In a somewhat surprising move, Australia's Woodside Petroleum (WPL 0.49%) has made a 20-year deal with America's Cheniere Energy (LNG 1.44%) to buy 850,000 metric tons of LNG a year starting in 2019 and lasting at least 20 years.

In this segment of The Motley Fool's energy edition of Where the Money Is, analysts Joel South and Taylor Muckerman debate the wisdom of this deal and what it means for both companies.