Woodside

Woodside Energy

Status Exposed

Australia's largest oil and gas producer. US$3.6bn profit in 2024, dividends flowing mostly offshore; its CEO left for a British major on multiples of the pay.

Last on record: 2026-10-10
Named in: 18 articles
Across: 3 cases

Named in 18 articles across 3 cases 29 connections: companies 13, lobbies 1, mechanisms 3, regulators and bodies 3, agencies and departments 2, parties and organisations 1, people 6

Key figure on file

4.3 billion tonnes

Woodside’s own estimate of additional CO2 emissions over the NWS extension’s lifetime, equivalent to the combined lifetime emissions of 14 Pacific Is… World Energy News / Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative

Corporate income tax paid · 2023-24

A$2.26bn

Unlike its gas peers, Woodside does pay substantial tax, income and resource rent alike. ATO Report of Entity Tax Information 2023-24, Woodside entities combined (Woodside release, 2 October 2025).

on total income of A$19.8bn · PRRT A$796m

Articles naming it

Cases it recurs across

Linked in the graph

Figures on file

Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

Australia's Gas Heist4.3 billion tonnesWoodside’s own estimate of additional CO2 emissions over the NWS extension’s lifetime, equivalent to the combined lifetime emissions of 14 Pacific …9 articles →The Inflation Rort77 articles →The War Trade22 articles →

Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑10‑10Auto-assembled

Fig. 02 / On the record

4.3 billion tonnesWoodside’s own estimate of additional CO2 emissions over the NWS extension’s lifetime, equivalent to the combined lifetime emissions of 14 Pacific Island nations.Source: World Energy News / Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty InitiativeGas and climate: the final rort →
USD 2.9 billionJapan’s investment in Woodside’s Scarborough gas field between 2023 and 2024, in direct contradiction of Japan’s G7 commitment to end new direct public support for overseas fossil fuel projects.Source: Energy Tracker AsiaGas and climate: the final rort →
A$220,000Woodside has declared a platinum membership with each major party. If each cost the paper’s A$110,000, that is A$220,000 for simultaneous access to both, whichever was in office. This is not ideological support. It is risk management.Source: Australian Journal of Politics & History, 2024The political connections →
US$4,185mWoodside's second quarter 2026 revenue, up 28 per cent on Q1 2026 (US$3,261m) and up 28 per cent on Q2 2025, at a realised price of US$85 per barrel of oil equivalent, itself up 35 per cent.Source: Woodside Second Quarter Report 2026 [1]The boom that paid Woodside back →
US$210-410m benefitWoodside's guided statutory PRRT outcome for the half year to 30 June 2026. The same table guides an underlying PRRT expense of US$190-390m; the gap is the one-off Pluto deferred tax asset adjustment of approximately US$600m pre-income tax.Source: Woodside Second Quarter Report 2026 half-year guidance [1]The boom that paid Woodside back →
A$796mPRRT paid by Woodside in 2023-24, alongside A$2.26bn in corporate income tax, making it Australia's largest PRRT payer.Source: ATO Corporate Tax Transparency 2023-24, as reported by Woodside [4]The boom that paid Woodside back →
US$3.6bnWoodside net profit after tax in 2024Source: Woodside Full-Year 2024 ResultsWho profits →
£12.2mMeg O’Neill’s BP pay package in her first year: more than double her Woodside salarySource: Energy Voice, 2026Who profits →

Fig. 02Source: figures on file for this name, each tied to the article it came fromAs of 2026‑10‑10Auto-assembled

How we know

The sources of the 18 articles that name Woodside, by the tier the desk declared. A source supports its article, not necessarily a claim about Woodside.

Evidence strength · 363 sources across 18 articles

Primary 156
Official 37
Masthead 56
Trade 73
Aggregator 20
Unusable 2
19 not yet graded

Primary: the document itself: legislation, a court record, a filing, a regulator’s own publication
Official: the organisation’s own statement about itself
Masthead: a news organisation with a corrections policy, reporting the primary document
Trade: specialist or trade press
Aggregator: republishes others’ work
Unusable: its own sourcing cannot be established

How sources are graded

15 of 18 articles are graded on every headline finding. How findings are graded

Fig. 03 / Named together

The 12 names most often in the same articles as Woodside. A line's weight, and the number by each name, is how many articles name both. Grey chords join the neighbours most often named together themselves (two articles or more). Circles are people and organisations, squares are mechanisms. Named together is all this shows: it is not a finding about what the relationship is.

Fig. 03Source: article scan · articles naming bothAs of 2026‑10‑10Auto-assembled