Category: <span>Papua New Guinea</span>

Santos today announced an oil and gas discovery at the Dua-4X exploration well currently being drilled in exploration Block 12E, offshore Vietnam. Santos is participating in the well having agreed in April this year to take a 37.5% interest in two Vietnam exploration permits – Block 12E and Block 12W. The farm-in will be fully…

Media enquiries Investor enquiriesKathryn Mitchell Peter Wasow+61 8 8218 5260 / +61 (0) 407 979 982 +61 8 8218 5985kathryn.mitchell@santos.com peter.wasow@santos.com Santos has an 18% interest in the Banjar Panji-1 onshore exploration well located in the Brantas PSC near Surabaya on the Indonesia island Java. Santos has been advised by the operator, Lapindo Brantas Inc,…

Media enquiries Investor enquiriesKathryn Mitchell Brooke Pedersen+61 8 8218 5260 / +61 (0) 407 979 982 +61 8 8224 7227 / +61 (0) 400 250 027kathryn.mitchell@santos.com brooke.pedersen@santos.com
From Tuesday 27 June 2006, Santos’ Managing Director John Ellice-Flint will be delivering the presentation ‘Options for Growth’ to European investors.
A copy of the presentation is available on the Santos website at the following link:

The Jeruk-3 appraisal well is being drilled in the Sampang PSC, offshore Indonesia, approximately 1.8 km west of Jeruk-1 and 40 km south east of Surabaya. As reported by Santos on 18 May 2006, the Jeruk-3 appraisal well has been flow tested over the open hole interval 4939 m MD to 4978 m MD (4663…

Santos has been recognised for its high standards of corporate reporting by winning a Gold Award at the 56th Australasian Reporting Awards. The award, announced on Thursday night in Sydney, recognises the quality of information provided in Santos’ 2005 Annual Report and the level of disclosure about the company’s performance and outlook. To win the…

Santos’ Chairman, Mr Stephen Gerlach told shareholders at its Annual General Meeting in Adelaide today that the Board remained confident in the future success of the Company, following the record results achieved in 2005. “While we are benefiting from the buoyant commodity price environment, our results also clearly demonstrate the traction achieved by the focussed…

Santos today reported increased production volumes and revenue for the first quarter of 2006. Total production for the three months ended 31 March 2006 rose 10.4% to 13.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) from 12.5 mmboe in the previous corresponding quarter. Sales volume totalled 13.9 mmboe compared with 13.6 mmboe in the previous first…

Media enquiries Investor enquiriesChristian Bennett Andrew Seaton+61 8 8218 5376 +61 8 8218 5157 / +61 (0) 410 431 004christian.bennett@santos.com andrew.seaton@santos.com Santos today announced its first entry into Vietnam with an agreement to farm in to offshore exploration acreage operated by UK-based Premier Oil. Under the agreement, Santos will hold a 37.5% interest in Blocks…

Media enquiries Investor enquiriesKathryn Mitchell Andrew Seaton+61 8 8218 5260 / +61 (0) 407 979 982 +61 8 8218 5157 / +61 (0) 410 431 004kathryn.mitchell@santos.com andrew.seaton@santos.com Santos has promoted Mr Trevor Brown to the position of Vice President Geoscience and New Ventures. He succeeds Mr Jacques Gouadain who is retiring from the position after…

Media enquiries Kathryn Mitchell +61 8 8218 5260 / +61 (0) 407 979 982 kathryn.mitchell@santos.com Santos Limited is positioning itself to play an increasing role as a significant supplier to international energy markets, Managing Director, Mr John Ellice-Flint, says in the Company’s 2005 Annual Report lodged with the ASX today. “We have entered 2006 with…

On 23 February 2006 Santos announced a fully franked final dividend of twenty cents per share would be paid on 31 March 2006 to shareholders on record as at 6 March 2006. It also announced that the DRP would be in operation for this dividend and DRP shares would be issued at the arithmetic average…

Santos Limited’s Chairman, Mr Stephen Gerlach, today announced the extension of the terms of employment for the Company’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr John Ellice-Flint. “The Board is delighted that John has agreed to extend his commitment to the Company. John and his management team have delivered record results over the last year…

