Woodside Energy : Second Quarter 2022 Report

For personal use only

Woodside Energy Group Ltd

ACN 004 898 962

Mia Yellagonga

11 Mount Street

Perth WA 6000

Australia

T [phone]

www.woodside.com

ASX: WDS

NYSE: WDS

LSE: WDS

Announcement

Thursday, 21 July 2022

SECOND QUARTER REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDED 30 JUNE 2022

Performance

• Delivered production of 33.8 MMboe, up 60% from Q1 2022.
• Delivered sales volume of 35.8 MMboe, up 51% from Q1 2022.
• Delivered average realised price of $95 per barrel of oil equivalent.
• Delivered revenue of $3,438 million, up 44% from Q1 2022.

Highlights

• Completed the merger with BHP's petroleum business on 1 June.
• Changed company name to Woodside Energy Group Ltd.
• Commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange on 2 June and the London Stock
  Exchange on 6 June under the ticker 'WDS'.

Woodside Energy CEO Meg O'Neill said production and revenue in the second quarter rose 60% and 44% respectively from the first three months of 2022, helped by the contribution from BHP's petroleum business.

"Production for the period was 33.8 million barrels of oil equivalent, while revenue climbed to $3,438 million on the back of a 51% increase in sales volume to 35.8 million barrels of oil equivalent.

"The completion on 1 June of our merger with BHP's petroleum business was the highlight of the period, transforming Woodside into a top 10 global independent energy producer by hydrocarbon production, and making us the largest energy company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

"Woodside received a net cash payment from BHP Group of approximately $1.1 billion, which included the cash remaining in the bank accounts of BHP Petroleum immediately prior to completion.

"The merger was overwhelmingly endorsed by Woodside's shareholders at our Annual General Meeting in May, and they are now seeing first evidence of the increased financial and operational strength the transaction will deliver.

"The subsequent listings of Woodside shares on the New York and London stock exchanges were historic moments for the company, reflecting our more diverse shareholder base.

"Significant progress was made on our key projects during the quarter. All major equipment items for Scarborough have been procured and construction has begun at the Pluto Train 2 site.

Page 1 of 18

"First steel for Scarborough's floating production unit topsides was cut, pipeline manufacturing is 25% progressed and the subsea trees for initial start-up of the project are all complete.

For personal use only

"Installation of the mooring system for the floating production, storage and offloading facility at the Sangomar field has been completed and the second drillship, the Ocean BlackHawk, commenced drilling in July.

"Following extensive discussions with potential new partners, we have decided to discontinue the sell-down of equity in Sangomar.

"In Australia, accelerated Pluto gas transported through the Pluto-Karratha Gas Plant Interconnector has resulted in additional LNG production and sales of uncontracted cargoes in a high-priced market.

"Lambert Deep, a component of the Greater Western Flank Phase 3 project, achieved ready for start-up in July," she said.

Comparative performance at a glance

		Q2 2022	Q1 2022	Change %	Q2 2021	Change %
Production	MMboe	33.8	21.1	60.2	22.7	49.1
Sales	MMboe	35.8	23.8	50.8	28.1	27.4
Revenue	$ million	3,438	2,395	43.6	1,327	159.1

Production was 60.2% higher and sales volume was 50.8% higher than the previous quarter primarily due to the inclusion from 1 June 2022 of the BHP petroleum assets, following the completion of the merger.

Reserves and production reporting

• Woodside's production reporting and reserves statement are being updated to include the assets acquired as part of the BHP Petroleum (BHPP) merger, and to apply a consistent methodology and conversion factors across the combined portfolio. The updated reserves statement is expected to be released on
  30 August 2022.
• All gas products for production and reserves will be reported in barrels of oil equivalent (boe) and calculated from a volumetric basis with a conversion factor of 5,700 standard cubic feet (scf) per boe. BHPP previously used 6,000 scf per boe. Woodside's production reporting previously used product- specific conversion factors on an energy basis.
• Production and sales volumes for Q1 2022 have been restated using the updated conversion factors. There is no impact on revenue as a result of the change in conversion factors.

