syndicated facility
On 3 July 2015, the Group executed an unsecured US$1,000 million 
syndicated loan facility, which was increased to US$1,200 million 
on 22 March 2016. On 15 November 2017, Woodside amended the 
existing facility to a US$800 million facility comprising two equal 
tranches, which now expire in July 2020 and July 2022. Interest 
rates are based on USD LIBOR plus 0.9% and USD LIBOR plus 
1.15% respectively. Interest is paid at the end of each  
drawdown period. 

Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) facility
On 24 June 2008, the Group entered into a two tranche 
committed loan facility of US$1,000 million and US$500 million 
respectively. The US$500 million tranche was repaid in 2013. 
There is a prepayment option for the remaining balance. Interest 
rates are based on LIBOR. Interest is payable semi-annually in 
arrears and the principal amortises on a straight-line basis, with 
equal instalments of principal due on each interest payment date 
(every six months). 

Under this facility, 90% of the receivables from designated Pluto 
LNG Project Sale and Purchase Agreements are secured in favour 
of the lenders through a trust structure, with a required reserve 
amount of US$30 million. 

To the extent that this reserve amount remains fully funded 
and no default notice or acceleration notice has been given, the 
revenue from the Pluto LNG Project continues to flow directly to 
the Group from the trust account.

Medium term notes
On 28 August 2015, the Group established a US$3,000 million 
Global Medium Term Notes Programme listed on the Singapore 
Stock Exchange. Two notes have been issued under this program 
as set out below:

Maturity date

Currency

15 July 2022
11 December 2023

USD
CHF

Carrying amount 
(million)

Nominal interest 
rate

 200 
 175 

 Floating three 
month USD LIBOR 
1%

The unutilised program is not considered to be an unused facility.

US Bonds
The Group has four unsecured bonds issued in the United States 
of America as defined in Rule 144A of the US Securities Act of 1933 
as set out below:

Maturity date
10 May 2021
5 March 2025

15 September 2026
15 March 2028

Carrying amount 
US$m

Nominal interest rate

 700 
 1,000 

 800 
 800 

4.60%
3.65%

3.70%
3.70%

Interest on the bonds is payable semi-annually in arrears.

C.3  Contributed equity 

Recognition and measurement
Issued capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity and recorded at the value 
of consideration received. The cost of issuing shares is shown in 
share capital as a deduction, net of tax, from the proceeds.

Reserved shares
The Group’s own equity instruments, which are reacquired 
for later use in employee share-based payment arrangements 
(reserved shares), are deducted from equity. No gain or loss is 
recognised in the income statement on the purchase, sale, issue  
or cancellation of the Group’s own equity instruments.

(a) Issued and fully paid shares

Number of 
shares

Year ended 31 December 2018
Opening balance
Equity raising - ordinary shares issued at A$27.00
Share issue costs (net of tax)
Amounts as at 31 December 2018

842,444,903 
93,706,646 
-
936,151,549 

US$m

6,919 
1,989 
(28)
8,880 

Year ended 31 December 2017
Opening and closing balance

842,444,903 

6,919 

All shares are a single class with equal rights to dividends, capital, 
distributions and voting. The Company does not have authorised 
capital nor par value in relation to its issued shares.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS C. DEBT AND CAPITAL
for the year ended 31 December 2018

C.3  Contributed equity (cont.)

(b) Shares reserved for employee share plans

Year ended 31 December 2018
Opening balance
Purchases during the year
Vested during the year
Amounts at 31 December 2018

Year ended 31 December 2017
Opening balance
Purchases during the year
Vested during the year
Amounts at 31 December 2017

C.4  Other reserves

Other reserves
Employee benefits reserve
Foreign currency translation reserve
Hedging reserves

Number of 
shares

US$m

1,248,510 
2,143,577 
(2,261,983)
1,130,104 

1,151,175 
1,962,899 
(1,865,564)
1,248,510 

(35)
(56)
60 
(31)

(30)
(47)
42 
(35)

2018
US$m

2017
US$m

206 
793 
(14)
985 

218 
793 
(14)
997 

Reserve

Nature and purpose

Employee benefits reserve Used to record share-based payments 

associated with the employee share plans and 
remeasurement adjustments relating to the 
defined benefit plan.

Foreign currency 
translation reserve

Hedging reserve

Used to record foreign exchange differences 
arising from the translation of the financial 
statements of foreign entities from their functional 
currency to the Group’s presentation currency.

Used to record gains and losses on hedges
designated as cash flow hedges and foreign 
currency basis spread arising from the designation 
of a financial instrument as a hedging instrument. 
Gains and losses accumulated in the cash flow 
hedge reserve are taken to the income statement 
in the same period during which the hedged 
expected cash flows affect the income statement.

120  Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS D. OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
for the year ended 31 December 2018

In this section

This section addresses the other assets and liabilities position at the end of the reporting period including, where applicable, the accounting 
policies applied and the key estimates and judgements made. 

D.

D.1

D.2

D.3

D.4

D.5

D.6

D.7

Other assets and liabilities

Receivables

Inventories

Payables

Provisions

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Other financial assets and liabilities

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Segment assets and liabilities

Non-current assets held for sale

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Key financial and capital risks in this section

Credit risk management 
Credit risk is the risk that a counterparty will not meet its obligation under a financial instrument or customer contract, leading to a financial 
loss to the Group. Credit risk arises from the financial assets of the Group, which comprise trade and other receivables and deposits with 
banks and financial institutions. 

The Group manages its credit risk on trade receivables and financial instruments by predominantly dealing with counterparties with an 
investment grade credit rating. Customers who wish to trade on unsecured credit terms are subject to credit verification procedures. 
Receivable balances are monitored on an ongoing basis. As a result, the Group’s exposure to bad debts is not significant. The Group’s 
maximum credit risk is limited to the carrying amount of its financial assets.

Customer credit risk is managed by each business unit subject to the Group’s established policy, procedures and controls relating to 
customer credit risk management. Credit quality of a customer is assessed based on an extensive credit rating scorecard and individual 
credit limits are defined in accordance with this assessment. Outstanding customer receivables are regularly monitored. At 31 December 
2018, the Group had 7 customers (2017: 6 customers) that owed the Group more than $10 million each and accounted for approximately 
90% (2017: 85%) of all the receivables. Payment terms are typically 14 to 30 days providing only a short credit exposure.

At 31 December 2018, the Group had a provision for credit losses of nil (2017: nil). Subsequent to 31 December 2018, 100% (2017: 100%) of 
the trade receivables balance of $266 million (2017: $214 million) has been received.

Credit risk from balances with banks is managed by the Group’s treasury department in accordance with the Group’s policy. The Group's 
main funds are placed as short term deposits with reputable financial institutions with strong investment grade credit ratings.

The Group’s maximum exposure to credit risk for the components of the statement of financial position at 31 December 2018 and 2017 is 
the carrying amounts as illustrated in this Note D.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS D. OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
for the year ended 31 December 2018

D.1  Receivables

D.2  Inventories

Inventories
Petroleum products
Goods in transit
Finished stocks

Warehouse stores and materials

2018
US$m

2017
US$m

17 
38 
100 

155 

31 
51 
104 

186 

Recognition and measurement 
Inventories include hydrocarbon stocks, consumable supplies 
and maintenance spares. Inventories are valued at the lower of 
cost and net realisable value. Cost is determined on a weighted 
average basis and includes direct costs and an appropriate portion 
of fixed and variable production overheads where applicable. 
Inventories determined to be obsolete or damaged are written 
down to net realisable value, being the estimated selling price less 
selling costs.

D.3  Payables

The following table shows the Group’s payables balances and 
maturity analysis.

< 30 
days

30-60 
days

Total
US$m US$m US$m US$m

> 60 
days

Year ended 31 December 2018
Trade payables1
Other payables1
Interest payable2
Total payables

Year ended 31 December 2017 (restated3)
Trade payables1
Other payables1 (restated3)
Interest payable2
Total payables (restated3)

150 
332 
6 
488 

139 
322
7 
468 

-
-
-
-

28 
1 
-
29 

62 
-
36 
98 

70 
26 
52 
148 

212 
332 
42 
586 

237 
349 
59 
645 

1.  Interest-free and normally settled on 30-day terms.
2.  Details regarding interest-bearing liabilities are contained in Note C.2.
3.  2017 amounts have been restated for the restrospective application of AASB 15. 

Recognition and measurement
Trade and other payables are carried at amortised cost and are 
recognised when goods and services are received, whether or not 
billed to the Group, prior to the end of the reporting period.

Fair value
The carrying amount of payables approximates their fair value.

Foreign exchange risk
The Group held US$360 million of payables at 31 December 
2018 (2017: US$380 million) in currencies other than US dollars 
(predominantly Australian dollars).

(a) Receivables (current)
Trade receivables1 (restated3)
Other receivables1 (restated3)
Loans receivables2
Interest receivable
Dividend receivable

(b) Receivables (non-current)
Loans receivables2
Defined benefit plan asset

Restated 
20173
US$m

2018
US$m

266 
131 
84 
4 
2 

487 

193 
15 
208 

214 
103 
87 
-
2 

406 

141 
14 
155 

1.  Interest-free and settlement terms are usually between 14 and 30 days.
2.  Loans receivables are due from non-controlling interests. 
3.  2017 amounts have been restated for the restrospective application of AASB 15. 

Recognition and measurement
Most trade and other receivables, including receivables from 
related parties, are initially recognised at fair value or transaction 
price determined under AASB 15 and subsequently measured 
at amortised cost less an allowance for uncollectable amounts. 
Uncollectable amounts are determined using the expected loss 
impairment model. Collectability and impairment are assessed 
on a regular basis. Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously 
written off are credited against other expenses in the income 
statement. Certain receivables that do not satisfy the contractual 
cash flow and business model tests are subsequently measured at 
fair value (refer to Note D.5).

The Group’s customers are required to pay in accordance with 
agreed payment terms. Depending on the product, settlement 
terms are 14 to 30 days from the date of invoice or bill of lading 
and customers regularly pay on time. There are no significant 
overdue trade receivables as at the end of the reporting  
period (2017: nil).

Fair value
The carrying amount of trade and other receivables approximates 
their fair value.

Foreign exchange risk
The Group held US$74 million of receivables at 31 December 
2018 (2017: US$113 million) in currencies other than US dollars 
(predominantly Australian dollars).

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS D. OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
for the year ended 31 December 2018

D.4  Provisions

Restoration 
of operating 
locations
US$m

Employee 
benefits
US$m

Other
US$m

Total 
US$m

Year ended 31 December 2018
At 1 January 2018
Change in provision
Unwinding of present value 
discount
Carrying amount at 31 
December 2018

Current 
Non-current 
Net carrying amount

Year ended 31 December 2017
At 1 January 2017
Change in provision
Unwinding of present value 
discount
Carrying amount at 31 
December 2017

Current 
Non-current 
Net carrying amount

1,524 
8 

40 

1,572 

13 
1,559 
1,572 

1,442 
45 

37 

1,524 

17 
1,507 
1,524 

177 
(6)

-

171 

147 
24 
171 

155 
22 

-

177 

148 
29 
177 

66 
(11)

1,767 
(9)

-

55 

55 
-
55 

40 

1,798 

215 
1,583 
1,798 

166 
(100)

1,763 
(33)

-

66 

55 
11 
66 

37 

1,767 

220 
1,547 
1,767 

Recognition and measurement
Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present 
obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, it 
is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic 
benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable 
estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

Restoration of operating locations
Provision is made for the obligation to restore operating locations. 
The provision is first recognised in the period in which the 
obligation arises. The nature of restoration activities includes the 
removal of facilities, abandonment of wells and restoration of 
affected areas.

Restoration provisions are updated annually, with the 
corresponding movement recognised against the related 
exploration and evaluation assets or oil and gas properties.

Over time, the liability is increased for the change in the present 
value based on a pre-tax discount rate appropriate to the risks 
inherent in the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recorded 
as an accretion charge within finance costs. The carrying amount 
capitalised in oil and gas properties is depreciated over the useful 
life of the related asset (refer to Note B.3).

Costs incurred that relate to an existing condition caused  
by past operations and do not have a future economic benefit 
are expensed.

Employee benefits
Provision is made for employee benefits accumulated as a result 
of employees rendering services up to the end of the reporting 
period. These benefits include wages, salaries, annual leave and 
long service leave.

