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Woodside Energy Group operates oil and gas production assets in Australia and internationally, with Australia contributing most of its revenue. Buyers of liquefied natural gas (LNG), crude oil and condensate account for most sales. Alongside its own production, Woodside resells LNG bought from Corpus Christi LNG under a long-term agreement and from the spot market.
Revenue depends on both the volumes sold and oil and gas prices. Sustaining production requires access to new reserves through exploration, acquisitions or agreements with reserve owners. Operations also require licences, permits and government approvals, and producing facilities must stay within regional environmental limits, including greenhouse-gas emissions limits.
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Shell competes with Woodside to sell liquefied natural gas (LNG) and oil and gas they produce to international energy buyers. Shell’s gas production, liquefaction and LNG trading business is the closest comparison for Woodside’s largest revenue line.
ConocoPhillips competes with Woodside by producing and selling crude oil, natural gas and LNG to customers worldwide. Watch the prices ConocoPhillips receives for crude oil: its sales contracts largely track market benchmarks, offering a comparison for Woodside’s oil revenue.
TotalEnergies competes with Woodside in producing oil and gas and selling LNG internationally, and oil and gas prices drive substantial earnings for both. Its oil-and-gas production and LNG results are more relevant to Woodside than its refining results, where the effect of oil prices depends on how quickly fuel prices adjust.
BP is both an oil-and-gas sales rival and the operator of Argos, a platform it co-owns with Woodside. Woodside holds a 23.9% working interest, so BP’s news about Argos operations directly concerns an asset Woodside owns.
ExxonMobil competes with Woodside in international oil-and-gas sales, but Woodside also depends on it to capture and store carbon emissions for Beaumont’s lower-carbon ammonia production. Watch whether ExxonMobil’s carbon-capture and storage facility becomes operational: successful lower-carbon ammonia production depends on it.
Eni competes with Woodside by developing oil, natural-gas and LNG projects and selling their output in international markets. Its oil-and-gas production segment, which also runs LNG operations, is the relevant comparison—not its fuels, chemicals or power businesses.
Equinor and Woodside compete to supply international natural-gas buyers through pipeline deliveries and LNG shipments. Equinor’s pipeline sales mainly serve the UK and mainland Europe, while its LNG goes worldwide—keep that distinction when comparing its gas business with Woodside’s LNG revenue.
Occidental and Woodside both produce and sell substantial amounts of oil, so crude-price changes matter to both companies’ earnings. Occidental’s oil sales offer the relevant comparison, but Woodside’s 2025 oil-and-condensate revenue rose as a full year of Sangomar operations outweighed lower Brent and WTI benchmarks.
Kosmos Energy shares Woodside’s exposure to offshore West African production, including Senegal, and both earn revenue from oil and LNG sales. Watch Kosmos’s Mauritania-and-Senegal sales, which first appeared in 2025, as a regional comparison rather than a measure of Woodside’s Sangomar performance.
EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change (Oct/16)
Woodside sells crude oil and condensate whose realized prices and revenue can move with oil markets, so the EIA’s weekly count of US crude oil and fuel stocks can signal price pressure on those sales.
Read a larger stock build as a sign of looser supply that may weigh on oil prices and Woodside’s realized prices and revenue from crude oil and condensate; a smaller build or draw may signal tighter supply and support them.
Shell plc earningsSHEL
Shell’s report will show how its gas and LNG business is doing, offering a read on the international market where Shell and Woodside both sell LNG.
Read Shell’s gas production, liquefaction and LNG results together. Strength would suggest the international LNG market is supporting suppliers, a more favorable selling backdrop for Woodside; weakness would point to greater pressure on suppliers in that market. Shell’s trading business and broader portfolio differ from Woodside’s, so its results are context, not a direct measure of Woodside’s performance.
BP p.l.c. earningsBP
BP operates Argos, a platform in which Woodside holds a 23.9% working interest, so BP’s operating news can show whether this shared asset is running smoothly.
Look for BP’s comments on Argos operations and production. Smooth operations would mean the asset in which Woodside holds an interest can continue contributing production; disruption could reduce that contribution. BP’s overall results cannot show the size of Argos’s effect on Woodside, so the asset-specific detail matters.
ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation earningsXOM
Woodside’s Beaumont lower-carbon ammonia project depends on ExxonMobil’s carbon-capture and storage facility, so any update in ExxonMobil’s report can show whether a key condition is in place.
Look for whether ExxonMobil says its carbon-capture and storage facility is operational. If it is, a key condition for Woodside to produce lower-carbon ammonia is in place; if it is not operating or is delayed, Beaumont’s production is constrained. Operation alone does not show whether the project can produce on schedule or sell its output.
ConocoPhillips earningsCOP
ConocoPhillips’ crude-oil prices received show how market benchmarks are supporting producers, offering context for the price environment facing Woodside’s oil business.
Look at ConocoPhillips’ reported crude-oil prices received and whether they strengthen or weaken with market benchmarks. Steady or rising prices would suggest benchmarks are supporting producers whose contracts largely track them, giving Woodside’s oil revenue a more favorable price backdrop; falling prices would signal greater price pressure. Woodside’s own volumes and product mix also affect its revenue.
