Turkey set to steal a march on Woodside's LNG line WOODSIDE Petroleum's "once in a decade" chance to enter the giant Leviathan gas field off Israel is under pressure, with potential local partners saying they are in talks to export the gas through pipelines to a host of neighbouring countries and that liquefied natural gas exports are only a possibility. Nine months after Woodside chief Peter Coleman signed a $US1.3 billion-plus ($1.45bn) deal to enter the field and operate an LNG plant, the deal has not become binding, and an initial $US696 million payment has not been made. On Tuesday night, two of the Israeli partners filed announcements in Hebrew to the Tel Aviv stock exchange that said the Leviathan joint venture was in talks over pipeline exports to Turkey, Egypt, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan, according to Israeli media reports.