Liabilities in respect of employees’ services rendered that are not 
expected to be wholly settled within one year after the end of 
the period in which the employees render the related services are 
recognised as long-term employee benefits.

These liabilities are measured at the present value of the 
estimated future cash outflow to be made to the employees using 
the projected unit credit method. Liabilities expected to be wholly 
settled within one year after the end of the period in which the 
employees render the related services are classified as short-term 
benefits and are measured at the amount due to be paid.

Key estimates and judgements 

(a) Restoration obligations 
The Group estimates the future removal costs of offshore oil and gas 
platforms, production facilities, wells and pipelines at different stages 
of the development and construction of assets or facilities. In most 
instances, removal of assets occurs many years into the future.  
This requires judgemental assumptions regarding removal date, 
future environmental legislation, the extent of reclamation activities 
required, the engineering methodology for estimating cost, future 
removal technologies in determining the removal cost, and liability 
specific discount rates to determine the present value of these cash 
flows. The proportion of the non-current balance not expected to be 
settled within 15 years is 58% (2017: 63%). 

(b) Long service leave 
Long service leave is measured at the present value of benefits 
accumulated up to the end of the reporting period. The liability is 
discounted using an appropriate discount rate. Management uses 
judgement to determine key assumptions used in the calculation 
including future increases in salaries and wages, future on-cost rates 
and future settlement dates of employees’ departures.

(c) Legal case outcomes
Provisions for legal cases are measured at the present value of the 
amount expected to settle the claim. Management is required to 
use judgement when assessing the likely outcome of legal cases, 
estimating the risked amount and whether a provision or contingent 
liability should be recognised.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS D. OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
for the year ended 31 December 2018

D.5  Other financial assets and liabilities

D.6  Segment assets and liabilities

Other financial assets 
Other financial assets at fair value through profit 
and loss

Other financial assets
Total other financial assets

Current
Non-current
Net carrying amount

Other financial liabilities 
Financial instruments at fair value through profit 
and loss

Derivative financial instruments designated as 
hedges

Other financial liabilities at fair value through 
profit and loss

Other financial liabilities
Total other financial liabilities

Current
Non-current
Net carrying amount

Recognition and measurement
Other financial assets and liabilities

2018
US$m

Restated 
2017
US$m

84 
84 

54 
30 
84 

12 

56 
68 

48 
20 
68 

105 
105 

74 
31 
105 

11 

22 
33 

11 
22 
33 

(a) Segment assets
NWS
Pluto
Australia Oil
Wheatstone
Development
Other segments
Unallocated items

(b) Segment liabilities
NWS
Pluto
Australia Oil
Wheatstone
Development
Other segments
Unallocated items

2018
US$m

2,672 
11,292 
1,581 
4,706 
3,310 
414 
3,113 
27,088 

2018
US$m

572 
497 
683 
222 
110 
65 
6,617 
8,766 

Restated 
2017
US$m

2,988 
11,858 
1,084 
4,663 
2,750 
422 
1,634 
25,399 

Restated 
2017
US$m

602 
432 
646 
186 
127 
69 
7,426 
9,488 

Refer to Note A.1 for descriptions of the Group’s segments. 
Unallocated assets mainly comprise cash and cash equivalents 
and the Group’s deferred tax assets. Unallocated liabilities mainly 
comprise interest-bearing liabilities and deferred tax liabilities. 

Other financial assets and liabilities, including sales contracts 
containing provisional pricing features, are initially recognised at 
fair value on the date the contract is entered into and subsequent 
fair value movements are recognised in the income statement. 

Derivative financial instruments 
Derivative financial instruments that are designated within 
qualifying hedge relationships are initially recognised at fair 
value on the date the contract is entered into. For relationships 
designated as fair value hedges, subsequent fair value movements 
of the derivative are recognised in the income statement. For 
relationships designated as cash flow hedges, subsequent fair 
value movements of the derivative for the effective portion of 
the hedge are recognised in other comprehensive income and 
accumulated in reserves in equity; fair value movements for the 
ineffective portion are recognised immediately in the income 
statement. Costs of hedging have been separated from the 
hedging arrangements and deferred to other comprehensive 
income and accumulated in reserves in equity. Amounts 
accumulated in equity are reclassified to profit or loss in the 
periods when the hedged item affects profit or loss.

Fair value
The carrying amount of all other financial assets and liabilities 
approximates their fair values.

Foreign exchange
The Group had no material other financial assets and liabilities 
denominated in currencies other than US dollars.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS D. OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
for the year ended 31 December 2018

D.7  Non-current assets held for sale

In December 2018, the partners of the North West Shelf joint 
operation committed to sell two LNG vessels for a total price of 
US$60 million. Woodside’s share is US$10 million. 

Accordingly, the LNG vessels within the North West Shelf 
operating segment have been reclassified as non-current assets 
held for sale. The sale of each LNG vessel is subject to a number 
of conditions precedent and is expected to complete in 2019.

Impairment relating to the non-current assets held for sale
Immediately before the classification of the LNG vessels as 
non-current assets held for sale, the recoverable amount was 
estimated for the LNG vessels within oil and gas properties and 
an impairment of US$39 million was recognised (Note B.4). 

Assets and liabilities of the non-current assets held for sale 
At 31 December 2018, the LNG vessels have been classified as 
non-current assets held for sale for US$10 million. No liabilities 
are associated with the LNG vessels classified as held for sale. 

Recognition and measurement 
The Group classifies non-current assets as held for sale if their 
carrying amounts will be recovered principally through sale 
rather than through continuing use. Such non-current assets 
classified as held for sale are measured at the lower of their 
carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell. Costs to sell 
are the incremental costs directly attributable to the sale, 
excluding the finance costs and income tax expense.

The criteria for held for sale classification is regarded as met 
only when the sale is highly probable and the asset is available 
for immediate sale in its present condition. Actions required 
to complete the sale should indicate that it is unlikely that 
significant changes to the sale will be made or that the decision 
to sell will be withdrawn. Management must be committed to the 
sale, expected within one year from the date of the classification. 

Property, plant and equipment and intangible assets are not 
depreciated or amortised once classified as held for sale.

Assets and liabilities classified as held for sale are presented 
separately as current items in the statement of financial position.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS E. OTHER ITEMS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

In this section

This section addresses information on items which require disclosure to comply with Australian Accounting Standards and the Australian 
Corporations Act 2001, however, are not considered critical in understanding the financial performance or position of the Group.  
This section includes Group structure information and other disclosures. 

E.

E.1

E.2

E.3

E.4

E.5

E.6

E.7

E.8

E.9

Other items

Contingent liabilities and assets

Leases

Employee benefits

Related party transactions

Auditor remuneration

Events after the end of the reporting period

Joint arrangements

Parent entity information

Subsidiaries

E.10

Other accounting policies

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS E. OTHER ITEMS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

E.1  Contingent liabilities and assets

E.3  Employee benefits

2018
US$m

2017
US$m

(a) Employee benefits 

Employee benefits for the reporting period are as follows:

Contingent liabilities at reporting date
Not otherwise provided for or disclosed in the 
financial statements:
Contingent liabilities
Guarantees

73 
7 
80 

66 
8 
74 

Employee benefits
Share-based payments
Defined contribution plan costs
Defined benefit plan expense

2018
US$m
282 
21 
33 
2 
338 

2017
US$m
285 
21 
33 
2 
341 

Contingent liabilities relate predominantly to actual or potential 
claims on the Group for which amounts are reasonably estimated 
but the liability is not probable and therefore the Group has 
not provided for such amounts in these financial statements. 
Additionally, there are a number of other claims and possible 
claims that have arisen in the course of business against entities 
in the Group, the outcome of which cannot be foreseen at present 
and for which no amounts have been included in the table above. 

E.2  Leases

Operating lease commitments
Rents payable on non-cancellable operating 
leases, due:

Within one year
After one year but not more than five years
Later than five years

2018
US$m

2017
US$m

189 
625 
1,198 
2,012 

207 
518 
953 
1,678 

Subject to the joint operation that utilises the lease, the Group’s 
share of actual payments made under operating leases may be 
lower than the value of commitments disclosed.

The Group leases assets for operations including vessels, 
helicopters, cranes, land, mobile offshore drilling units, office 
premises and computers.

There are no restrictions placed upon the lessee by entering into 
these leases. Renewals are at the option of the Group. Certain leases 
contain a clause enabling upward revision of the rental charge on 
an annual basis based on the consumer price index. The Group 
made payments under operating leases of US$242 million during 
the year (2017: US$227 million). A portion of this amount relates 
to arrangements containing non-lease elements, which are not 
practicable to separate.

Recognition and measurement
Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense in the 
income statement on a straight-line basis over the lease term. 
Lease incentives received are recognised in the income statement 
as a part of total lease expense.

Recognition and measurement 
The Group’s accounting policy for employee benefits other than 
superannuation is set out in Note D.4. The policy relating to share-
based payments is set out in Note E.3(c). 

All employees of the Group are entitled to benefits on retirement, 
disability or death from the Group’s superannuation plan.  
The majority of employees are party to a defined contribution 
scheme and receive fixed contributions from Group companies 
and the Group’s legal or constructive obligation is limited to 
these contributions. Contributions to defined contribution funds 
are recognised as an expense as they become payable. Prepaid 
contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that a cash 
refund or a reduction in the future payment is available.  
The Group also operates a defined benefit superannuation 
scheme, the membership of which is now closed. The net defined 
benefit plan asset at 31 December 2018 was US$15 million  
(2017: US$14 million).

(b) Compensation of key management personnel 

Key management personnel (KMP) compensation for the financial 
year was as follows:

Short-term employee benefits
Post employment benefits
Share-based payments
Long-term employee benefits
Termination benefits

(c) Share plans 

2018
US$
8,674,034
92,068
8,645,740
178,745
174,047
17,764,634

2017
US$
10,039,832 
227,786 
5,663,860 
97,305 
276,622 
16,305,405 

The Group provides benefits to its employees (including KMP) in 
the form of share-based payments whereby employees render 
services for shares (equity-settled transactions).

Woodside equity plan (WEP) and supplementary 
Woodside equity plan (SWEP)
The WEP is available to all permanent employees, but since 
1 January 2018 has excluded EIS participants. The number of 
Equity Rights (ERs) offered to each eligible employee will be 
calculated with reference to salary and performance. The linking 
of performance to an allocation allows the Group to recognise and 
reward eligible employees for high performance. The ERs have no 
further ongoing performance conditions after allocation, and do 
not require participants to make any payment in respect of the ERs 
at grant or at vesting. SWEP is available to a number of employees 
identified as being retention critical. Participants do not make any 
payment in respect of the ERs at grant or at vesting. Each ER entitles 
the participant to receive a Woodside share on the vesting date 
three years after the grant date.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS E. OTHER ITEMS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

E.3  Employee benefits (cont.)

Executive incentive plans (EIP) 
Short-term awards (STA) 
The STA are delivered in the form of restricted shares to 
executives, including all executive KMP. Restricted shares 
entitle their holders to receive dividends. There are no further 
performance conditions for vesting of deferred STA. Participants 
are not required to make any payments in respect of STA awards 
at grant or at vesting. 

Long-term awards (LTA) 
LTA are granted in the form of Variable Pay Rights (VPRs) to 
executives, including all executive KMP. Vesting of LTA is subject 
to achievement of relative total shareholder return (RTSR) targets, 
with 33% measured against the ASX 50 and the remaining 67% 
tested against an international group of oil and gas companies. 

Participants are not required to make any payments in respect of 
LTA awards at grant or at vesting.

Executive incentive scheme (EIS)
The EIS was introduced for the 2018 performance year for all 
excutives including executive KMP. The EIS is delivered in the 
form of a cash incentive, restricted shares and performance rights. 
The grant date of the restricted shares and performance rights 
has been determined to be subsequent to the performance year, 
being the date of the Board of Directors' approval (13 February 
2019). Accordingly, restricted shares and perfomance rights 
have not been included in the table below as they have not been 
granted as at 31 December 2018. An expense related to the 2018 
performance year has been estimated for restricted shares and 
performance rights, using fair value estimates based on inputs at 
31 December 2018.

Recognition and measurement 
All compensation under WEP, SWEP and executive share plans 
is accounted for as share-based payments to employees for 
services provided. The cost of equity-settled transactions with 
employees is measured by reference to the fair values of the 
equity instruments at the date at which they are granted. The 
fair value of share-based payments is recognised, together with 
the corresponding increase in equity, over the period in which 
the vesting conditions are fulfilled, ending on the date on which 
the relevant employee becomes fully entitled to the shares. At 
each balance sheet date, the Group reassesses the number of 
awards that are expected to vest based on service conditions. The 
expense recognised each year takes into account the most  
recent estimate. 