Woodside and BHP Petroleum merger

• The merger of Woodside and BHP's petroleum business completed on 1 June 2022 following Woodside shareholder approval on 19 May 2022.
• On completion, Woodside:

1. acquired the entire share capital of BHP Petroleum International Pty Ltd and issued 914,768,948

new Woodside shares to BHP

• 1. received net cash of approximately $1.1 billion, which included the cash remaining in BHPP bank accounts immediately prior to completion. All completion payments are subject to a customary post-completion review which may result in an adjustment.
• Trading commenced on 2 June 2022 under the ticker WDS of:
• 1. the new Woodside shares on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), and

• 1. Woodside depository shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
• Trading commenced on 6 June 2022 of Woodside shares on the Main Market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), also under the ticker WDS.

Page 2 of 18

• The merger has created a top 10 global independent energy producer by hydrocarbon production on a combined 2021 basis and the largest energy company listed on the ASX.1

For personal use only

Development activities

Scarborough and Pluto Train 2

• All major equipment items for both the Scarborough floating production unit (FPU) and Pluto Train 2, including compressors, generators and turbines, have been procured.
• Construction works for Pluto Train 2 have commenced at the Pluto LNG site in Western Australia.
• Fabrication of the FPU topsides commenced in June 2022, manufacturing of the pipeline was 25% progressed and the subsea trees for initial start-up are all complete.
• Approval was granted in June 2022 under section 45C of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (WA) to increase the diameter of the Scarborough trunkline within State waters from 32 inches to 36 inches.
• Assessment by regulators of secondary environmental approvals continues for offshore execution activities.
• The sell-down process for equity in the Scarborough Joint Venture is progressing.

Sangomar Field Development Phase 1

• The Sangomar Field Development Phase 1 was 63% complete at the end of the period.
• Installation of the mooring system in the Sangomar field for the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility was successfully completed in July 2022.
• The development drilling program is progressing and the second drillship, the Ocean BlackHawk, commenced drilling in July 2022.
• The FPSO is expected to be relocated in October 2022 from the current shipyard in China to the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore to complete commissioning.
• The subsea installation campaign is planned to commence in Q3 2022.
• Woodside is ending the current sell-down process for Sangomar.

Mad Dog Phase 2

• Mad Dog Phase 2 includes the installation of a new floating production facility with production capacity of up to 140,000 gross barrels of oil equivalent per day (Woodside interest: 23.9%).
• The hook-up and commissioning program of the Argos platform topsides is proceeding, with a successful wells campaign nearing completion.
• An issue with two of the production flexible joints was detected during testing. This is being assessed and an update on whether the expected project start-up in 2022 is impacted will be provided in due course.

Trion

• Trion is a greenfield deepwater oil development located in the Mexican waters of the western Gulf of Mexico. Front-end engineering design (FEED) activities are continuing with a focus on optimising the development and execution plan, cost, and schedule.
• Woodside is targeting a potential final investment decision (FID) in 2023.

Wildling

• Wildling is a 2-well tieback opportunity to the Shenzi tension leg platform (TLP) in the central Gulf of Mexico.
• Drilling of appraisal well SJ101 commenced in May 2022 and is now complete. The well encountered sub- commercial quantities of hydrocarbons and was plugged and abandoned. Woodside does not plan to pursue any further Wildling development activities in Blocks GC564 or GC520.

1 Woodside analysis of independent energy companies excludes government-backed national oil companies, companies with free float less than 60%, major integrated oil and gas companies and Canadian oil sands companies.

Page 3 of 18

Operational overview

For personal use only

• Woodside achieved a significant increase in production in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the prior quarter.
• This increased production was in large part due to:

1. the addition of the BHPP assets from 1 June 2022, following completion of the merger. Production volumes more than doubled from May 2022 with the BHPP assets contributing 53% of total

production volumes in June 2022

1. a full quarter of accelerated Pluto production processed at North West Shelf (NWS) through the

Pluto-KGP Interconnector following start-up in March 2022

1. increased production from the Ngujima-Yin FPSO following maintenance and weather impacts in the first quarter of 2022.

This was partly offset by lower production at NWS and Wheatstone compared to the prior quarter due to scheduled turnaround activities.

Pyxis Hub

• The drilling and completions campaign for the Xena field, which is phase 2 of the Pyxis Hub project, has commenced and ready for start-up (RFSU) remains on track for H2 2022.
• The Pyxis Hub project was 90% complete at the end of the period.

