sydneywoodside energy group ltd reported a 60 rise in secondquarter production of oil and natural gas aided by a first contribution from assets acquired through its takeover of bhp group ltds petroleum business woodside which completed the takeover of the bhp assets at the start of last month also said it has ended talks with potential buyers of part of its equity in the sangomar oil project in senegal the perthbased company on thursday reported production of 338 million barrels of oil equivalent in the three months through june compared to 211 million boe in the first quarter of 2022 woodside like other energy producers has also benefited from the sharp upswing in oil prices from pandemic lows brent crudethe global oilprice benchmarkended wednesday at us10692 a barrel and is up 37 so far this year in its fiscal second quarter woodside said its crude oil fetched an average price of us110 a barrel while the average realized price for its liquefied natural gas output was us138mmbtu combined with the increase in production the higher prices helped to drive woodsides secondquarter sales revenue to us344 billion up 44 on the prior three months significant progress was made on our key projects during the quarter said chief executive meg oneill all major equipment items for scarborough have been procured and construction has begun at the pluto train 2 site