Santos reports record annual underlying profit of $727 million and record free cash flow of $1,006 million Full-year (US$m) 2018 2017 Change Product sales 3,660 3,100 18% EBITDAX1 2,160 1,428 51% Underlying profit1 727 318 129% Net profit/(loss) after tax 630 (360) nm Free cash flow1 1,006 618 63% Final dividend (UScps) 6.2 – 6.2cps…
Santos has been awarded two prestigious international industry honours at the Asia Pacific Energy Awards hosted by the Energy Council in Singapore last night. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Gallagher was awarded APAC Executive of the Year, and Santos’ acquisition of Quadrant Energy in November 2018 was recognised as APAC Deal of the…
Record sales revenue and strong production Record quarterly sales revenue of $1,043 million, up 7% and including record quarterly LNG sales revenue of $449 million, up 11% Record annual sales revenue of $3,696 million, up 19% Fourth quarter production up 6% to 15.9 mmboe due to sustained strong performance from the core portfolio and acquisition…
Santos is delighted to announce that it will continue its long and proud association with the Tour Down Under, signing a new three year naming rights sponsorship deal. Santos Managing Director and CEO Kevin Gallagher announced the commitment at the Santos Tour Down Under Legends’ Night Dinner in Adelaide, honouring the stars of the cycling…
South Australian celebrity chef Simon Bryant was Cooking with Gas at the Santos building in Adelaide this morning to serve breakfast for more than 100 of the world’s best female cyclists celebrating the success of the 2019 Santos Women’s Tour Down Under. The event celebrated Amanda Spratt’s fantastic win, making it a hat trick at…
Santos today announced that Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd geologist Ivano Ivano from Port Moresby is the recipient of a scholarship to study a Masters degree in Petroleum Geoscience at the University of Adelaide in 2019, followed by three months operational training with Santos. The scholarship is part of a new partnership between Santos and the…
Santos today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Quadrant Energy (Quadrant). The effective date of the transaction is 1 January 2018. On completion Santos paid an amount of US$1.93 billion, comprising the purchase price of US$2.15 billion less completion adjustments and cash acquired. The completion amount was fully funded from Santos’ existing cash…
Santos announced on 22 August 2018 the proposed acquisition of 100% of Quadrant Energy (Quadrant) for US$2.15 billion plus potential contingent payments. Santos today advised that the condition precedent for completion of the acquisition of Quadrant has been satisfied with the ACCC decision not to oppose the acquisition. Completion is expected to occur within weeks.…
Santos Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Gallagher said: “Santos’ third quarter results serve to highlight the benefits of a cash generative core asset portfolio and our low-cost, disciplined Operating Model. During the quarter we paid our first dividend in two and a half years and achieved our net debt target of $2 billion…
Santos today outlined its plans to grow production to more than 100 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) by 2025, almost doubling current levels of production. Speaking at the company’s Investor Day in Sydney, Santos Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Gallagher said the successful delivery of the Transform-Build-Grow strategy presented to the market…
Santos announced in May 2018 the sale of its non-core Asian portfolio to Ophir Energy plc. Santos today advised completion of the sale of the producing assets has occurred.1 Santos has received cash proceeds of US$144 million at completion, which represents the sale price of US$221 million after standard adjustments including net free cash flows…
Santos today announced a doubling of half-year underlying profit to US$217 million and the reinstatement of dividends to shareholders
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Santos advises that the PNG LNG Project co-venturers have entered into a mid-term LNG sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with BP Singapore Pte. Limited (BPS), for the supply of LNG commencing in August 2018. The mid-term SPA is for supply of approximately 0.45 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per annum (mtpa) for the…
Santos today announced the Barikewa-3 well, located in Papua New Guinea’s onshore Forelands region, intersected 25 metres of net gas pay within the Toro and Hedinia reservoir objectives. Reservoir quality exceeded pre-drill expectations and the appraisal well successfully intersected a gas-water contact in the Hedinia. A drill-stem test was carried out across the Toro interval…