The fair value of the benefit provided for the WEP and SWEP is 
estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing technique. The 
fair value of the restricted shares is estimated as the closing share 
price at grant date. The fair value of the benefit provided for the 
RTSR VPRs was estimated using the Binomial or Black-Scholes 
option pricing technique combined with a Monte Carlo simulation 
methodology, where relevant, using historical volatility to estimate 
the volatility of the share price in the future.

The number of performance rights and movements for all share 
plans are summarised as follows:

Year ended 31 December 2018
Opening balance
Granted during the year1,2
Vested during the year
Forfeited during the year
Performance rights at 31 December 2018

Fair value of rights granted during the year

Year ended 31 December 2017
Opening balance
Granted during the year
Vested during the year1,2
Forfeited during the year
Performance rights at 31 December 2017

Fair value of rights granted during the year

Number of performance rights

Employee plans

Executive plans

WEP

SWEP

STA

LTA

5,789,008 
2,552,041 
(1,710,458)
(305,227)
6,325,364 

US$m
62 

17,500 
178 
-
-
17,678 

US$m
-

934,148 
167,879 
(271,997)
(16,062)
813,968 

US$m
4 

3,265,585 
61,127 
(279,528)
(501,269)
2,545,915 

US$m
1 

Number of performance rights

Employee plans

Executive plans

WEP

SWEP

STA

LTA

5,512,903 
2,090,371 
(1,595,207)
(219,059)
5,789,008 

US$m
43 

38,270 
17,500 
(26,310)
(11,960)
17,500 

US$m
-

881,921 
210,210 
(129,641)
(28,342)
934,148 

US$m
5 

2,951,208 
568,234 
(114,406)
(139,451)
3,265,585 

US$m
8 

1.  For the purpose of valuation, the share price on grant date for the 2018 WEP allocations was US$24.36 (2017: US$22.77) and the average SWEP was US$24.09 (2017: US$23.38).
2.  For the purpose of valuation, the share price on grant date for the 2018 STA and LTA allocations was US$24.45 (2017: US$22.49).

For more detail on these share plans and performance rights issued to KMPs, refer to the Remuneration Report on pages 
82-85 and pages 92-94.

128  Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS E. OTHER ITEMS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

E.4  Related party transactions

(b) Interest percentage in joint operations

Transactions with directors 

There were no transactions with directors during the year other 
than those disclosed in Note E.3(b).

E.5  Auditor remuneration

The auditor of Woodside Petroleum Ltd is Ernst & Young (EY).

(a) Amounts received or due and receivable for an audit or review of the 
financial statements of the entity and any other entity in the Group by:

2018
US$'000

2017
US$'000

EY Australia
Other EY firms

1,643 
148 
1,791 

1,734 
182 
1,916 

(b) Amounts received or due and receivable for non-audit services in 
relation to the entity or any other entity in the Group by:

EY Australia for other assurance services
EY Australia for other advisory services
EY Australia for taxation services
Other EY firms for other assurance services

333 
237 
130 
163 
863 

439 
326 
164 
51 
980 

E.6  Events after the end of the reporting period

Since the end of the financial year and to the date of this report, 
the following entities were incorporated:
•   Woodside Energy Holdings II Pty Ltd was incorporated on  
23 January 2019 - a wholly owned subsidiary incorporated  
in Australia.

•   Woodside Power Pty Ltd was incorporated on 23 January  
2019 - a wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in Australia.
•   Woodside Power (Generation) Pty Ltd was incorporated on  
23 January 2019 - a wholly owned subsidiary incorporated  
in Australia.

E.7  Joint arrangements

(a) Interest percentage in joint ventures

Entity 
North West Shelf Gas Pty Ltd Marketing services for 

Principal activity

ventures in the sale of gas to 
the domestic market. 
Liaison for ventures in the 
sale of LNG to the Japanese 
market. 
Marketing services for 
ventures in the sale of LNG 
to international markets. 
LNG vessel fleet adviser. 

Group Interest %

2018

2017

 16.67 

 16.67 

 16.67 

 16.67 

 16.67 

 16.67 

 16.67 

 16.67 

Coordinator for venturers for 
all equity liftings.

 16.67 

 16.67 

North West Shelf Liaison 
Company Pty Ltd

China Administration Company 
Pty Ltd

North West Shelf Shipping 
Service Company Pty Ltd
North West Shelf Lifting 
Coordinator Pty Ltd

Producing and developing assets

Oceania

North West Shelf
Enfield and Vincent
Stybarrow
Balnaves
Pluto
Wheatstone

Exploration and evaluation assets

Oceania

Browse Basin
Carnarvon Basin1,2
Bonaparte Basin
New Zealand3

Africa

Morocco4
Gabon5
Senegal

The Americas

Peru
Kitimat

Asia

Myanmar

Europe

Ireland
Bulgaria6

Group Interest %

2018

2017

12.5 - 50.0
60.0 
50.0 
65.0 
90.0 
13.0 - 65.0

12.5 - 50.0
60.0 
50.0 
65.0 
90.0 
13.0 - 65.0

30.6 
15.8 - 90.0
26.7 - 35.0
-

30.6 
15.8 - 90.0
26.7 - 35.0
70.0 

-
21.3 - 40.0
35.0 

25.0 
21.3 - 40.0
35.0 

35.0 
50.0 

35.0 
50.0 

40.0 - 55.0

40.0 - 55.0

60.0 - 90.0
30.0 

60.0 - 90.0
-

1.  Scarborough is included in the Carnarvon Basin.
2.  One permit (WA-35-R) within the Carnarvon Basin was surrendered in 2018.
3.  One permit (PEP-55794) within New Zealand was surrendered in 2018.
4.  One permit (Rabat Deep I-VI) within Morocco was surrendered in 2018.
5.  One permit (Permit Luna Muetse (E13)) within Gabon expired in 2018.
6.  As at 31 December 2018, the 1-14 Khan Kubrat block farm-in has been approved by 
the Bulgarian government. This approval has mandated that the Energy Minister 
will sign an agreement that will transfer 30% of the block to Woodside.  Final 
execution of this agreement is pending.

The principal activities of the joint operations above are 
exploration, development and production of hydrocarbons.

Key estimates and judgements 

Accounting for interests in other entities 
Judgement is required in assessing the level of control obtained in a 
transaction to acquire an interest in another entity; depending upon the 
facts and circumstances in each case, Woodside may obtain control, joint 
control or significant influence over the entity or arrangement. Judgement 
is applied when determining the relevant activities of a project and if joint 
control is held over them. Relevant activities include, but are not limited 

to, work program and budget approval, investment decision approval, 
voting rights in joint operating committees, amendments to permits 
and changes to joint arrangement participant holdings. Transactions 
which give Woodside control of a business are business combinations. 
If Woodside obtains joint control of an arrangement, judgement is also 
required to assess whether the arrangement is a joint operation or a joint 
venture. If Woodside has neither control nor joint control, it may be in 
a position to exercise significant influence over the entity, which is then 
accounted for as an associate.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS E. OTHER ITEMS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

E.7 Joint arrangements (cont.)

E.8  Parent entity information

Recognition and measurement 
Joint arrangements are arrangements in which two or more 
parties have joint control. Joint control is the contractual agreed 
sharing of control of the arrangement which exists only when 
decisions about the relevant activities require unanimous consent 
of the parties sharing control. Joint arrangements are classified as 
either a joint operation or joint venture, based on the rights and 
obligations arising from the contractual obligations between the 
parties to the arrangement. 

To the extent the joint arrangement provides the Group with 
rights to the individual assets and obligations arising from the joint 
arrangement, the arrangement is classified as a joint operation, and 
as such the Group recognises its:

•  assets, including its share of any assets held jointly; 

•  liabilities, including its share of any liabilities incurred jointly; 

•  revenue from the sale of its share of the output arising from the  

joint operation; 

•  share of revenue from the sale of the output by the joint 

operation; and 

•  expenses, including its share of any expenses incurred jointly. 

To the extent the joint arrangement provides the Group with 
rights to the net assets of the arrangement, the investment  
is classified as a joint venture and accounted for using the  
equity method.

Joint arrangements acquired which are deemed to be carrying on 
a business are accounted for applying the principles of AASB 3 
Business Combinations. Joint arrangements which are not deemed 
to be carrying on a business are treated as asset acquisitions. 

Woodside Petroleum Ltd:
Current assets
Non-current assets
Non-current liabilities
Net assets

Issued and fully paid shares
Shares reserved for employee share plans
Employee benefits reserve
Foreign currency translation reserve
Retained earnings
Total shareholders' equity

Profit of parent entity
Total comprehensive income of parent entity

2018
US$m

2017
US$m

357 
9,839 
(680)
9,516 

8,880 
(31)
121 
296 
250 
9,516 

1,005 
1,002 

345 
7,812 
(700)
7,457 

6,919 
(35)
123 
296 
154 
7,457 

853 
857 

Guarantees 
Woodside Petroleum Ltd and Woodside Energy Ltd (a subsidiary 
company) are parties to a Deed of Cross Guarantee as disclosed 
in Note E.9. The effect of the Deed is that Woodside Petroleum 
Ltd has guaranteed to pay any deficiency in the event of winding 
up of the subsidiary company under certain provisions of the 
Corporations Act 2001. The subsidiary company has also given 
a similar guarantee in the event that Woodside Petroleum Ltd is 
wound up.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd has guaranteed the discharge by a 
subsidiary company of its financial obligations under debt facilities 
disclosed in Note C.2. Woodside Petroleum Ltd has guaranteed 
certain obligations of subsidiaries to unrelated parties on behalf of 
their performance in contracts. No liabilities are expected to arise 
from these guarantees.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS E. OTHER ITEMS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

E.9  Subsidiaries

(a) Subsidiaries

Name of entity

Ultimate Parent Entity
Woodside Petroleum Ltd

Subsidiaries

Company name
Woodside Energy Ltd

Woodside Browse Pty Ltd
Woodside Burrup Pty Ltd

Burrup Facilities Company Pty Ltd
Burrup Train 1 Pty Ltd
Pluto LNG Pty Ltd
Woodside Burrup Train 2A Pty Ltd
Woodside Burrup Train 2B Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy (LNG Fuels and Power) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy (Domestic Gas) Pty Ltd

Woodside Energy (Algeria) Pty Ltd

Woodside Energy Australia Asia Holdings Pte Ltd y
Woodside Energy (Carbon Capture) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy Holdings International Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy Mediterranean Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy International (Canada) Limited t

Woodside Energy (Canada LNG) Limited t
Woodside Energy (Canada PTP) Limited t
KM LNG Operating General Partnership t

KM LNG Operating Ltd t

Woodside Energy Holdings Pty Ltd

Woodside Energy Holdings (USA) Inc q

Woodside Energy (USA) Inc q

Gryphon Exploration Company q
Woodside Energy (Cameroon) SARL 
Woodside Energy (Gabon) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy (Indonesia) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy (Indonesia II) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy (Indonesia III) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy (Ireland) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy (Korea) Pte Ltd y
Woodside Energy (Korea II) Pte Ltd y
Woodside Energy (Myanmar) Pte Ltd y
Woodside Energy (Morocco) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy (New Zealand) Limited z
Woodside Energy (New Zealand 55794) Limited z
Woodside Energy (Peru) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy (Senegal) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy (Tanzania) Limited ¥

Woodside Energy Holdings (South America) Pty Ltd

Woodside Energia (Brasil) Investimento em Exploracao 
de Petroleo Ltda l

Woodside Energy Holdings (UK) Pty Ltd 
Woodside Energy (UK) Limited p

Woodside Energy (Bulgaria) Limited p
Woodside Energy Holdings (Senegal) Limited p

Woodside Energy (Senegal) B.V. 

