Dec 8 (Reuters) - Woodside Petroleum Ltd WPL.AX :
* Oil search ltd - WPL: Woodside withdraws proposal to merge with Oil Search OSH.AX
* Woodside advises that it has informed the Oil Search board that it has withdrawn its proposal to merge the businesses
* Woodside is not pursuing any alternative transactions to combine the businesses
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