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Woodside to decide on Israel's Leviathan in early 2014

Woodside Petroleum decision on natural gas investment to coincide with government decision on tax policy for gas export projects

Woodside Petroleum Ltd said it expects to make a final decision on an investment in Israel's Leviathan field in the first half of 2014, around the time that Israel is likely to finalize its tax policy for gas export projects.

 

Woodside has made an in-principle agreement to buy a 30% stake in the newly discovered gas prospect for $1.25 billion, part of a strategy to diversify outside of Australia that has seen it also eye projects in Myanmar and Ireland.

 

In October, Israel's top court upheld a government decision to allow about 40 percent of natural gas from the country's offshore reserves to be exported, dismissing arguments that more gas should be earmarked for domestic use.

 

Israel's finalization of its tax policy for gas exports, which the company expects within the next 60 days, will add additional regulatory certainty for the project, Woodside chief executive Peter Coleman said.

 

But he said the company is still working to make sure the commercial case for Leviathan is solid.

 

 

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