Santos signed a mid-term LNG provide contract with QatarEnergy Buying and selling to produce roughly 0.5 million tonnes of LNG every year over a two-year interval beginning in 2026. The LNG will likely be provided from Santos’ portfolio of world-class LNG property on a delivered ex-ship foundation.
Kevin Gallagher, Santos Managing Director and Chief Govt Officer, stated the contract with QET is an “extension of our current sturdy enterprise relationship and an awesome alternative for each Santos and QET to leverage their experience in Asian LNG markets”.
“This contract reinforces our capability to leverage our versatile LNG portfolio to attain nice outcomes for Santos and our prospects. It additional enhances current mid- and long-term LNG Gross sales and Buy Agreements, underscoring Santos’ sturdy LNG portfolio and powerful buyer relationships within the area,” Gallagher added.
“We proceed to see very sturdy demand in Asia for top heating worth LNG from initiatives comparable to Barossa and PNG LNG, in addition to for dependable regional provide. Santos stays dedicated to supporting the power safety and emissions discount methods of our valued prospects throughout Asia.”
Santos’ portfolio of high-quality, tier-one prospects now includes Hokkaido Gasoline Firm, Shizuoka Gasoline, TotalEnergies Gasoline & Energy Asia Restricted, Glencore Singapore, Mitsubishi Company, PETRONAS, KOGAS, Osaka Gasoline, JERA, Sinopec, CPC Company, and now QatarEnergy Buying and selling.
The portfolio is round 90 per cent contracted and round 85 per cent oil-linked on common between 2025-29. Common contract pricing throughout the entire portfolio is estimated at round 14.7 per cent slope to Brent over 2025 to 2027.
With this, Santos continues to construct a world-class portfolio of LNG enterprise. Santos can ship incremental margin over and above the contracted pricing by leveraging the flexibleness of its equity-lifted volumes mixed with its portfolio of vacation spot provide contracts, utilising constitution LNG vessels.
Final month, Santos accepted a proposal from ADNOC, via its funding arm XRG, together with Abu Dhabi Growth Holding Firm (ADQ) and personal fairness agency Carlyle, for the most important all-cash company buyout in Australian historical past to accumulate all it shares.
Australia’s second-largest fuel and power firm had earlier rejected two earlier provides from the XRG consortium, however stated it helps the all-cash US$18.7 billion indicative proposal. A number of regulatory clearances will likely be required earlier than the transaction is finalised, but when and when it does, it might be the third-largest takeover in Australian historical past.
