(EnergyAsia, August 29, Wednesday) — Australian upstream company Woodside Petroleum said its first half net profit rose 16.3% to A$610.1 million compared with the first half of 2006. (US$1=A$1.2). Revenue surged 19.2% to A$1.87 billion.Its oil and gas production of 35 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) was up 17.1%.The increase in profit was primarily…