Greater Western Flank Phase 3 (GWF-3)

• GWF-3(including Lambert Deep) is a subsea tie-back opportunity to further commercialise NWS reserves.
• The subsea installation program is complete and the GWF-3 wells started-up in May 2022.
• Lambert Deep achieved RFSU in July 2022.
• The project was 98% complete at the end of the period.

NWS Extension

• In June 2022, the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) released its public report on the NWS Project Extension proposal.
• The EPA's report recommends that the NWS Project Extension proposal may be implemented subject to key environmental conditions being met. The proposal remains subject to approval by the WA Minister for Environment.
• The NWS Project Extension Greenhouse Gas Management Plan includes emissions reduction targets of 15% reduction by 2025, 30% reduction by 2030, and net zero emissions by 2050.2 These emissions reduction targets will be achieved by avoiding emissions where possible, reducing emissions and finally through offsetting emissions.

Bass Strait

• An offshore fuel gas pipeline was redirected in June 2022 to increase production capacity from
  970 terajoules to 1,020 terajoules per day (100%). This enabled Woodside to supply additional gas into the eastern Australian domestic gas market.
• The Gippsland Basin Joint Venture (GBJV) is progressing a feasibility study of the potential development of a south-east Australian carbon capture and storage hub (SEA CCS) to support the decarbonisation goals of the GBJV participants, other local industry, and the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments. SEA CCS aims to utilise existing infrastructure to capture and store up to 2 MtCO2 per year in the depleted Bream reservoir located offshore Victoria.

2 The emission reductions in the NWS Project Extension Greenhouse Gas Management Plan are determined off a baseline of 7.7 Mtpa CO2-e, as per existing State approvals for Karratha Gas Plant.

Page 4 of 18

For personal use only

Shenzi North

• Shenzi North is a two-well subsea tieback to the Shenzi TLP, with production capacity of up to 30,000 gross barrels of oil equivalent per day (Woodside interest: 72%).
• The Deepwater Invictus drillship is expected to commence drilling the second development well of the Shenzi North project in 2022.
• The Shenzi North project is targeting first oil in 2024.

Shenzi Subsea Multi-Phase Pump

• The Shenzi subsea multi-phase pump was installed and commissioned during a planned Shenzi TLP shutdown in April-May 2022 and achieved start-up ahead of schedule. The pump is expected to improve recovery from existing producing wells and future infill wells.

New energy

H2Perth

• Woodside has updated the proposed H2Perth development concept to increase ammonia production in the initial phase from 0.6 Mtpa to 0.84 Mtpa.
• Environmental studies to support H2Perth were progressed which included flora and fauna, greenhouse gas management, heritage, groundwater sampling, discharge modelling, air, noise, emissions management, traffic modelling and visual impact assessment.
• A pre-FEED contract was awarded to McDermott for the proposed H2Perth project.

H2NZ

• Woodside Energy has been selected as one of two companies to enter final stage negotiations to become the lead developer of the Southern Green Hydrogen project in Southland, New Zealand.
• Southern Green Hydrogen is a joint project by Meridian Energy and Contact Energy, to evaluate the opportunity to produce green hydrogen in Southland, New Zealand.

Investment in lower-carbon services

• Subsequent to the period, Woodside agreed to invest US$9.9 million in String Bio Private Limited (String Bio), the developer of a patented process for recycling greenhouse gases into products such as livestock feed. The investment is subject to conditions precedent.
• Woodside and String Bio have entered a strategic development agreement to explore opportunities for the potential commercial scale-up of String Bio technology.

Technology

• Woodside committed A$10 million in financial and in-kind support to its innovation partner, Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia, after it was selected by the Australian Government to be part of the Trailblazer University Program.

Corporate activities

Half-year results

• Woodside's Half-year Report 2022 and the associated investor briefing will be released to the market on Tuesday, 30 August 2022. It will also be available on Woodside's website at www.woodside.com.
• An investor briefing conference call will take place on 30 August at 07.30 AWST / 09.30 AEST / 18:30 CDT (Monday 29 August). Log-in information for the conference call will be published on Woodside's website prior to 30 August 2022.

Page 5 of 18