Woodside Energy (France) SAS £
Woodside Energy Iberia S.A. º
Woodside Energy (N.A.) Ltd p

Woodside Energy (Julimar) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy (Kenya) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy (M.E.) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy Middle East and Africa Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy (Norway) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy (SL) Pty Ltd
Woodside Energy Technologies Pty Ltd

Notes

(1,2,3) 

(2,3,4) 
(2,4) 
(2,4) 
(5)
(5)
(5)
(2,4,9)
(2,4,9)
(2,4,9)
(2,4,9)
(2,4) 

(4)
(2,4,12) 
(2,4) 
(2,4) 
(4) 
(4)
(4) 
(4,8) 
(4) 
(2,4) 
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(2,4) 
(2,4)
(2,4)
(2,4)
(2,4) 
(4)
(4,10)
(4)
(2,4) 
(4)
(4)
(2,4) 
(2,4) 
(6)
(2,4) 

(7)
(2,4) 
(4)
(4,11)
(4) 
(4) 
(4)
(4)
(4)
(2,4) 
(2,4,12) 
(2,4,12) 
(2,4,12) 
(2,4) 
(2,4,12) 
(2,4) 

Name of entity

Woodside Energy Trading Singapore Pte Ltd y

WelCap Insurance Pte Ltd y
Woodside Energy Shipping Singapore Pte Ltd y

Woodside Guangdong Shipping (One) Pty Ltd
Woodside Guangdong Shipping (Two) Pty Ltd
Woodside West Africa Pty Ltd
Metasource Pty Ltd

Mermaid Sound Port and Marine Services Pty Ltd
Woodside Finance Limited
Woodside Petroleum (Timor Sea 19) Pty Ltd
Woodside Petroleum (Timor Sea 20) Pty Ltd
Woodside Petroleum Holdings Pty Ltd

Notes

(4)
(4)
(4)
(2,4,12) 
(2,4,12) 
(2,4,12) 
(2,4) 
(2,4)
(2,4) 
(2,4) 
(2,4) 
(2,4) 

1.  Woodside Petroleum Ltd is the ultimate holding company and the head entity within the 

tax consolidated group.

2.  These companies were members of the tax consolidated group at 31 December 2018.
3.  Pursuant to ASIC Instrument 2016/785, relief has been granted to the controlled entity, 

Woodside Energy Ltd, from the Corporations Act 2001 requirements for the preparation, 
audit and publication of accounts. As a condition of the Instrument, Woodside Petroleum 
Ltd and Woodside Energy Ltd are parties to a Deed of Cross Guarantee.

4.  All subsidiaries are wholly owned except those referred to in Notes 5, 6, 7 and 8.
5.  Kansai Electric Power Australia Pty Ltd and Tokyo Gas Pluto Pty Ltd each hold a 5% 

interest in the shares of these subsidiaries. These subsidiaries are controlled.

6.  As at 31 December 2018, Woodside Energy Holdings Pty Ltd held a 99.99% interest in 
the shares of Woodside Energy (Tanzania) Limited and Woodside Energy Ltd held the 
remaining 0.01% interest.

7.  As at 31 December 2018, Woodside Energy Holdings (South America) Pty Ltd held a 

99.99% interest in the shares of Woodside Energia (Brasil) Investimento em Exploracao 
de Petroleo Ltda and Woodside Energy Ltd held the remaining 0.01% interest.

8.  As at 31 December 2018, Woodside Energy International (Canada) Limited and Woodside 

Energy (Canada LNG) Limited were the general partners of the KM LNG Operating 
General Partnership holding a 99.99% and 0.01% partnership interest, respectively.

9.  Woodside Energy (LNG Fuels and Power) Pty Ltd was incorporated on 22 May 

2018, Woodside Energy (Domestic Gas) Pty Ltd was incorporated on 23 May 2018 
and Woodside Burrup Train 2A Pty Ltd and Woodside Burrup Train 2B Pty Ltd were 
incorporated on 22 October 2018.

10. Woodside Energy (Korea II) Pte. Ltd. was incorporated on 23 January 2018.
11.  Woodside Energy (Bulgaria) Limited was incorporated on 24 July 2018.
12.  These subsidiaries are under external administration and will be wound up voluntarily.

All subsidiaries were incorporated in Australia unless identified 
with one of the following symbols:

The Netherlands ¥Tanzania

lBrazil
Cameroon zNew Zealand
tCanada
£France

ySingapore
ºSpain

p England and Wales
q USA

Classification
Subsidiaries are all the entities over which the Group has the 
power over the investee such that the Group is able to direct  
the relevant activities, has exposure, or rights, to variable returns 
from its involvement with the investee and has the ability to  
use its power over the investee to affect the amount of the 
investor’s returns. 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS E. OTHER ITEMS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

E.9  Subsidiaries (cont.)

(c) Deed of Cross Guarantee and Closed Group 

(b) Subsidiaries with material non-controlling interests 

The Group has two Australian subsidiaries with material  
non-controlling interests (NCI).

Name of entity

Burrup Facilities Company Pty Ltd
Burrup Train 1 Pty Ltd

Principal place of 
business

Australia
Australia

% held 
by NCI

10%
10%

The NCI in both subsidiaries is 10% held by the same parties (refer 
to Note E.9(a) footnote 5 for details). 

The summarised financial information (including consolidation 
adjustments but before intercompany eliminations) of subsidiaries 
with material NCI is as follows:

Burrup Facilities Company Pty Ltd 
Current assets 
Non-current assets 
Current liabilities 
Non-current liabilities 
Net assets 
Accumulated balance of NCI 

Revenue 
Profit 
Profit allocated to NCI 
Dividends paid to NCI 

Operating 
Investing 
Financing 
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 

Burrup Train 1 Pty Ltd 
Current assets 
Non-current assets 
Current liabilities 
Non-current liabilities 
Net assets 
Accumulated balance of NCI 

Revenue 
Profit 
Profit allocated to NCI 
Dividends paid to NCI 

Operating 
Investing 
Financing 
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 

2018
 US$m 

2017
 US$m 

604 
5,277 
(84)
(542)
5,255 
525 

1,190 
602 
60 
(57)

876 
(36)
(840)
-

563 
3,057 
(152)
(383)
3,085 
308 

2,021 
432 
43 
(43)

598 
(2)
(596)
-

617 
5,196 
(79)
(515)
5,219 
522 

1,130 
558 
56 
(51)

853 
(15)
(838)
-

581 
3,021 
(158)
(366)
3,078 
308 

1,921 
398 
40 
(38)

572 
(1)
(571)
-

132  Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

Woodside Petroleum Ltd and Woodside Energy Ltd are parties to 
a Deed of Cross Guarantee under which each company guarantees 
the debts of the other. By entering into the Deed, the entities have 
been granted relief from the Corporations Act 2001 requirements 
for the preparation, audit and publication of accounts, pursuant 
to ASIC Instrument 2016/785. The two entities represent a Closed 
Group for the purposes of the Instrument.

The consolidated income statement and statement of financial 
position of the members of the Closed Group are set out below:

Closed Group Consolidated Income Statement and 
Statement of Retained Earnings
Profit before tax
Taxes
Profit after tax
Retained earnings at the beginning of the financial year
Dividends
Retained earnings at the end of the financial year

Closed Group Consolidated Statement of Financial 
Position
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Receivables
Inventories
Tax receivable
Other financial assets
Other assets
Non-current assets held for sale
Total current assets

Non-current assets
Receivables
Other financial assets
Exploration and evaluation assets
Oil and gas properties
Other plant and equipment
Deferred tax assets
Total non-current assets
Total assets

Current liabilities
Payables
Other financial liabilities
Other liabilities
Provisions
Total current liabilities

Non-current liabilities
Payables
Deferred tax liabilities
Other financial liabilities
Other liabilities
Provisions
Total non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
Net assets

Equity
Issued and fully paid shares
Shares held for employee share plan
Other reserves
Retained earnings
Total equity

Restated 
2017
US$m

2018
US$m

191 
(54)
137 
2,033 
(909)
1,261 

284 
(127)
157 
2,702 
(826)
2,033 

80 
258 
55 
-
36 
15 
10 
454 

94 
346 
63 
29 
70 
-
-
602 

15 
29,781 
1,501 
4,063 
181 
23 
35,564 
36,018 

-
28,371 
1,001 
3,750 
140 
25 
33,287 
33,889 

349 
27 
53 
117 
546 

23,017 
485 
14 
36 
944 
24,496 
25,042 
10,976 

8,880 
(31)
866 
1,261 
10,976 

429 
17 
38 
139 
623 

22,068 
415 
15 
52 
921 
23,471 
24,094 
9,795 

6,919 
(35)
878 
2,033 
9,795 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS E. OTHER ITEMS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

E.10  Other accounting policies

(b) New and amended accounting standards and 

(a) Summary of other significant accounting policies 

Tax consolidation 
The parent and its wholly owned Australian controlled entities have 
elected to enter a tax consolidation, with Woodside Petroleum Ltd 
as the head entity of the tax consolidated group. The members of 
the tax consolidated group are identified in Note E.9. 

The tax expense/(benefit), deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax 
assets arising from temporary differences of the members of the 
tax consolidated group are recognised in the separate financial 
statements of the members of the tax consolidated group, using 
the stand-alone approach. 

Entities within the tax consolidated group have entered into a tax 
funding arrangement and a tax sharing agreement with the head 
entity. Under the tax funding agreement, Woodside Petroleum Ltd 
and each of the entities in the tax consolidated group have agreed to 
pay or receive a tax equivalent payment to or from the head entity, 
based on the current tax liability or current tax asset of the entity. 

The tax sharing agreement entered into between members of 
the tax consolidated group provides for the determination of the 
allocation of income tax liabilities between the entities, should the 
head entity default on its tax payment obligations. No amounts 
have been recognised in the financial statements in respect of 
this agreement as payment of any amounts under the tax sharing 
agreement is considered remote. 

interpretations adopted 

The Group adopted AASB 15 as of 1 January 2018.

AASB 15 provides a single, principles-based five-step model to  
be applied to all contracts with customers. 

The Group adopted the new standard using the full retrospective 
approach and applied the practical expedient per AASB 15.C5(b). 
The Group’s new revenue accounting policy is detailed in Note A.1.

Revenue will be recognised using the sales method of accounting 
rather than the entitlements method. The sales method results in 
recording revenue when the products are delivered to customers,  
as opposed to the Group’s percentage interest in production from  
a producing field. An opening adjustment of a US$14 million loss has 
been recognised in retained earnings as at 1 January 2017 and a  
US$45 million increase in profit has been recognised for the year 
ended 31 December 2017.

In the normal course of business, the Group enters into long-
term sales contracts. Provisions are included in the contracts 
to renegotiate prices to align to current market conditions at a 
given point in time. Where the new pricing formula is not agreed 
by the time the contract enters a price review period, revenue 
is recognised at the amount to which the Group expects to be 
entitled. No opening adjustments were recognised.

The impact of AASB 15 adoption and representation of other 
financial assets is as follows:

Impact on equity (increase/(decrease)): 

Receivables
Other financial assets1
Payables2
Deferred tax liabilities
Retained earnings

Adjustment

31 December  
2017 
US$m
(76)
74
(46)
13
31

1 January  
2017 
US$m
(99)
66
(13)
(6)
(14)

1.  Product receivables containing variable components held at fair value were 
previously presented within receivables at 31 December 2017. These are now 
presented as other financial assets in the statement of financial position.

2.  Adjustment to payables relates to reversal of revenue entitlements.

Impact on the income statement and earnings per share  
(increase/(decrease)):

Adjustment
31 December 
2017 
US$m
67
1
(4)
(19)
45

5.4

Operating revenue
Other income
Other expenses
Income tax expenses
Profit for the year attributable to equity holders of the parent 
Basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) attributable to 
equity holders of the parent (US cents)1

1.  EPS adjustment reflects the impact of AASB 15. It has not been adjusted for 
theoretical ex-rights price factor associated with the equity raising (refer to  
Note A.4).

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS E. OTHER ITEMS
for the year ended 31 December 2018

(c) New and amended accounting standards and interpretations 

issued but not yet effective

AASB 16 provides a new lessee accounting model which requires 
a lessee to recognise assets and liabilities for all leases with a term 
of more than 12 months unless the underlying asset is of low value. 
The depreciation of the right of use asset and interest on the lease 
liability will be recognised in the consolidated income statement.

Transition to AASB 16
The Group plans to adopt the modified retrospective approach 
on transition, where the lease liability is measured at the present 
value of future lease payments on the initial date of application, 
being 1 January 2019. The lease asset is measured as if AASB 16 
had been applied from the commencement of the lease with any 
difference between the lease asset and liability recognised as an 
adjustment to opening retained earnings. Under this transition 
method, prior period comparative financial statements are not 
required to be restated and the cumulative impact of applying 
the standard is recognised in opening retained earnings on the 
initial date of application, being 1 January 2019. The Group has 
completed changes to the contracting process and the system 
implementation to ensure ongoing compliance with AASB 16. 

