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Woodside Petroleum To Issue US$700 Million In Corporate bonds



SYDNEY -(Dow Jones)- Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (WPL.AU) said Wednesday that it has agreed to issue US$700 million of corporate bonds in the U.S. as it continues to source funds for the development of its massive Pluto liquefied natural gas project.

Woodside said the five-year bonds will have a coupon of 4.5%.

It follows Woodside this week saying it has sold its 51.55% share of the Otway gas project offshore Victoria state for A$721.5 million to Origin Energy Ltd. ( ORG.AU).

-By Ross Kelly, Dow Jones Newswires; 61-2-8235-2957; ross.kelly@dowjones.com


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  11-03-091801ET
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