‘Plenty more riches in the Cooper Basin’: Santos
South Australia’s Cooper Basin can deliver another 50 years-plus of resource riches in the form of natural gas, hydrogen and synthetic methane, Santos boss Kevin Gallagher says.
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Activists ‘crafted culture narrative’ to stop Barossa: Santos
Lawyers for resources giant Santos say its planned $5.3bn pipeline through the Timor Sea cannot affect an Indigenous spiritual belief and has accused activists of scheming.
Former Angolan first daughter hit with $1bn asset freeze
Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has lost her fight against a bid to freeze $1bn of her assets.
‘Rainbow Serpent at risk’ from Santos pipeline
Santos’ planned $5.3bn Barossa gas development in the Timor Sea is putting the culture of the traditional owners of the Tiwi Islands at risk, the Federal Court has been told.
CEO Survey 2024 part 4: Safety Culture, Santos to Zip Co
The Australian surveyed the nation’s top CEOs about inflation, energy and opportunities ahead in 2024. From Safety Culture, Santos and Zip Co. These are their full responses.
$5.4bn day: Why dealmaking is suddenly hot again
A late frenzy shows the mood is rapidly changing after what has been a pretty ordinary year for mergers and acquisitions.
Activist investors force Carnarvon Energy board spill
As Woodside and Santos mull a $80bn mega oil and gas mega merger, a Santos joint venture partner – Carnarvon Energy – has suffered a boardroom putsch.
Santos Barossa project gets drilling go-ahead
Energy giant Woodside’s $80bn merger target, Santos has notched a key regulatory win for its $5.8bn Timor Sea project, but court battles are already threatening production timelines.
ASX down; Adbri, Link, Tabcorp rocket
ASX 200 closes slightly down. Barro, CRH lob $2.1bn Adbri deal. Link backs $1.1bn offer. Carnarvon CEO steps down. Pacific Smiles says $223m Genesis move ‘opportunistically timed’. Tabcorp wins Vic licence.
Woodside needs to pay $28bn-$29bn for Santos: analysts
Santos and Woodside bankers are getting down to business on a possible merger as analysts try to work out what it all could be worth.
Santos reveals numerous Woodside approaches
Santos boss Kevin Gallagher has revealed that Woodside Energy has tried to kick off merger talks a number of times over the past year or so.
PNG the jewel in Woodside-Santos merger
Papua New Guinea’s national petroleum company says greater access to the country’s vast oil and gas reserves makes a potential merger with Santos attractive for Woodside Energy.
Santos CEO keen on Woodside merger since May: sources
The talk in the market is that Kevin Gallagher has been thinking about an $80bn-plus merger with Woodside for months, not weeks.
ASX 200 ends flat amid mining losses; Pact soars
Santos, Woodside gain amid merger talks. Pact accepts billionaire’s higher bid. Sigma-Chemist Warehouse union to create $8.8bn powerhouse. Costa Group flags earnings fall.
Big banks line up for Santos-Woodside merger talks
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are eyeing big paydays with roles in the mooted $80bn merger between Santos and Woodside Energy.
Santos shuffles management as Woodside talks begin
A reshuffle returning one of Kevin Gallagher’s most trusted advisers to an executive role suggests the Santos boss wants no doubt over who is running merger talks with Woodside.
Activists slam banks over Santos support
ANZ and Westpac may face shareholder ire at their AGMs after Market Forces pointed the finger at the banks for their continued support of gas projects through bond programs.
Quest for scale no reason for Santos, Woodside merger
Does a merger between Woodside and Santos add up to a better company, or just a bigger one? Nick Evans works through the possibilities.
The story of Santos – from 1954 until today
The longest serving premier of South Australia, Thomas Playford, would sit and watch the gas flare at Santos’s first well, envisaging the opportunities it would create for the state.
Frustrations a catalyst for Woodside, Santos talks
Energy giant Santos has struggled to bolster its share price amid rising shareholder frustration, which led to quiet review and subsequent talks on a possible $80bn merger.
ASX 200 ends at 11-week high; Santos lifts
Investors pile into Santos amid $80bn merger talks; Woodside dips. ANZ’s $900,000 penalty for disclosure failure. Sigma suspends trading amid Chemist Warehouse talks. Chalmers-RBA deal may bring rate hikes.
Woodside on path to becoming BHP of energy
Woodside holds all the cards as the oil and gas sector prepares itself for the looming energy shift.
Santos – a proud history under threat
If Santos were to merge with Woodside, in all likelihood the head office would be lost to the state. That would be a disaster.
Woodside, Santos in talks over $80bn merger
Australia’s two biggest energy companies are in talks on a blockbuster merger that would create a global oil and gas giant.
Adelaide’s biggest company under threat as merger talks kick off
Santos has confirmed it is in early stage merger talks with the much larger, Perth-based oil and gas giant Woodside Energy.
Tangled web of Santos lies finally exposed
By far the most amusing of claims made by George Santos, the grandiose con-artist who made his way to the Capitol, was his association with a Spider-Man musical disaster.
Santos spat over pipes in Tiwi sacred sites
Songlines and sacred burial sites are at risk if Santos starts laying undersea pipes at the Tiwi Islands for its $5.3bn Barossa gas project, the Federal Court has heard.
US House ousts congressman in historic vote
Scandal-plagued George Santos lied his way into Congress and has been indicted for bankrolling his lavish lifestyle with stolen donor cash.
Santos, Woodside in focus as buyout prospects
Santos and Woodside Energy are trading below their North American peers so they could be attractive to a potential buyout – or perhaps even a merger.
ASX closes down; New Origin offer ‘appears inferior’
Origin shares rise, has ‘significant reservations’ over proposal. AMP up on $100m class action settlement. Nick Scali CEO’s $50m selldown. First strikes for AV Jennings, Johns Lyng.
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