Company type | Public |
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ASX: STO | |
Industry | Energy |
Founded | 18 March 1954 |
Headquarters | 60 Flinders Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
Key people | Kevin Gallagher, CEO |
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Revenue | US$3.660 billion (2018)[1] |
US$0.727 billion (2018)[1] | |
Number of employees | 2,190 (2018) |
Website | santos |
Santos Ltd. (South Australia and Northern Territory Oil Search) is an Australian oil and gas exploration and production company, with its headquarters in Adelaide, South Australia. It owns liquefied natural gas (LNG), pipeline gas, and oil assets. It is the biggest supplier of natural gas in Australia, with its plants in the Cooper Basin in South Australia and South West Queensland supplying the eastern states of Australia. Its operations also extend to the seas off Western Australia and Northern Territory.
The company has been criticised by environmentalists and others for its high level of greenhouse gas emissions, its lobbying of political parties, and various incidents causing contamination. Santos provides sponsorship of several arts festivals and bodies, charities, and the University of Adelaide's Australian School of Petroleum.