Santos Limited reports that preliminary wireline log analysis from the Kuda Tasi-2 appraisal well shows a 35 metre oil column.
Testing operations on the well, which is located in 03-01 PSC in the Joint Petroleum Development Area in the Timor Sea commenced on Friday 14 November 2003.
Santos Limited, on behalf of the VIC/P44 Joint Venture, announces that it has conducted a successful production test of the Casino-3 well in the offshore Otway Basin. The production test measured gas flow over the primary reservoir zone encountered in the Casino 3 well to confirm reservoir flow characteristics. The successful test means that Santos…
Santos Limited as operator on behalf of the VIC/P44 Joint Venture will this week conduct a production test of the Casino-3 well in the offshore Otway Basin following the successful drilling of the appraisal well. Last week, Casino-3 intersected a 20-metre net gas column in the target Waarre sandstone. Over the weekend wire-line log, formation…
Santos Limited today reported that total sales revenue rose 2.2% to $1102 million in the nine months ended 30 September 2003 from $1078 million in the previous corresponding period. Total sales volumes in the third quarter of 2003 were steady at 15.3 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) compared with the previous corresponding quarter. Total…
Santos Ltd today announced that, having regard to the Independent Experts Report and recommendation of the Independent Director of Oil Company of Australia Ltd (OCA), it intends to accept the off-market take-over offer by Origin Energy Ltd of $4.25 per share for the remaining 11,793,140 shares Santos holds in OCA. Pursuant to a pre-bid agreement,…
In response to media queries today, Santos Ltd advises that it did not pursue a bid for ExxonMobils subsidiary, Delhi Petroleum. Santos is currently satisfied with its position as operator and 60% interest-holder in the Cooper Basin assets. Our corporate focus is on maximising returns from these interests and developing our other flagship projects in…
Santos Limited announces that it has been awarded additional exploration acreage in the off-shore East Java Basin by the Indonesian government. The new Production Sharing Contract (PSC) area, North Bali 1 is located east of Java and north of the island of Bali. The block covers 3,449 square kilometers in water depths ranging from 100…
Santos profit increases to $170 million before write-downs First half profit up 2.2% before write-downs Net profit down 16.6% after write-downs 6.4% rise in sales revenue to $716.0 million Cash flow increased 35.6% to $421.7 million 350 PJ of gas commercialised in new contracts Leverage reduced to 25.3% 15 cents per share interim dividend Strong…
Santos Limited has expanded its deepwater acreage in the offshore Otway Basin having been awarded its sixth operated exploration permit in the area.Santos (50% and operator), in joint venture with independent US oil company, Unocal (50%), has been awarded exploration permit T/35P in the Tasmanian portion of the offshore Otway Basin. T/35P is located immediately…
Santos gas revenue up 15.5% to $193.5 million Santos Limited today reported that sales gas revenue in the June quarter rose 15.5% from $167.5 million to a record $193.5 million on sales volumes of 59.0 petajoules (PJ). A large component of the strong June quarter sales improvement came from the United States where Santos gas…
Santos Limited (through its wholly owned subsidiary Santos (Sampang) Pty Ltd) and its joint venturers are set to secure a slice of the developing East Java gas market following the signing of a new long term agreement to sell over 90 billion cubic feet (BCF) of gas.Santos and its joint venturers have signed a Gas…
Santos Ltd has, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, agreed to accept an off-market take-over bid of $4.25 per share announced by Origin Energy Limited (Origin) for Oil Company of Australia (OCA) in respect of 2.9 million shares in OCA held by the Santos Group.Apart from Santos commitment for 2.9 million OCA shares, the…
Santos Limited is set to formally join the world Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) market and add more than three million barrels of oil equivalent to its annual production following signing of final approvals for the giant Bayu-Undan gas development by the Timor Sea Designated Authority.This project, involving Timor-Leste and Australia, will be the first cross-border…
