Woodside Petroleum, the biggest independent and dedicated oil and gas operator in Australia, has reportedly announced that its shareholders have approved the proposed merger with the Australian-British mining company, BHP Group’s petroleum unit to establish a top 10 globally independent oil and gas supplier worth $40 billion.

根据伍德赛德（Woodside）年度会议的投票结果，该交易获得了最终选票的98.66％。

合并于八月宣布，可以提高必和必拓在试图脱碳的同时使伍德赛德的石油和天然气产量三倍并增强其增长资金的努力，从而提高了必和必拓的努力。

伍德赛德（Woodside）的首席执行官梅格·奥尼尔（Meg O'Neill）告诉股东，这笔交易使伍德赛德（Woodside）能够为世界扩大的能源需求做出更多贡献，同时还获得了在能源过渡期间生存所需的规模，韧性和多样性。

必和必拓股东将拥有合并实体的48％，该实体将在美国，澳大利亚，墨西哥，特立尼达和塞内加尔拥有资产。

尽管股东支持收购，但他们对伍德赛德的气候战略不满意，伍德赛德的气候战略缺乏减少范围3排放（消费者排放）的目标。

伍德赛德首次进行咨询投票的气候战略获得了超过49％的投票。两位代理专家建议不要投票赞成该计划。

Richard Goyder, Woodside Petroleum’s chairman, asked to turn off the mic after a proxy for a shareholder asked if the firm's intentions to invest in fossil fuels were 'economically mad, morally mad, or both', to which the chairman answered, 'or neither'.

Goyder仍然认为，公司需要与股东进行更频繁的互动，以阐明其目标与《巴黎协定的目标》如何保持一致。

根据奥尼尔的说法，伍德赛德的范围3策略是为其用户（例如氢）开发清洁产品。

来源信用：https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/woodside-shareholders-shareholders-approve-bhp-petroleum-merger-merger-proxy-votes-votes-2022-05-19/