LNG

Oct 23 (LNGJ) - Santos, the Australian stakeholder in three Asia-Pacific LNG export plants, said Keith Spence would succeed Peter Coates as company Chairman in February 2018. Coates announced his intention earlier in 2017 to step down from the board after the recruitment of his successor. Spence will join the Santos board on 1 January 2018. “He has over 30 years of oil and gas experience, having served in senior executive positions with Woodside Petroleum and Shell,” said Santos, whose LNG assets include a share of the Gladstone plant it operates in Queensland.

Australian energy company Santos, a stakeholder in three Asia-Pacific LNG export plants, has started a strategic partnership with two Chinese companies and this will include upstream investment in natural gas in Australia and Papua New Guinea.