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April 11 (Bloomberg)--BHP Billiton Ltd. said that the market is currently well informed of all important information and the company "not aware of any basis for the speculation on the markets" at Woodside Petroleum Ltd.The Sunday Times reported in London yesterday that BHP is in talks to buy the game from 24 per cent of Royal Dutch Shell Plc Woodside and make an A 46 billion ($48.6 billion) offer to purchase, saying what UBS AG is advising Shell on its options.Woodside shares pared gains after the announcement, negotiated a $47.49 at 12: 22 in Sydney. The Perth-based company had climbed more than 7.6 for hundred before the statement was made by BHP. BHP has increased by 2% for a $48.68 after the announcement.The Prime Minister of the Western Australia Colin Barnett today expressed its opposition to a takeover of Woodside. "If Woodside was taken in your industry would lose something," Barnett to delegates at a Conference in Perth. "My message is"keep your hands off the coast of Woodside. ". "Society is the"face"of the oil and gas of State industry and must remain independent, he said.-Editors: Andrew Hobbs, John Viljoen
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To contact the editor responsible for this story: Andrew Hobbs at ahobbs4@bloomberg.net
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