Santos (ASX: STO) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Santos is an Australian oil and gas producer focused on natural gas and LNG, aiming for cleaner energy solutions.
Santos
Santos is an energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production, and transportation of natural gas, liquefied natural gas, crude oil, condensate, and liquefied petroleum gas. Headquartered in Adelaide, Australia, the company operates across core asset hubs in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the United States. Its key operations include onshore and offshore natural gas production facilities, export LNG infrastructure, domestic gas pipelines, and carbon capture and storage projects. Santos supplies energy to domestic Australian markets and international customers across the Asia-Pacific region while pursuing decarbonization initiatives such as large-scale carbon capture.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of Santos
- Liquefied Natural Gas Production: Processing natural gas into liquefied natural gas for long-term export across Asia-Pacific markets. Operations incorporate major liquefaction trains, storage tanks, and marine loading terminals fed by dedicated upstream gas fields and transmission pipelines.
- Domestic Natural Gas Supply: Extracting and processing natural gas for domestic industrial, commercial, and utility customers. Field infrastructure, processing plants, and pipeline connections deliver high-pressure gas to regional grids and power generation facilities across major domestic energy markets.
- Crude Oil and Liquids Extraction: Producing crude oil, condensate, and liquefied petroleum gas from onshore and offshore petroleum reservoirs. Hydrocarbons are processed, stored, and transported via offshore loading facilities and pipeline networks for sale to refiners and international energy traders.
- Carbon Capture and Storage: Capturing carbon dioxide emissions from gas processing plants and permanently injecting them into depleted underground reservoirs. Deep geological storage facilities reduce Scope 1 industrial emissions and offer third-party carbon management services for regional industrial hubs.
- Offshore Hydrocarbon Field Development: Developing offshore oil and natural gas fields through floating production, storage, and offloading vessels, subsea production systems, and offshore platforms. Projects expand upstream reserves and provide long-term feed gas supply to existing liquefaction terminals.
- Decarbonization and Clean Fuel Technologies: Developing low-carbon energy infrastructure including direct air capture technology, synthetic fuel production, and e-methane feasibility. Initiatives aim to decarbonize energy supply chains and provide commercial carbon management solutions to hard-to-abate industrial sectors.
Santos executive team
- Kevin Thomas GallagherMD, CEO & Director
- Lachlan HarrisChief Financial Officer
- Brett Anthony DarleyChief Operating Officer of Australia & PNG Upstream Oil & Gas
- Steven TrenchExecutive VP of Operations & Technical Services
- Amelia JallehGroup General Counsel & SVP of Governance
- Sean PittExecutive Vice President of Marketing, Trading & Shipping
- Kim LeeExecutive Vice President of People & Culture
- Nick FoxHead of Environment & Access
- Bruce DingemanExecutive VP & President of Alaska
- Tracey WintersChief Strategy Officer
Latest news about Santos
Santos doubles 2027 Western Australian drilling to two wells
AustraliaSantos quarterly production jumps to record high
AustraliaSantos inks POSCO supply deal and Canadian LNG import agreement
AustraliaCrude above US$100 exposes the cost gap between producers
AustraliaAustralia waters down 20% domestic gas reservation policy
AustraliaRed Sky Energy starts drilling Yarrow 5 well
Australia
Recent announcements
What Santos (STO) has told the market, newest first.
- 2026 Santos Third Quarter ReportPrice sensitive
- Initial Director's Interest Notice
- Appointment of independent Non-Executive Director
Dividend history
Dividends per share paid by Santos, by financial year.
| Financial year | Interim | Final | Special | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026(to date) | — | A$0.1634 | — | A$0.3091 |
| FY2025 | A$0.1632 | A$0.2029 | — | A$0.3661 |
| FY2024 | A$0.2683 | A$0.1910 | — | A$0.4593 |
| FY2023 | A$0.2236 | A$0.1340 | — | A$0.3576 |
| FY2022 | A$0.1181 | A$0.1093 | — | A$0.2274 |
Key financials
Reported results for Santos, in USD.
- Market cap
- 27.9B
- Revenue (TTM)
- 5B
- P/E ratio
- 26.7
- EPS (diluted, TTM)
- 0.3
- Dividend yield
- 2.5%
- Profit margin
- 14.7%
| Fiscal year end | Revenue | Operating income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3B | 1.4B | 846.5M | |
| 5.4B | 1.6B | 1.2B | |
| 5.9B | 2B | 1.4B | |
| 7.8B | 3.6B | 2.1B |