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Australia's Santos loads first Barossa LNG cargo

  • Märkte: Crude oil, Natural gas
  • 22.01.26

Australian independent Santos is loading the first cargo in over two years from its 3.7mn t/yr Darwin LNG (DLNG) facility in Australia, the firm said today.

DLNG's first cargo using Barossa gas has been sold and will be delivered to Japan's Sakai terminal. DLNG last loaded a cargo in December 2023, using Bayu-Undan feedstock gas.

Output

Santos' total output was 22.3mn bl of oil equivalent (boe) in October-December 2025, up from 21.5mn boe a year earlier. But the total 2025 production of 87.7mn boe missed its 89mn-91mn boe guidance, which was revised in October due to delays at Barossa.

The firm reported a 10pc fall on the year in Cooper basin oil and gas output in 2025. The firm returned 91 wells to production in October–December 2025 and output has now recovered to levels before widespread flooding occurred in April-June, it said.

Santos expects Barossa and Pikka to contribute to a 25-30pc rise in output based on 2024 levels by 2027, and has guided annual production for 2026 at 101mn-111mn boe on the back of these projects coming on line.

The BW Opal floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel at Barossa field in the Timor Sea is producing at 450mn ft³/d (12.7mn m³/d), Santos reported, or 75pc of capacity.

The 80,000 b/d Pikka oil field located in Alaska's North Slope region is 98pc complete and is expected on line in late in the January-March 2026 quarter and will reach full capacity in mid-2026.

Output from the ExxonMobil-operated 6.9mn t/yr PNG LNG in Papua New Guinea was 7pc higher on the year in 2025. The production volume of 8.64mn t was also above the 8.43mn t shipped in 2023.

Full-year unit production costs were under $7/boe, excluding Bayu-Undan volumes, and will be $6.95-$7.45/boe in 2026, Santos said.

The 1.7mn t/yr Moomba carbon capture and storage (CCS) project stored 234,000t of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) in October-December 2025. Santos 66.6pc share accounted for 156,000t in the fourth quarter and 820,000t CO2e in 2025, Moomba's first year of operations.

Moomba received 907,872 ACCUs in the quarter, covering project commencement in September 2024 to June 2025. The project has stored 1.5mn t of CO2e since its start-up.

The proposed Bayu-Undan CCS requires co-operation with the government of East Timor. Santos has continued to engage with the government to reach a final investment decision. The project could store emissions from the CO2-heavy Barossa field.

Santos results
Oct-Dec '25Jul-Sep '25Oct-Dec '2420252024y-o-y % ±q-o-q % ±YTD % ±
Volumes ('000 t)
GLNG (100pc)1,6431,3141,7916,0226,078-8-25-1
Darwin LNG (100pc)00000n/an/an/a
PNG LNG (100pc)2,1602,1872,1088,6358,0552-17
Santos' equity share of LNG sales1,4361,1871,3205,2525,0849213
Financial
LNG sales revenue ($mn)7806898583,0673,287-913-7
Total sales revenue ($mn)1,2301,1291,4014,9395,381-129-8
LNG average realised price ($/mn Btu)10.3311.0512.3911.1212.31-17-7-10
Oil price ($/bl)66.6671.3079.0973.0584.76-16-7-14

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