Santos Limited announces that it has taken up a 20 per cent non-operated interest in two deep-water exploration permits off-shore Indonesia.This is a continuation of Santos strategies to add higher impact exploration acreage and build its South East Asian energy business. The Popodi and Papalang Production Sharing Contract (PSC) areas lie in the deepwater portion…
The Titan BP 1 well was plugged and abandoned after reaching a total depth of 791 metres. It intersected 49 metres of gross gas charged sandstones of the Tawun Formation containing 75% carbon dioxide and 25% natural gas. The well is located 100 kilometres northeast of Kepodang Gas Field and 160 kilometres from Surabaya, East…
Addressing the Annual General Meeting of Santos Ltd, the Chairman, Mr Stephen Gerlach, told shareholders that 2002 had been one of the most productive and exciting years in the Companys 49-year history. The Company: Achieved record production and sales, Established three new growth projects, Commercialised 620 petajoules of gas, Achieved savings in capital and operating…
Australian oil and gas company, Santos Limited, today reported its highest ever first quarter revenue. The record total sales revenue of $368.7 million for the three months to 31 March 2003, driven by higher gas sales and increased prices for all products, was 14.5% stronger than the $322.0 million for the previous corresponding period. The…
In response to the article appearing in todays Australian Financial Review entitled Santos in line to buy PNG assets, Santos advises that, whilst it does not generally comment on press speculation, the Company has not made an offer, not made a bid and not negotiated with ChevronTexaco for their Papua New Guinea assets.
The Board of Directors of Santos Limited, one of Australias leading oil and gas companies, will meet this week in Darwin.Santos Chairman, Mr Stephen Gerlach, said the decision to hold the Board meeting in the Northern Territory reflected the importance of northern Australia as a key growth area for the oil and gas group. “This…
2002 Annual Report
Santos Limited today welcomed the ratification of the Timor Sea Treaty by the Australian Parliament. This is a further milestone in the future development of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) stage of the Bayu-Undan project. The Bayu-Undan gas and liquids field is located in the Timor Sea, 500 kilometres north west of Darwin. Santos, with…
Santos Limited today announced that the Mereenie Joint Venture parties had renewed the Mereenie Land Rights agreement with the Traditional Owners of the Mereenie gas field and adjacent areas, 250 kms west south-west of Alice Springs.The renewed Mereenie Agreement was signed today at a ceremony at the Kutpitjara School to the north of Mereenie. The…
Santos Limited (ASX: STO, NASDAQ: STOSY) today announced a net profit after tax and exploration write-offs of $322.1 million, or 51.2 cents per share, for the 12 months ended 31 December 2002. The Companys underlying operating profit remained strong at $392.3 million before $70.2 million of after-tax exploration write-offs ($449.7 million operating profit before write-offs…
Santos Limited today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Santos (Sampang) Pty Ltd had entered into a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with PT Indonesia Power for the sale of the entire gas reserves of the off-shore Oyong field in East Java, Indonesia. The Oyong field is estimated to contain in excess of 90 billion cubic…
Santos advances to record 2002 production Australian-based oil and gas group, Santos Limited, today announced record production and sales volumes for the year ended 31 December, 2002. The Company also achieved higher sales revenue of $1.48 billion – the second highest annual revenue for Santos since its formation nearly 50 years ago. The record performance…
Santos has been awarded off-shore exploration acreage in the Duntroon Basin, 70 kilometres south of Port Lincoln, off South Australias Eyre Peninsula. This is Santos first exploration acreage in South Australian waters. The Federal and South Australian governments have jointly awarded the Duntroon Exploration block EPP32 to Santos. The block covers 5,315 square kilometres and…
5 December 2002 Santos Limited has announced a successful gas appraisal well in Indonesia. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Santos (Madura Offshore) Pty Ltd, as operator of the Madura Offshore Production Sharing Contract (PSC) located south east of Madura Island, East Java, has conducted a successful flow-test of the Maleo-2 gas appraisal well. The well flowed…
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