Santos has delivered strong financial results with EBITDAX1 up 14% to a record US$2.5 billion and free cash flow1 up 13% to over US$1.1 billion. Reported net profitafter tax increased by 7% to US$674 million.

Australia added 6.3 GW of new renewable capacity in 2019, against 4.8 GW in 2018

Australia's Santos record annual sales revenue of over $4 billion, up 10%, generated from sales volumes of 94.5 mmboe

Australia has officially become the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on an annualized basis, overtaking the previous titleholder Qatar.

Following growth of about 1.8 percent in 2019, the economy is expected to expand by 2.2 percent in 2020.

The use of nuclear energy is currently banned under federal law in Australia. Over half those surveyed - 54% - were unaware of this.

Record quarterly production and sales volumes • Third quarter production of 19.8 mmboe was a record for Santos and 32% up on the corresponding quarter • Production was 7% higher than the second quarter with higher production from all Australian assets • Record sales volumes of 25.2 mmboe were 25% higher than the corresponding quarter • Sales revenue of $1,030 million was the second highest quarterly revenue on record

Global growth is forecast at 3.0 percent for 2019, its lowest level since 2008–09 and a 0.3 percentage point downgrade from the April 2019 World Economic Outlook.

Acquisition of ConocoPhillips’ northern Australia business with operating interests in Darwin LNG, Bayu-Undan, Barossa and Poseidon for US$1.39 billion plus a $75 million contingent payment subject to FID on Barossa

the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that world energy consumption will grow by nearly 50% between 2018 and 2050. Most of this growth comes from countries that are not in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and this growth is focused in regions where strong economic growth is driving demand, particularly in Asia.

Russia exported 248 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2018, mostly via pipeline to Europe. In the next decade, its liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports will almost triple to 68 bcm as the Yamal LNG project reaches full capacity and Arctic 2 LNG comes online (plus two smaller projects).

Australia will give A$500 million ($339 million) to Pacific island nations for renewable energy projects and to help them prepare for the impact of climate change

U.S. EIA - Australia’s LNG export capacity increased from 2.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2011 to more than 11.4 Bcf/d in 2019.

Over January-June, China imported a total 28.37 million mt of LNG, up 19.3% year on year, the latest data from the General Administration of Customs showed.

First half production of 37 mmboe was a record for Santos and 32% above the corresponding period.