Woodside Petroleum
| Woodside Petroleum Limited
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| legal form | Limited |
| ISIN | AU000000WPL2 |
| founding | 1954 |
| Seat |
Perth , Australia
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| management | Peter J. Coleman ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 3,456 |
| sales | 4,496,000,000 US dollars |
| Branch | energy |
| Website | www.woodside.com.au |
| Status: 2015 | |
Woodside Petroleum is an Australian company headquartered in Perth . The company is listed in the S & P / ASX 50 share index.
Woodside Petroleum is active in the exploration and production of petroleum . The company employs over 3,000 people worldwide. The company was founded in 1954 as Woodside (Lakes Entrance) Oil Co NL . The company was named after Woodside , Victoria , near where the company opened its first oil field.
criticism
In February 2006, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall of the Mauritanian government announced that Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya had signed a contract with the previous government in 2004 for an oil production project, the Mauritania-Chinguetti Project, offshore the coast of Mauritania in the amount of US - Closed $ 600 million. Taya stated that this development project for Mauritania costs the country US $ 200 million annually. The Australian Federal Police then investigated Woodside in June 2006 for bribery and corruption. The competent Australian authorities stated in May 2008 that the company could not be blamed for anything.
Woodside Petroleum is said to have removed numerous petroglyphs from their place of origin on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia when it set up production facilities to exploit the natural gas field there. The Burrup Peninsula is the largest site of rock engravings, dating back 30,000 years and believed to show the first human face in history.
It is believed that the lobbying of Woodside helped the government of that John Howard of the conservative Liberal Party of Australia against the CO 2 emissions trading in August 2000 decided and that the oil company opposition to the Rudd government led, the 2009 led to the removal of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd from the Australian Labor Party in 2009.
Woodside was one of the companies for the Liberation of restrictions on CO in public calls 2 emissions trading influenced the public. The Australian Conservation Foundation criticized the oil company for exaggerating its public statements and painting a completely different picture for its shareholders and investors. In June 2009, the Federal consumer affairs watchdog requested an investigation into the matter, but the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission took no action .
Woodside agreed with East Timor to exploit the Greater Sunrise gas field in the Timor Sea . However, the East Timorese government insisted on further processing on the south coast of East Timor in order to offer jobs to the local population. Woodside preferred processing first in Darwin, Australia, then offshore processing at sea. East Timor therefore temporarily stopped the gas production license.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Board and Management
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2015
- ↑ Woodside Petroleum History ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mauritania and firm row over oil , BBC News. February 6, 2006. Crise ouverte avec la compagnie pétrolière Woodside , Radio France International. February 6, 2006.
- ^ News story on prosecution
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald - Business report
- ↑ Save Dampier Rock Art home page ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Australian Heritage Database
- ↑ Stand Up For The Burrup Homepage
- ^ Pearse G .: High & Dry: John Howard, Climate Change and the Selling of Australia's Future. P. 75 Penguin (Australia) 2007.
- ↑ Macdonald-Smith A Woodside 'Remains Dismayed' at Australia Carbon Plan Bloomberg Press, March 10, 2009
- ↑ six companies ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ official complaint ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Contradictory carbon claims - ACCC complaint ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Australian Conservation Foundation website. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
- ^ Laura Tingle: Senate gives resources giants nod on ETS evidence, Australian Financial Review, September 8, 2009.
- ↑ ABC Australia: Taxing Times in Timor , accessed December 30, 2013
