LNG

Australian energy company Santos reported solid annual and quarterly earnings with steady cargo flows from Gladstone LNG in Queensland and from Papua New Guinea while legal hold-ups were removed to push forward with bringing new feed-gas to Darwin LNG from where only one cargo was shipped in the fourth-quarter.

Australian LNG plant operator Santos, with stakes in two Australian plants and Papua New Guinea LNG, said the past quarter represented the “the trough for LNG prices”, with higher prices expected on oil-linked contract and Japan-Korea Marker spot prices through to the New Year.