Sept 17 (Reuters) - Woodside Energy ( WDS ) expects to

close its acquisition of liquefied natural gas (LNG) project

developer Tellurian Inc. ( TELL ) in October, Woodside Chief Executive

Meg O'Neill said at the GasTech conference on Tuesday.

Woodside could not pass up the chance to purchase U.S.

company Tellurian because it enabled the Australian

outfit to have the scale it needed in the LNG business, O'Neill

said.

Woodside wants to complete construction and start exporting

LNG from Tellurian's Driftwood project by 2028, O'Neill said.

A second site next to Driftwood could be used for blue

ammonia, O'Neill added.