The Group has completed an impact assessment of AASB 16 and 
estimates the following impact on its consolidated statement of 
financial position as at 31 December 2018:

Estimated Impact on Consolidated  
Statement of Financial Position1

Right of use assets
Right of use lease liabilities

US$m
1,029
1,202

1.  The net effect of the lease liabilities and right of use assets, adjusted for deferred 

tax will be recognised against retained earnings.

The leases recognised by the Group under AASB 16 predominantly 
relate to LNG vessels and property.

On adoption of AASB 16, operating lease expense will no longer 
be recognised in gross profit, depreciation of right-of-use assets 
will be recognised in other costs and lease financing costs will be 
recognised in net financing costs.

134  Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Annual Report 2018

 
DIRECTORS’ DECLARATION

In accordance with a resolution of directors of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, we state that:

1.  In the opinion of the directors:

(a) the financial statements and notes thereto, and the disclosures included in the audited 2018 Remuneration Report, comply with 

Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001;

(b) the financial statements and notes thereto give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Group as at 31 December 2018 and 

of the performance of the Group for the financial year ended 31 December 2018;

(c)  the financial statements and notes thereto also comply with International Financial Reporting Standards as disclosed in the ‘About 

these statements’ section within the notes to the 2018 Financial Statements;

(d) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the company will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable; 

and

(e) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the members of the Closed Group identified in Note E.9 will be able to meet any 

obligations or liabilities which they are or may become subject to, by virtue of the Deed of Cross Guarantee.

2. This declaration has been made after receiving the declarations required to be made to the directors in accordance with section 295A of 

the Corporations Act 2001 for the year ended 31 December 2018.

For and on behalf of the Board

R J Goyder, AO
Chairman 
Perth, Western Australia 
14 February 2019

P J Coleman
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director 
Perth, Western Australia 
14 February 2019

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INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT

Ernst & Young 
11 Mounts Bay Road 
Perth  WA  6000  Australia 
GPO Box M939   Perth  WA  6843 

Tel: +61 8 9429 2222 
Fax: +61 8 9429 2436 
ey.com/au 

Independent auditor's report to the shareholders of Woodside Petroleum 
Ltd 

Report on the audit of the financial report 

Opinion 

We have audited the financial report of Woodside Petroleum Ltd (the Company), including its subsidiaries 
(collectively the Group), which comprises the consolidated statement of financial position as at 31 
December 2018, the consolidated income statement, the consolidated statement of comprehensive 
income, the consolidated statement of changes in equity and the consolidated statement of cash flows for 
the year then ended, notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting 
policies, and the directors' declaration. 

In our opinion, the accompanying financial report of the Group is in accordance with the Corporations Act 
2001, including: 

a) 

b) 

giving a true and fair view of the Group’s financial position as at 31 December 2018 and of its 
financial performance for the year ended on that date. 

complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001. 

Basis for opinion 

We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under 
those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial 
Report section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the auditor 
independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 and the ethical requirements of the Accounting 
Professional and Ethical Standards Board’s APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (the 
Code) that are relevant to our audit of the financial report in Australia. We have also fulfilled our other 
ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code.  

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for 
our opinion. 

Key audit matters 

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our 
audit of the financial report of the current year. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit 
of the financial report as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, but we do not provide a separate 
opinion on these matters. For each matter below, our description of how our audit addressed the matter 
is provided in that context. 

We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the 
Financial Report section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit 
included the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks of material 
misstatement of the financial report. The results of our audit procedures, including the procedures 
performed to address the matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying 
financial report. 

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Independent audit report (cont.)

1.  Impairment of non-current assets 

Why significant 

How our audit addressed the key audit matter 

Page 2 

Australian Accounting Standards require the Group to assess 
whether there are any indicators that  non-current assets 
may be impaired. If any indicator exists, the Group must 
estimate the recoverable amount of the asset. At year end, 
the Group concluded that there were no indicators of 
impairment or reversal of previous impairments for any of its 
Cash Generating Units (CGUs), apart from an impairment 
indicator in respect of LNG vessels classified as non-current 
assets held for sale at 31 December 2018. An impairment 
charge of $39 million was recognised during the year.  

In determining whether there was an indicator of impairment 
or impairment reversal, the Group considered whether there 
was a significant change in the external and internal factors 
as set out in the financial report in note B.4. 

The assessment of indicators of impairment and reversal of 
impairment is judgmental, and includes assessing a range of 
external and internal factors that could impact the 
recoverable amount of a CGU. Accordingly, this matter was 
considered to be a key audit matter.  

We evaluated whether there had been significant changes in the 
external and internal factors considered by the Group in assessing 
whether indicators of impairment or reversal of impairment exist. 
This included assessing, in conjunction with our valuation 
specialists, any significant changes in discount rates and 
commodity prices and the impact this would have on the 
conclusions drawn by the Group based on the impairment 
assessments of previous years. Our assessment of commodity 
prices makes reference to market prices (where available), market 
research, market practice, market indices, market consensus and 
historical performance.  

We used the work of the Group’s internal experts with respect to 
the hydrocarbon reserve assumptions used in the Group’s 
assessment of movements in reserves  in its impairment indicator 
considerations. This included understanding the reserve 
estimation processes carried out, the Group’s internal certification 
process for technical and commercial experts who are responsible 
for reserves, the design of the Group’s Petroleum Resources 
Management procedures and its alignment with the guidelines 
prepared by the Society of Petroleum Engineers. We also 
examined the competence and objectivity of the Group’s experts, 
the scope and appropriateness of their work. We assessed whether 
key reserves economics assumptions were consistent with other 
operational information.  

We examined sales agreements utilised in determining the 
recoverable amount of non-current assets held for sale at 31 
December 2018. 

We also focused on the adequacy of the financial report 
disclosures regarding the assumptions, key estimates and 
judgements applied by management for the Group’s assessment of 
indicators of impairment and reversal of impairment of non-
current assets. These have been disclosed in Note B.4. 

2.  Accounting for petroleum resources rent tax (PRRT) assets 

Why significant 

How our audit addressed the key audit matter 

The consolidated financial statements of the Group include 
deferred tax assets arising from PRRT and associated PRRT 
tax benefits. The determination of the quantum, likelihood 
and timing of the realisation of deferred tax assets arising 
from PRRT is highly judgemental and assessed on a basis 
consistent with the impairment trigger assessment set out 
above as well as other factors such as the long term bond 
rate applied to the augmentation of deductible expenditure. 
As such, this matter was considered to be a key audit matter. 

The Group’s disclosures about PRRT are included in the 
summary of significant accounting policies in Note A.5. 

We considered the application of the judgements and 
methodologies used by the Group to calculate the deferred tax 
assets arising from PRRT and estimate their utilisation in the 
future. In particular, we assessed those judgements and 
methodologies relating to the estimation of future PRRT 
assessable profits, the interpretation of PRRT legislation and the 
consistency in application of forecasted performance with other 
forecasts made, including analysis of impairment indicators. 

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Page 3 

Information other than the financial report and auditor’s report thereon 

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information 
included in the Company’s Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2018, but does not include the 
financial report and our auditor’s report thereon. 

Our opinion on the financial report does not cover the other information and accordingly we do not 
express any form of assurance conclusion thereon, with the exception of the Remuneration Report and 
our related assurance opinion.  

In connection with our audit of the financial report, our responsibility is to read the other information and, 
in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial report or 
our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.  

If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other 
information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. 

Responsibilities of the directors for the financial report 

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a true 
and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001 and for 
such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial 
report that gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or 
error. 

In preparing the financial report, the directors are responsible for assessing the Group’s ability to 
continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters relating to going concern and using the 
going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease 
operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. 

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial report 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is free 
from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes 
our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit 
conducted in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material 
misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, 
individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of 
users taken on the basis of this financial report. 

As part of an audit in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards, we exercise professional 
judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also: 

► 

► 

► 

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud 
or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence 
that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a 
material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud 
may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of 
internal control. 

Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit 
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an 
opinion on the effectiveness of the Group’s internal control.  

Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting 
estimates and related disclosures made by the directors.  

A member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited 
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Independent audit report (cont.)

Page 4 

► 

Conclude on the appropriateness of the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting and, 
based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or 
conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern. If 
we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s 
report to the related disclosures in the financial report or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to 
modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our 
auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue as 
a going concern.  

► 

Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial report, including the 
disclosures, and whether the financial report represents the underlying transactions and events in a 
manner that achieves fair presentation. 

We communicate with the directors regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the 
audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we 
identify during our audit. 

We also provide the directors with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements 
regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may 
reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards. 

From the matters communicated to the directors, we determine those matters that were of most 
significance in the audit of the financial report of the current year and are therefore the key audit 
matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public 
disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should 
not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be 
expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication. 

Report on the audit of the Remuneration Report 

Opinion on the Remuneration Report 

We have audited the Remuneration Report included in pages 76 to 97 of the directors' report for the year 
ended 31 December 2018. 

In our opinion, the Remuneration Report of Woodside Petroleum Ltd for the year ended 31 December 
2018, complies with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. 

Responsibilities 

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation and presentation of the Remuneration 
Report in accordance with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. Our responsibility is to express an 
opinion on the Remuneration Report, based on our audit conducted in accordance with Australian 
Auditing Standards. 

Ernst & Young 

T S Hammond 
Partner 
Perth 
14 February 2019 

A member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited 
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation 

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SHAREHOLDER  
STATISTICS

As at 8 February 2019

Number of shareholdings
There were 210,652 shareholders. All issued shares carry voting rights on a one-for-one basis.

Distribution of shareholdings

Size of shareholding
1–1,000

1,001–5,000

5,001–10,000

10,001–100,000

100,001–9,999,999,999

Total

Number of holders
147,347

Number of shares % of issued capital
6.08

56,954,395

55,805

5,095

2,305

100

210,652

113,813,216

35,118,592

43,808,099

686,457,247

936,151,549

12.16

3.75

4.68

73.33

100.00

Unmarketable parcels
There were 2,444 members holding less than a marketable parcel of shares in the company.

Twenty largest shareholders

HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited

J P Morgan Nominees Australia Pty Limited

Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited

BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd 

National Nominees Limited

BNP Paribas Noms Pty Ltd 

Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 

HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited 

Pacific Custodians Pty Limited 

Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 

Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited

AMP Life Limited

Netwealth Investments Limited 

Argo Investments Limited

Navigator Australia Ltd 

BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd Hub24 Custodial Serv Ltd Drp

Milton Corporation Limited

Nulis Nominees (Australia) Limited 

Pacific Custodians Pty Limited 

UBS Nominees Pty Ltd

Total

Shares held % of issued capital
28.02
262,319,027

157,850,960

101,648,892

50,606,887

36,282,911

13,843,456

7,998,328

5,843,471

4,803,115

4,222,042

3,794,652

2,884,675

1,749,071

1,700,873

1,411,500

1,361,847

1,232,411

1,223,423

1,121,899

1,121,152

16.86

10.86

5.41

3.88

1.48

0.85

0.62

0.51

0.45

0.41

0.31

0.19

0.18

0.15

0.15

0.13

0.13

0.12

0.12

663,020,592

70.82

Substantial shareholders as disclosed in substantial shareholder notices given to the company are as follows:

Vanguard Group (Vanguard Group Inc. (USA) and subsidiaries)

53,551,153

5.72

Vanguard Group substantial shareholder notice was given on 15 June 2018. There has been no notice of a change of interest of the substantial shareholder since that date.

Blackrock Group (Blackrock Inc. and subsidiaries)

51,187,573

5.47

Blackrock Group’s substantial shareholder notice was given on 20 November 2017. There has been no notice of a change of interest of the substantial shareholder since that date.

*Small differences are due to rounding.

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Annual General Meeting 
The 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Woodside 
Petroleum Ltd will be held at 2.00 pm (AWST) on Thursday,  
2 May 2019, at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre,  
21 Mounts Bay Road, Perth, Western Australia. Details of the 
business of the meeting will be provided in the AGM notice.

The AGM will be webcast live on the internet. An archive 
version of the webcast will be placed on the Woodside website 
to enable the proceedings to be viewed at a later time.

