Australia's Woodside Petroleum matches Russia's Lukoil offer for Senegal oil project

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Australia's Woodside Petroleum matches Russia's Lukoil offer for Senegal oil project
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Aug 17 (Reuters) - Australia's Woodside Petroleum WPL.AX on Monday exercised its right to match Russia's Lukoil's LKOH.MM offer to buy Cairn Energy 's CNE.L entire stake in the $4.2 billion Sangomar oil project in Senegal.

Woodside will make an upfront payment of $300 million, along with contingent payments of up to $100 million, which will be funded from its current cash reserves, it said in a statement.

The acquisition takes Woodside's interest in the Rufisque, Sangomar and Sangomar Deep offshore joint venture to 68%.

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