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Woodside's Q2 output up 1 pct, keeps 2009 forecast

Woodside's Q2 output up 1 pct, keeps 2009 forecast

Write: Donelle [2011-05-20]
PERTH, July 24 - Woodside Petroleum Ltd (WPL.AX), Australia's No. 2 oil and gas producer, reported on Friday a 1 percent rise in second-quarter production, and reiterated its full-year production forecast.

In the quarter ended June 30, it produced 19.4 million equivalent barrels of oil (boe), compared with 19.3 million boe a year ago.

But sales revenue for the quarter dropped by 36 percent to A$938 million ($763 million) as lower oil and gas prices outweighed higher sales volume.

Woodside, 34 percent owned by Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L), said its full-year target output of between 81-86 million boe remains unchanged.