Refer to Woodside's website for copies of the Chairman's 
and CEO's speeches (www.woodside.com.au).

Share registry enquiries 
Investors seeking information about their shareholdings should 
contact the company’s share registry: 

Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited 

Level 11, 172 St Georges Terrace  
Perth WA 6000 

Postal address: GPO Box D182  
Perth WA 6840 

Telephone: 1300 558 507 (within Australia)    

  +61 3 9415 4632 (outside Australia) 

Facsimile:  +61 3 9473 2500 

Email:   
Website:  

  web.queries@computershare.com.au  

investorcentre.com/wpl 

The share registry can assist with queries on share transfers, 
dividend payments, the Dividend Reinvestment Plan, 
notification of tax file numbers and changes of name, address 
or bank account details. 

Refer to the share registry website for details of 
shareholdings (www.investorcentre.com/wpl). 

For security reasons, you will need your Security Reference 
Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN) when 
communicating with the share registry.

The share registry website allows shareholders to make 
changes to address and banking details online.

Dividend payments 
Woodside declares its dividends in US dollars as this is our 
functional and presentation currency. Woodside pays its 
dividends in Australian dollars, unless a shareholder’s registered 
address is in the United Kingdom (UK), where they are paid in 
UK pounds sterling, or in the United States of America (USA), 
where they are paid in US dollars.

Shareholders may have their dividends paid directly into any 
bank or building society account in Australia, the USA or the 
UK. Payments are electronically credited on the dividend 
payment date and confirmed by payment advice. To request 
direct crediting of dividend payments, please contact the  
share registry or visit the share registry website  
(www.investorcentre.com/wpl).

Shareholders must make an election to alter their dividend 
currency by the business day after the record date for  
the dividend.

Shareholders who reside outside the USA, the UK and Australia 
may elect to receive their dividend electronically in their local 
currency using the share registry’s Global Wire Payment 
Service. For a list of currencies offered and how to subscribe to 
the service, please contact the share registry.

Refer to Woodside's website for the history of dividends 
paid by the company (www.woodside.com.au).

Change of address or banking details 
Shareholders should immediately notify the share registry 
of any change to their address or banking arrangements for 
dividends electronically credited to a bank account.

Refer to the share registry website to change details  
(www.investorcentre.com/wpl).

Australian Securities Exchange listing 
Woodside Petroleum Ltd securities are listed on the ASX under 
the code WPL. 

American Depositary Receipts 
Citbank (Citi) sponsors a level-one American Depositary 
Receipts (ADR) program in the USA. One Woodside share 
equals one ADR and trades over the counter under the  
symbol ‘WOPEY’.

ADR holders should deal directly with Citi on all matters  
related to their ADRs.

Enquiries should be directed to:  
Citibank Shareholder Services  
PO Box 43077 
Providence 
Rhode Island 02940-3077

Contact information 
USA Toll Free Number: 1-877-CITI-ADR

Number for international callers: 
+1 781 575 4555

Facsimile:  +1 201 324 3284 
Email:  

  citibank@shareholders-online.com

Investor Relations enquiries 
Requests for specific information on the company can be 
directed to Investor Relations:

Investor Relations  
Woodside Petroleum Ltd  
Mia Yellagonga 
11 Mount Street 
Perth WA 6000

Postal address: 
GPO Box D188 
Perth WA 6840

Telephone:  +61 8 9348 4000

Email:  
Website:     woodside.com.au

investor@woodside.com.au 

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Key announcements 2018

Events calendar 2019

February

Full-year 2017 results and briefing

Key calendar dates for Woodside shareholders in 2019.

March

May

June

August

November

December

Scarborough acquistion

A$2.5 billion equity raising

Assumed Scarborough operatorship

2018 Investor Briefing Day

Wheatstone train 2 commences  
LNG production

Half-year 2018 results and briefing pack

Long-term domestic gas supply to Perdaman

SNE field development phase 1 commences 
FEED activities

Pluto LNG Train 2 enters FEED

Please note dates are subject to review.

February

14 Full year 2018 results

March

14 Annual Report 2018 released

22 Ex-dividend date for final dividend

25 Record date for final dividend

7

Sustainability Development Report 
2018 released

20 Payment date for final dividend

April

18 First quarter 2019 results

30 Annual General Meeting Proxy returns 

May

June

July

August

October

November

December

close at 2.00 pm (AWST)

2 Annual General Meeting

30 Half year end

18 Second quarter 2019 results

15 Half year 2019 results

17 Third quarter 2019 results

2019 Investor Briefing Day

31 Year-end 2019

Unreasonable prejudice 
As permitted by sections 299(3) and 299A(3) of the 
Corporations Act 2001, we have omitted certain information 
from this operating and financial review in relation to our 
business strategy, future prospects and likely developments 
in our operations and the expected results of those 
operations in future financial years. We have done this on the 
basis that such information, if disclosed, would be likely to 
result in unreasonable prejudice to Woodside (for example, 
because the information is premature, commercially 
sensitive, confidential or could give a third party a 
commercial advantage). The omitted information relates to 
our internal budgets, forecasts and estimates, details of our 
business strategy, and LNG contractual pricing.

Forward-looking statements 
This report contains forward-looking statements, including 
statements of current intention, statements of opinion and 
expectations regarding Woodside’s present and future 
operations, possible future events and future financial 
prospects. Such statements are not statements of fact and 
may be affected by a variety of known and unknown risks, 

variables and changes in underlying assumptions or strategy 
that could cause Woodside’s actual results or performance to 
differ materially from the results or performance expressed 
or implied by such statements. There can be no certainty of 
outcome in relation to the matters to which the statements 
relate, and the outcomes are not all within the control  
of Woodside. 

Further information on some important factors that could 
cause actual results or performance to differ materially 
from those projected in such statements is contained in the 
'Risk' section on pages 60–62. Woodside makes no 
representation, assurance or guarantee as to the accuracy 
or likelihood of fulfilment of any forward-looking statement 
or any outcomes expressed or implied in any forward-
looking statement. The forward-looking statements in this 
report reflect expectations held at the date of this report. 
Except as required by applicable law or the Australian 
Securities Exchange (ASX) Listing Rules, Woodside 
disclaims any obligation or undertaking to publicly update 
any forward-looking statements, or discussion of future 
financial prospects, whether as a result of new information 
or of future events.

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Business directory

Registered Office  
Perth
Woodside Petroleum Ltd 
Mia Yellagonga 
11 Mount Street 
Perth WA 6000 
AUSTRALIA

T: +61 8 9348 4000

Postal address:  
GPO Box D188 
Perth WA 6840 
AUSTRALIA

Beijing
 32/F, Full Tower, 3206 
No. 9 East Third Ring Road 
Chaoyang District 
Beijing 100020 
CHINA

T: +8610 8591 0577 
F: +8610 8591 0579

Broome
Unit 28 Shiba Lane  
Broome WA 6725 
AUSTRALIA

T: 1800 036 654

Postal address: 
PO Box 2751 
Broome WA 6725 
AUSTRALIA

Calgary
Suite 3750 
421-7th Avenue SW 
Calgary Alberta T2P 4K9 
CANADA

T: +1 855 956 0916

Postal address:  
PO Box 22240 Bankers Hall  
Calgary Alberta T2P 4J6 
CANADA

Canberra
Suite 12.03 
15 London Circuit 
Canberra ACT 2601 
AUSTRALIA

T: +61 8 9348 4000

Dakar
BP 15817 
Fann, Dakar 
SENEGAL

T: +221 32 824 40 60

Dili
 Palm Business and Trade Centre 
Block E01-06 Surik Mas, Fatumeta 
BairroPite Dili 
TIMOR-LESTE

T: + 670 3310804

Houston
Sage Plaza 
5151 San Felipe, Suite  980 
Houston TX 77056 
USA

T: +1 713 401 0000 
F: +1 713 401 0088

Karratha
The Quarter HQ 
Level 3, 24 Sharpe Avenue  
Karratha WA 6714 
AUSTRALIA

T: +61 8 9158 8100

Postal address: 
PO Box 517 
Karratha WA 6714 
AUSTRALIA

London
3rd Floor, Pollen House 
10-12 Cork Street 
Mayfair, London W1S 3NP 
UNITED KINGDOM

T: + 44 20 7009 3900

Roebourne
39 Roe Street 
Roebourne WA 6718 
AUSTRALIA

T: +61 8 9158 8949

Seoul
 11F Kwanghwamun Building 
149, Sejong-daero, Jongno-gu 
Seoul 03186 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA

T: +822 739 3290 
F: +822 739 3294

Singapore
 12 Marina View 
Asia Square Tower 2 #18-03 
Singapore 018961 
SINGAPORE

T: +65 6709 8000

Tokyo
Imperial Tower 
1-1 Uchisaiwaicho 1-Chome 
Chiyoda-ku 
Tokyo 100-0011 
JAPAN

T: +813 3501 7031 
F: +813 3581 2689

Yangon
 Level 6, Vantage Tower 
623 Pyay Road 
Kamaryut Township 
11041 Yangon 
MYANMAR (BURMA) 

T: +95 1 230 7460  
F: +95 1 230 7461 

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Asset facts

PRODUCING FACILITIES
Australia1

North West 
Shelf

Karratha Gas 
Plant

North Rankin 
Complex

Goodwyn A 
Platform

Role Operator

Operator

Operator

Equity 16.67%

16.67%

16.67%

Angel 
Platform

Operator

16.67%

Product LNG, pipeline 

natural gas, 
condensate 
and LPG

LNG, pipeline 
natural gas, 
condensate 
and LPG

LNG, pipeline 
natural gas, 
condensate 
and LPG

LNG, pipeline 
natural gas, 
condensate 
and LPG

International

Canada Kitimat LNG

Role Non-operator

Equity 50%

Product Pipeline natural gas

Pluto LNG Pluto LNG 

Platform

Pluto LNG 
Plant

Australia Oil Ngujima-Yin 

Okha FPSO Wheatstone LNG

FPSO

Role Operator

Operator

Role Operator

Operator

Non-operator

Equity 90%

90%

Product LNG, pipeline 

natural gas and 
condensate

LNG, pipeline 
natural gas and 
condensate

Equity 60%

Product Oil

33.33%

13%

Condensate 
and oil

LNG, pipeline natural gas  
and condensate

DEVELOPMENTS
Australia1

International

Greater Enfield Project

Wheatstone LNG

Canada Kitimat LNG 

Senegal SNE Phase 1

Role Operator

Equity 60%

Product Oil

Non-operator

13%

LNG, pipeline natural gas  
and condensate

Role Non-operator

Role Operator

Equity 50%

Equity 35%

Julimar-Brunello Project 
Phase 2

Greater Western Flank  
Phase 2

Role Operator

Equity 65%

Operator

16.67%

Scarborough/ 
Thebe

Operator and 
non-operator

Browse

Sunrise LNG

Operator

Operator

50%–75%

30.60%

33.44%

Product LNG, pipeline natural gas  
and condensate

LNG, pipeline natural gas  
and condensate

EXPLORATION

Asia-Pacific

Myanmar AD-5 and A-7 AD-7 and A-6 AD-2 and A-4 AD-1, AD-6 and AD-8

Role Operator

Joint operator Non-operator Joint operator

Equity 55% and 45% 40%

45%

50%

Product Gas prone 

basin

Gas prone 
basin

Gas prone 
basin

Gas prone 
basin

Europe

Bulgaria 1-14 Khan Kubrat2
Role Non-operator

Equity 30%

Product Oil or gas 

prone basin

Ireland FEL 5/13, FEL 11/18, FEL 3/143 and FEL 5/143

Morocco Rabat Deep I-VI

Atlantic margins

Senegal Rufisque, Sangomar and 
Sangomar Deep

Role Non-operator

Equity 35%

Product Oil prone basin

Sub-Saharan Africa

Role Operator

Equity 60%–90%

Product Oil or gas prone basin

Gabon Doukou Dak (F15), Diaba Licence and Likuale (F14)4

Role Non-operator

Equity 21.25%–40%

Product Oil prone basin

Role Non-operator

Equity 25%

Product Oil prone basin

Latin America

Peru Block 108

Role Non-operator

Equity 35%

Product Oil prone basin

1. For further information on Woodside’s Australian titles, please refer to the titles register website (neats.nopta.gov.au).
2. The transaction remains subject to satisfaction of conditions precedent.
3. The first phase ended 31 August 2018 and Woodside elected to exit, subject to receipt of Ministerial approvals which are pending.
4. Woodside is currently exiting the F14 transaction.