Media enquiries Investor enquiriesKathryn Mitchell Dean Bowman+61 8 8218 5260 / +61 (0) 407 979 982 +61 8 8218 5150 / +61 (0) 409 969 289kathryn.mitchell@santos.com dean.bowman@santos.com On 31 March 2006 Santos will pay a fully franked interim dividend of 20 cents per share to shareholders on record as at 6 March 2006 (Record Date).…

Santos’ 2005 Profit Doubles Record $762 million net profit – more than double the previous year Underlying net profit up 107% to $639 million Sales revenue up 64% to $2.5 billion Production up 19% to 56 mmboe Operating cash flow up 141% to $1.5 billion Annual dividend increased by 15% to 38 cents per share…

Santos 2005 Full Year Results Presentation

Santos today announced that a record 122 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) of proven (1P) reserves were added through exploration, appraisal, revisions and acquisitions in the year ended 31 December 2005. After allowing for production of 56 mmboe, 1P reserves increased by 66 mmboe to 414 mmboe, up from 348 mmboe at the end…

Media enquiries Investor enquiriesKathryn Mitchell Andrew Seaton+61 8 8218 5260 / +61 (0) 407 979 982 +61 8 8218 5157 / +61 (0) 410 431 004kathryn.mitchell@santos.com andrew.seaton@santos.com Further to the release of its 2005 results earlier today, and in response to a question received during the presentation and webcast, the table below details Santos’ 2006…

2005 Full Year Report incorporating Appendix 4E

Media enquiries Investor enquiriesKathryn Mitchell Andrew Seaton+61 8 8218 5260 / +61 (0) 407 979 982 +61 8 8218 5157 / +61 (0) 410 431 004kathryn.mitchell@santos.com andrew.seaton@santos.com Mr Christian Bennett has joined Santos to take up the newly created position of Group Executive, Government Strategy & Media Affairs. Mr Bennett joins Santos from the Department…

Media enquiries Investor enquiriesKathryn Mitchell Andrew Seaton+61 8 8218 5260 / +61 (0) 407 979 982 +61 8 8218 5157 / +61 (0) 410 431 004kathryn.mitchell@santos.com andrew.seaton@santos.com LNG and oil are the focus of a 25 well, high-impact exploration program announced today by Santos for 2006. Total 2006 expenditure across the Company’s Australian and overseas…

Santos 2005 revenue up 64% to record $2.46 billion Santos today announced record sales revenue of $2.46 billion for the 2005 full year, up 64% on the Company’s previous record of $1.5 billion achieved in 2004. The result was driven by a 19% increase in production to 56.0 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) together…

Media enquiries Investor enquiries Kathryn Mitchell Andrew Seaton +61 8 8218 5260/+61 (0) 407 979 982 +61 8 8218 5157/+61 (0) 410 431 004 Kathryn.mitchell@santos.com andrew.seaton@santos.com The Nyari 1 exploration well in the Madura Offshore PSC offshore East Java, Indonesia, has been drilled to a total depth of 3693 metres. The Kujung Formation was intersected,…

Santos today held its 2005 Investor Seminar in Adelaide outlining that its strategy is delivering together with the Company’s outlook for future growth drivers. A full set of the presentation slides has been lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange and is available on the Santos website in the Presentations section of the Investor Centre. Presentations…

Santos Limited today reported record third quarter sales revenue of $764 million, driven by a 15% year on year increase in production to 14.9 million barrels of oil equivalent. The third quarter revenue was 38% higher than the previous record of $553 million in the second quarter of 2005, and up 82% on the third…

Santos Limited advises that it will change the way it reports on exploration and delineation drilling activity. Effective immediately, Santos will report on actual drilling results, together with planned upcoming wells, as part of its quarterly activity reports which are lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). Weekly drilling reports will no longer be issued.…

Investor Update – UK/US Investor Presentation

On 30 September 2005 Santos will pay a fully franked interim dividend of 18 cents per share to shareholders on record as at 6 September 2005. For the purposes of the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP) the average market price for the issue of DRP shares is $11.054929. Under the terms of the DRP, the average…

Santos reports first half profit of $290 million First half net profit after tax up 240% to $290 million Underlying profit up 48% to $242 million Cash flow up over 190% to $565 million Interim dividend up 20% to 18 cents per share Revised 2005 production forecast of 55 mmboe – up 17% on 2004…

2005 Half Year Results Presentation