The company said its latest well in the Pluto area, Ananke-1, was unsuccessful, so it does not currently have enough equity gas to support the expansion.
Third-party supplies are for now the only hope, though Woodside said it intends to return with a drilling rig to the Pluto area next year.
It is no secret that Woodside has been in talks with Hess and ExxonMobil over supplies from the Equus and Scarborough fields, respectively.
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