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Woodside Petroleum Ltd  |  Shareholder Information   147

 
Glossary, units of measure and conversion factors
Glossary
$, $m

Gross margin

1P
2C
2P
Acquisition costs

AGM
APPEA

Appraisal well

ASX
AUD
Average unit cash 
cost of sales

BJV
Brent

Cash margin

CDP
CNG
Condensate

cps
CWLH
DBNGP
DRP
EBIT

EBITDA

EBITDAX

EEP
EPS
Equity lifted LNG

Farm-in

FEED

FEL
FID
First half, second 
half
Flaring

FLNG
FPSO
FPU
Free cash flow

Gearing

US dollars unless otherwise stated, millions  
of dollars
Proved reserves
Best Estimate of Contingent resources
Proved plus Probable reserves
2018 acquisition expenditure divided by 
contingent resources (2C) added through  
2018 acquisition activity
Annual General Meeting
Australian Petroleum Production  
& Exploration Association
A well drilled to follow up a discovery and 
evaluate its commercial potential
Australian Securities Exchange
Australian dollars
Average unit cash cost of sales includes production 
costs, royalty and excise, shipping and direct 
sales costs, carbon costs and insurance; excludes 
exploration and evaluation, general administrative 
and other costs, depreciation and amortisation, 
PRRT and income tax
Browse Joint Venture
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Brent Crude 
deliverable futures contract (oil price)
Gross profit net of other revenue, oil and gas 
properties depreciation and amortisation, 
inventory movement, trading costs and other 
hydocarbon costs, divided by sales revenue
Carbon Disclosure Project
Compressed natural gas
Hydrocarbons that are gaseous in a reservoir but 
that condense to form liquids as they rise to  
the surface
Cents per share
Cossack, Wanaea, Lambert and Hermes
Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
EBIT is calculated as a profit before income tax, 
PRRT and net finance costs
EBITDA is calculated as a profit before income 
tax, PRRT, net finance costs and depreciation and 
amortisation 
EBITDA is calculated as a profit before income 
tax, PRRT, net finance costs, depreciation and 
amortisation and exploration and evaluation 
expense
Employee equity plan
Earnings per share
The proportion of LNG which Woodside is 
entitled to lift and sell, in its own right, as a result 
of its participating interest in the relevant project 
Where one company acquires an interest in 
an exploration permit or production licence 
by paying some of the past or future costs of 
another company that is relinquishing its interest
Front-end engineering design. Preliminary design 
and cost and schedule confirmation before FID
Frontier Exploration Licence
Final investment decision
Halves of the calendar year (i.e. H1 is 1 January to  
30 June, H2 is 1 July to 31 December)
The controlled burning of gas found in oil and  
gas reservoirs
Floating liquefied natural gas
Floating production storage and offloading
Floating production unit
Cash flow from operating activities less cash flow 
from investing activities
Net debt divided by net debt and equity 
attributable to the equity holders of the parent

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Gross profit divided by operating revenue.  
Gross profit excludes income tax, PRRT, net finance 
costs, other income and other expenses (refer to 
section A.1 of the Financial Statements for data)
Gas sale and purchase agreement
Greater Western Flank
Halves of the calendar year (H1 is 1 January to  
30 June and H2 is 1 July to 31 December)
Health, safety and environment
Health, safety, environment and quality
Well drilled for the purpose of increasing 
production
International Organisation for Standardisation
The Japan Customs-cleared Crude is the average 
price of customs-cleared crude oil imports into 
Japan as reported in customs statistics (also known 
as ‘Japanese Crude Cocktail’) and is used as a 
reference price for long-term supply LNG contracts
Joint venture
Karratha Gas Plant
Left hand side
Liquefied natural gas
Loss of primary containment
Liquefied petroleum gas
Lost time injury frequency
Memorandum of understanding
Total debt less cash and cash equivalents
Non-operating joint venture
Net profit after tax
Northern Territory
North West Shelf
Petroleum exploration permit
Petroleum Resources Rent Tax
Production sharing contract
Process safety event
Quarters of the calendar year (Q1 is 1 January to  
31 March, Q2 is 1 April to 30 June, Q3 is 1 July to  
30 September, Q4 is 1 October to 31 December)
Woodside’s Reconciliation Action Plan
Return on shareholder funds is calculated as  
NPAT (excluding non-controlling interests) 
divided by equity attributable to the equity 
holders of the parent
Ready for start-up
Right hand side
Return on average capital employed is calculated 
as EBIT divided by average non-current liabilities 
and average equity attributable to equity holders 
of the parent
Rufisque, Sangomar, Sangomar Deep Offshore
The oil field offshore Senegal in the Sangomar 
Deep Block
Sale and purchase agreement
Commenced well-drilling process
A typical Tier 1 PSE is loss of containment of 
hydrocarbons greater than 500 kg (in any  
one-hour period)
A typical Tier 2 PSE is loss of containment of 
hydrocarbons greater than 50 kg but less than 
500 kg (in any one-hour period)
Total recordable injury rate. The number of 
recordable injuries (fatalities + lost workday cases 
+ restricted workday cases + medical treatment 
cases) per 1,000,000 hours worked
Total shareholder return
Production costs ($ million) divided by 
production volume (MMboe)
United States of America
US dollars
Western Australia

GSPA
GWF
H1, H2

HSE
HSEQ
Infill well

ISO
JCC

JV
KGP
LHS
LNG
LOPC
LPG
LTIF
MOU
Net debt
NOJV
NPAT
NT
NWS
PEP
PRRT
PSC
PSE
Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4

RAP
Return on equity

RFSU
RHS
ROACE

RSSD
SNE

SPA
Spudded
Tier 1 PSE

Tier 2 PSE

TRIR

TSR
Unit production 
costs
USA
USD
WA

Conversion factors
Product
Pipeline natural gas
Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
Condensate
Oil
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
Natural gas

Factor Conversion factors¹
1 TJ
163.6 boe
1 tonne 8.9055 boe
1.000 boe
1 bbl
1 bbl
1.000 boe
1 tonne 8.1876 boe
1 MMBtu 0.1724 boe

1.  Minor changes to some conversion factors can occur over time due to gradual changes in 

the process stream.

Glossary, units of measure and conversion factors cont.

Units of measure
barrel
bbl
barrels per day
bbl/d
billion cubic feet
Bcf
barrel of oil equivalent
boe
carbon dioxide equivalent
CO₂-e
thousands of pascals
kPa
thousands of tonnes
kt
million standard cubic feet
mmscf
million barrels
MMbbl
million barrels of oil equivalent
MMboe
million British thermal units
MMBtu
million standard cubic feet per day
mmscf/d
millions of Pascals
MPa
millions of tonnes per annum
Mtpa
pounds per square inch
psi
tonnes
t
trillion cubic feet
Tcf
terajoules
TJ

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N
Net profit after tax (NPAT)  18-19, 21, 78-79, 148, 152
New Zealand  129, 131
North Rankin Complex  31, 57, 146
North West Shelf Project  11, 21, 67, 108, 111, 148
NWS Project Extension  30, 40-41, 44
O
Okha FPSO  15, 57, 146
Operating and Financial Review  1, 16, 105, 144
P
Peru  20, 33, 129, 131, 146
Pluto LNG  ii, 2-4, 11, 15, 19-22, 24, 28-29, 34-35, 38, 40-43, 56-57, 108, 119, 

131, 144, 146, 151

Pluto LNG Train 2  4, 21-22, 40, 42-43, 144
Production  15, 20, 28, 30, 32, 55, 65, 67, 72, 74, 78, 79, 83, 85, 99, 109-112, 

148, 151-152

Proved plus probable reserves  67, 148, 151
Proved reserves  67, 115, 148
R
Realised prices  19
Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)  54, 148
Remuneration Report  74-78, 97, 128, 135
Reserves and resource statement  67
Reserves replacement ratio  64, 67
Return on equity  18, 148
Risk management  105, 107, 121
S
Sales revenue  19, 28, 30, 148, 151
Scarborough  ii, 2, 4, 7-8, 10-11, 15, 20-22, 24, 29, 34, 40, 42-43, 64-65, 67, 

79, 83, 85, 99, 108, 116, 129, 144, 146

Security  12, 143
Senegal  2, 8, 11, 21-22, 24, 46-47, 53, 65, 67, 83, 85, 108, 129, 131, 146, 148
Shareholdings: distribution  142
Share plans  127
Share registry: enquiries  143
Short-term award (STA)  83, 86-87, 97, 128
Strategy  1, 12, 22, 70
Sunrise  2, 7, 22, 48, 65, 67, 108, 146
T
Technology  12, 71
Timor-Leste  2, 24, 48, 145
Total recordable injury rate (TRIR)  55, 83, 85, 148
Total shareholder return (TSR)  97, 148
U
United States of America (USA)  131, 143, 145, 148
V
Vincent  32, 39, 67, 108, 129
Volume weighted average  19
W
Wheatstone  2, 4, 10, 19, 20-22, 24, 25, 32, 34-35, 38, 65-67, 79, 83, 99, 

108-109, 111, 113, 124, 129, 144, 146, 151

Index

A
American Depositary Receipts  143
Annual General Meeting (AGM)  143, 148
Areas of activity  14
Australia Oil  15, 21, 108-109, 113, 124, 146, 152
B
Balance sheet  21, 128, 152
Board of Directors  1, 72-73, 86, 105, 128
Browse  2, 5, 8, 10-11, 21-22, 34, 40-41, 44-45, 65, 67, 79, 83, 85, 108, 129, 

131, 146, 148

Burrup Hub  8, 28-31, 34, 38, 40-41, 53, 57, 79, 85
C
Canada  2, 22, 24, 48, 65-67, 108, 113-114, 131, 146, 151
Compass (workplace culture) 53, 62,  73, 78
Compliance  12, 60, 74
Contingent resources  64-65, 67, 148
Conversion factors  148-149
Corporate governance  1, 73
Credit rating  121
D
Directors’ declaration  135
Diversity  73
Dividend  ii, 3, 18, 23, 74, 110, 117, 122, 143, 144, 148
Drilling  12, 67, 148
E
Effective income  18, 111
Effective income tax  18, 111, 152
Employees  54, 123, 128, 152
Events calendar  1, 144
Exchange rate  90
Executive Incentive Scheme (EIS)  77, 80-82, 84-88, 90, 91, 94, 97
Executives  75, 78, 82, 87-88, 96-97, 128
External auditor relationship  73
F
Financial position  ii, 102, 111, 118, 132
Financial Statements  ii, 1, 18-19, 74-75, 78, 98, 100-105, 108, 110, 127, 133, 

135, 148

Free cash flow  3, 18, 148
G
Gabon  20, 33, 129, 131, 146
Gearing  18, 148, 152
Goodwyn A  30, 31, 39, 57, 146
Greater Enfield  4, 15, 19-22, 32, 34, 39, 67, 85, 146, 151
Greater Western Flank  4, 10, 20, 22, 31, 39, 64, 79, 99, 146, 148
I
Independent audit report  99, 136-137, 139
Interconnector  29, 40-41, 43
K
Karratha Gas Plant (KGP) 30-31, 48-41, 44, 56-57, 83, 85, 148
Key management personnel (KMP) 76,  78-79, 81-91, 94, 96-97
L
Long-term award (LTA)  87, 92, 97
M
Morocco  20, 33, 129, 131
Myanmar  2, 5, 8, 11, 20-22, 24, 33-34, 53, 65, 67, 79, 83, 85, 108, 129, 131, 146

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Summary charts

Product view

Investment

˜ Gas and condensate*

˜ Oil*

˜ Exploration and other

2018

51%

27%

22%

2017

52%

24%

24%

*Indicative only as some assets produce oil and 

gas.

Regional view

Investment

˜ Australia

˜ Canada

˜ Rest of world

2018

83%

4%

13%

2017

76%

4%

20%

Our investment expenditure was primarily directed at 
Wheatstone LNG, the Greater Enfield and NWS subsea 
tieback projects, and exploration.

The majority of our 2017 investment was in Australia.

Production

˜ Natural gas*

˜ Oil

˜ Condensate

2018

86%

4%

10%

2017

83%

8%

9%

* Includes LNG, LPG and pipeline gas.

Production

˜ Australia

˜ Canada

˜ Rest of world

2018

99%

1%

0%

2017

98%

2%

0%

The majority of our production is from natural gas produced 
through the Pluto LNG and NWS facilities. 

