Santos Ltd

STO

Company Profile

  • Business description

    Santos was founded in 1954. The company's name is an acronym for South Australia Northern Territory Oil Search. The first Cooper Basin gas discovery came in 1963, with initial supplies in 1969. Santos became a major enterprise, though over-reliance on the Cooper Basin, along with the Moomba field's inexorable decline, saw it struggle to maintain relevance in the first decade of the 21st century. However, the stage was set for a renaissance via conversion of coal seam gas into LNG in Queensland and conventional gas to LNG in PNG.

  • Contact

    60 Flinders Street
    Ground Floor Santos Centre
    AdelaideSA5000
    AUS

    T: +61 881165000

    https://www.santos.com

  • Sector

    Energy

    Stock type

    Sensitive

  • Industry

    Oil & Gas E&P

    Fiscal Year End

    31 December 2025

    Employees

    3,958

Santos Ltd News & Analysis

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Cheap ASX energy play boasts strong cash flows and balance sheet

Markets appear overly bearish on the company despite the company having attracting growth options.
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Undervalued ASX income play

Major development projects remain on schedule.
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Ask the analyst: Why does the Santos story need to end like this?

Santos’ disappointing returns over the past twenty years are mostly a result of bad timing. The timing of its potential departure from the ASX could also be unfortunate.

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