Santos advises that the PNG LNG Project co-venturers have entered into a mid-term LNG sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with PetroChina International (Hong Kong) Corporation Limited (PCI), for the supply of LNG commencing in July 2018. The mid-term SPA is for supply of approximately 0.45 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per annum (mtpa)…
Santos Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Gallagher said: “Santos’ strategy has been to establish a low cost operating model that is designed to deliver strong cash flows through the oil price cycle.” “Our second quarter results demonstrate the strength of our diversified portfolio of core assets underpinned by a disciplined operating model and…
In line with Santos’ stated purpose to provide sustainable returns to our shareholders, the Board has approved a new Dividend Policy. Santos will look to pay ordinary dividends that are sustainable through the oil price cycle and will target a range of 10% to 30% payout of free cash flow1 generated per annum. Furthermore, given…
Santos today welcomed the Gas Statement of Opportunities report released by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), which forecasts a 58 PJ gas surplus in the east coast domestic market in 2019. This surplus is equivalent to 10 per cent of total expected 2019 domestic gas demand. Last year AEMO forecast a 48 PJ gas…
On 21 May 2018 Santos received a conditional binding offer from Harbour Energy Ltd (Harbour) to acquire 100 per cent of Santos shares by way of a scheme of arrangement at a cash price of US$5.21 per share (currently equivalent to A$6.861 per share) (Final Proposal). Harbour indicated that it would be willing to increase…
Santos advises that on 21 May 2018 it received a revised binding, conditional proposal from Harbour Energy Australia Pty Ltd (Harbour) to acquire 100% of Santos shares by way of a scheme of arrangement for consideration of US$5.21 per share (equivalent to A$6.95 per share based on an exchange rate of 0.75) (Revised Harbour Proposal).…
Santos advises that it has received a binding, conditional proposal (Revised Harbour Proposal) from Harbour Energy Australia Pty Ltd (Harbour) to acquire 100% of Santos shares by way of a scheme of arrangement for consideration equivalent to US$4.98 per share. This follows receipt of an indicative and conditional proposal (announced on 3 April 2018) and…
Santos refers to its ASX Release on 15 May 2018 which made reference to media reports regarding a preliminary agreement between ENN and Harbour Energy (Harbour) which followed an announcement by ENN Ecological Holdings (ENN) to the Shanghai Stock Exchange. ENN has since advised Santos that media reports were not an accurate translation of their…
Santos CEO, Kevin Gallagher delivered the opening Plenary Address at the 2018 APPEA Conference.
Read the speech here
On 3 April 2018, Santos announced the receipt of an unsolicited, non-binding, indicative and conditional proposal (Harbour Proposal) from Harbour Energy (Harbour) to acquire 100% of Santos shares for US$4.981 per share. Santos agreed to engage further with Harbour and allowed it the opportunity to undertake confirmatory due diligence. Santos notes media speculation that ENN…
Santos today announced the sale of its non-core Asian portfolio to Ophir Energy plc (Ophir) for US$221 million. The sale is consistent with Santos’ strategy to realise value from its late-life non-core assets and will result in Santos making country exits from Vietnam, Indonesia1, Malaysia and Bangladesh. The assets sold to Ophir include the following…
Santos Chairman Mr Keith Spence and Managing Director & CEO Mr Kevin Gallagher address the 2018 Santos AGM in Adelaide.
Santos has been advised by ExxonMobil, the PNG LNG operator, that LNG train 2 has safely restarted and the plant is operating at normal production rates. Exports of LNG have also resumed. Production has been gradually increasing since the Hides gas conditioning plant and one train at the PNG LNG plant restarted earlier this month.…
Santos Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Gallagher said: “Santos’ first quarter results highlight the benefits of a diversified portfolio of natural gas assets underpinned by a disciplined operating model focused on cash generation.” “In the first quarter of 2018, we generated $246 million in free cash flow, reduced net debt by 8% to…
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