Australian assets continue to provide the majority of 
Woodside’s production volumes.

Sales revenue

˜ Natural gas*

˜ Oil

˜ Condensate

2018

80%

6%

14%

2017

78%

11%

11%

Sales revenue

˜ Australia

˜ Canada

˜ Rest of world

2018

>99%

<1%

0%

2017

99%

<1%

0%

* Includes LNG, LPG and pipeline gas.

* Includes LNG, LPG and pipeline gas.

Gas, largely sold as LNG, continues to provide the majority 
of our sales revenue.

The majority of our revenue is currently derived from Australia. 

Reserves (Proved plus Probable)

Reserves (Proved plus Probable)

˜ Dry gas

˜ Oil

˜ Condensate

2018

86%

5%

9%

2017

86%

5%

9%

˜ Australia

˜ Canada

˜ Rest of world

2018

100%

0%

0%

2017

99%

1%

0%

Gas represents the largest portion of Woodside’s Proved 
plus Probable reserves. 

The majority of Woodside’s Proved plus Probable reserves 
are located in Australia. 

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Ten-year comparative data summary

2018

20176

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Profit and
Loss 
(USDm)1,6

Balance 
Sheet
(USDm)1,6

Cash Flow
(USDm)
and Capital
Expenditure
(USDm)1

Volumes6

Other ASX 
Data

Operating Revenues 
Australia Pipeline Gas
Australia LNG
Australia LPG
Australia Condensate
Australia Oil
Australia LNG Processing Revenue
Australia Trading Revenue
Other Hydrocarbon Revenue
Other International
Total
EBITDAX
EBITDA2 
EBIT 
Exploration and Evaluation
Depreciation and Amortisation
Amortisation of Licence Acquisition Costs
Impairment/(Impairment Reversal)
Net Finance Costs
Tax Expense
Non-controlling Interest
Reported NPAT
Reported EPS (cents)3
DPS (cents)
Total Assets
Debt
Net Debt
Shareholder Equity
Cash flow from Operations
Cash flow from Investing
Cash flow from Financing
Capital Expenditure
  Exploration and Evaluation
  Oil and Gas Properties and Property, Plant     
  and Equipment
ROACE4  
Return on Equity 
Gearing 
Sales (million boe)
Australia Pipeline Gas
Australia LNG
Australia LPG
Australia Condensate
Australia Oil
Other International
Total (million boe)
Production (million boe)
Australia Pipeline Gas
Australia LNG
Australia LPG
Australia Condensate
Australia Oil
Other International 
Total (million boe)
Reserves (Proved plus Probable) Gas (Tcf)
Reserves (Proved plus Probable) Condensate 
(MMbbl)
Reserves (Proved plus Probable) Oil (MMbbl)
Other
Employees
Shares

(%)
(%)
(%)

High (A$)
Low (A$)
Close (A$)
Number (000’s)

Number of Shareholders
Market Capitalisation (USD equivalent  
at reporting date)
Market Capitalisation (AUD equivalent  
at reporting date)
Finding Costs ($/boe) (3 year average)5
Reported Effective Income Tax Rate 
Net Debt/Total Market Capitalisation 

 84 
 3,761 
 25 
 651 
 301 
 202 
 210 
 1 
 5 
 5,240 
 4,041 
 3,814 
 2,278 
 227 
 1,451 
 46 
 39 
 183 
 628 
 103 
 1,364 
 148 
 144  
 27,088 
 4,071 
 2,397 
 17,489 
 3,296 
 (1,772)
 (159)

 728 

 993 

9.3
7.8
12.1

 4.6 
 69.6 
 0.4 
 9.2 
 4.2 
 1.2 
 89.2

 4.6 
 71.9 
 0.6 
 9.3 
 3.8 
 1.2 
 91.4 
6.05

108.2

67.7

 142 
 2,674 
 43 
 422 
 391 
 192 
 53 
 47 
 11 
 3,975
 3,095 
 2,918 
 1,714 
 177 
 1,188 
 16 
 -    

 84 
 465 
 96 
 1,069 
 123 
 98 
 25,399 
 5,065 
 4,747 
 15,081 
 2,400 
 (1,568)
 (805)

 328 

 1,039 

7.4
7.1
23.9

 6.3 
 61.2 
 0.7 
 7.7 
 6.9 
 1.3 
 84.1

 6.0 
 61.7 
 0.6 
 8.0 
 6.8 
 1.3 
 84.4
6.54

117.0

69.9

292
2,751
34
413
302
202
70
-
11
4,075
3,004
2,734
1,388
270
1,320
26
-
48
367
105
868
104
83
24,753
4,973
4,688
14,839
2,587
(2,473)
51

965

1,214

6.2
5.8
24.0

12.9
63.6
0.7
9.3
6.9
1.6
95.0

12.9
63.7
0.7
9.3
6.7
1.6
94.9
7.09

124.2

74.4

 295 
 3,095 
 34 
 421 
 650 
 180 
 354 
-
1
 5,030 
 3,443 
 3,063 
 441 
 380 
 1,517 
 22 
 1,083 
 85 
 243 
 87 
 26 
3
109
 23,839 
 4,441 
 4,319 
 14,226 
 2,475 
 (5,555)
 (58)

1,305

4,309

2.0
0.2
23.3

 13.2 
 57.6 
 0.7 
 8.5 
 12.5 
 0.2 
 92.7 

 13.1 
 57.5 
 0.7 
 8.4 
 12.3 
 0.2 
 92.2 
 7.59 

 133.5 

 42.6 

 376 
 4,563 
 80 
 901 
 1,133 
 198 
 161   
-
 23 
 7,435 
 5,853 
 5,568 
 3,672 
 285 
 1,441 
 21 
 434 
 163 
 993 
 102 
 2,414 
 293 
 255 
 24,082 
 2,586 
 (682)
 15,876 
 4,785 
 (617)
 (3,119)

 366 
 3,347 
 88 
 1,000 
 896 
 150 

-  
-
 79 
 5,926 
 4,460 
 4,188 
 2,538 
 272 
 1,218 
 45 
 387 
 179 
 545 
 65 
 1,749 
 213 
 249 
 23,770 
 3,764 
 1,541 
 15,225 
 3,330 
 (1,059)
 (2,470)

 367 
 2,834 
 125 
 903 
 1,918 

 125    
-  
-
 76 
 6,348 
 5,528 
 5,162 
 3,795 
 366 
 1,184 
 26 
 157 
 137 
 614 
 61 
 2,983 
 366 
 130 
 24,810 
 4,340 
 1,918 
 15,148 
 3,475 
 161 
 (1,252)

 375 
 1,509 
 127 
 860 
 1,795 

-    
-  
-
 136 
 4,802 
 3,423 
 2,864 
 2,212 
 559 
 627 
 28 
 (3) 
 26 
 677 
 2 
 1,507 
 190 
 110 
 23,231 
 5,102 
 5,061 
 12,658 
 2,242 
 (3,533)
 362 

166

420

12.0
11.5
9.2

 14.0 
 52.4 
 0.9 
 9.5 
 8.0 
 0.9 
 85.7 

 13.9 
 53.6 
 0.9 
 9.5 
 8.2 
 0.9 
 87.0 
 7.09 

383

1,145

18.3
19.7
11.2

 13.9 
 42.6 
 1.1 
 8.6 
 16.8 
 0.8 
 83.8 

 13.8 
 43.9 
 1.1 
 9.3 
 16.0 
 0.8 
 84.9 
 7.51 

778

2,651

11.8
11.9
28.6

 14.0 
 22.4 
 1.1 
 7.8 
 15.7 
 2.9 
 63.9 

 14.0 
 22.6 
 1.2 
 7.9 
 16.0 
 2.9 
 64.6 
 7.80 

261

425

17.5
15.2
(4.5)

 13.3 
 58.3 
 0.8 
 9.4 
 11.2 
 0.2 
 93.2 

 13.3 
 60.3 
 0.8 
 9.1 
 11.4 
 0.2 
 95.1 
 6.65 

 117.1 

 54.1 

 309 
 1,310 
 115 
 708 
 1,579 

-    
-  
-
172
 4,193 
 3,431 
 3,126 
 2,256 
 305 
 749 
 24 
 97 
 (18)
 697 
 2 
 1,575 
 204 
 105 
 20,196 
 4,915 
 3,952 
 11,091 
 2,104 
 (2,941)
 608 

 378 
 769 
 94 
 571 
 1,496 
- 
-
-
179
 3,487 
 3,427 
 3,209 
 2,303 
 218 
 752 
 35 
 119 
 12 
 823 
 (6)
 1,474 
 210 
 95 
17,753 
4,939 
3,732 
8,812 
 1,483 
 (4,708)
 4,207 

703

273

2,933

3,992

13.5
14.2
26.3

 14.8 
 22.7 
 1.3 
 9.1 
 19.8 
4.5
 72.2 

 14.8 
 23.2 
 1.4 
 9.1 
 19.7 
 4.5
 72.7 
 8.02 

19.0
16.7
29.8

 18.4 
 21.3 
 1.5 
 9.7 
 24.3 
5.5 
 80.7 

 18.4 
 21.5 
 1.5 
 9.5 
 24.5 
 5.5 
 80.9 
 7.79 

 125.2 

 130.9 

 138.7 

 154.7 

 147.8 

 67.0 

 95.9 

 108.5 

 117.5 

 136.1 

3,662
39.00
28.45
31.32

3,511
3,597
31.88
33.97
23.94
28.16
31.16
33.08
936,152 842,445 842,445
214,350 
209,383
209,753

 3,456 
 38.33 
 26.20 
 28.72 
 823,911 
 225,138 

 3,803 
 44.23 
 33.71 
 38.01 
 823,911 
 227,798 

 3,856 
 3,997 
 3,896 
 50.85 
 38.16 
 39.54 
 29.76 
 30.09 
 33.29 
 30.62 
 33.88 
 38.90 
 823,911 
 805,672 
 823,911 
217,383  208,277  205,868 

 3,650 
 49.28 
 40.56 
 42.56 
 783,402 
 201,134 

 3,219 
 53.87 
 31.19 
 47.20 
 748,599 
 175,257 

20,681

21,762

18,922

17,250

 25,664 

 28,579 

 28,983 

 25,287 

 33,745 

 31,567 

29,320

27,868

26,251

 23,663 

 31,317 

 32,050 

 27,914 

 24,670 

 33,342 

 35,334 

 5.71 
33.7
11.8
1.  Comparative financial information prior to 2010 has been converted on a consistent basis in accordance with Note 1(o) to the 2010 Financial Report. Cash flow and capital expenditure have 

 44.09 
30.1
(2.7)

 29.90 
31.7
11.6

 30.43 
29.8
5.4

 14.09 
27.2
6.6

107.45
49.8
25.0

 26.21 
34.0
21.8

 12.67 
30.5
20.0

39.06
35.9
24.8

 6.12 
25.2
11.6

(%)
(%)

been converted using a consistent approach adopted on a conversion of expenses.

2.  The calculation for EBITDA has been updated to exclude impairment and amortisation of license acquisition costs. 2009 to 2013 EBITDA numbers have been restated to reflect ths change in 

calculation. EBIT is calculated as a profit before income tax, PRRT and net finance costs.

3.  Earnings per share has been calculated using the following weighted average number of shares (2018: 921,165,018; 2017: 866,201,877; 2016: 835,011,896; 2015: 822,943,960; 2014: 822,771,118; 

2013:822,983,715; 2012: 814,751,356; 2011: 791,668,973; 2010: 773,388,154; 2009: 703,310,697).

4.  The calculation for ROACE has been revised in 2014 to use EBIT as the numerator, in addition to a change in the composition of capital employed. ROACE for 2009 to 2013 has been 

restated to include this change. 

5.  Finding cost methodology is in accordance with the FAS69/SEC industry standard.
6.  2017 has been restated for the restrospective application of AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (AASB 15). Comparative financial information prior to 2016 has not been 

restated for AASB 15. 

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Head Office: 
Woodside Petroleum Ltd 
Mia Yellagonga 
11 Mount Street 
Perth WA 6000

Postal address: 
GPO Box D188 
Perth WA 6840  
Australia

T: +61 8 9348 4000 
F: +61 8 9214 2777 
E: companyinfo@woodside.com.au

Woodside Petroleum Ltd 
ABN 55 004 898 962

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