Woodside is about to start drilling the last of three explor­ation wells in the Greater Pluto area off Western Australia where it is seeking expansion volumes for the Pluto LNG project.

The company has been sinking deep-water wells in the area continuously for a couple of years but results have been disappointing so far.

Woodside indicated recently it will take a break from drilling in the play once it has completed the Vucko-1, Banambu Deep-1 and Ananke-1 exploration wells.