Santos CEO John Ellice-Flint steps down

Oil and gas explorer Santos Ltd says the resignation of its chief executive has been thought out and planned to coincide with the company's next growth phase.

Oil Search to divest Middle East assets

Oil Search plans to sell a number of its Middle Eastern assets as it focuses on the development of its Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas project.

Britain's BG bids $12 bln for Australia's Origin (Reuters)

Reuters - British gas producer BG Group Plc has made a $12.1 billion bid approach to Australian utility and emerging gas player, Origin Energy Ltd , seeking to bolster its position in the Pacific gas market.

Oil Search to focus on PNG LNG

Oil Search plans to divest non-core assets as the company focuses on the $US10 billion ($A10.77 billion) Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas project.

PNG LNG partners closer to FEED decision

Oil Search and the participants in the PNG liquefied natural gas project have signed a deal ahead of an expected front end engineering and design decision.

Oil Search sells Middle East assets

Oil Search has sold a package of its Middle Eastern assets for $US200 million ($A216.01 million) to focus on the development of a Papua New Guinea LNG project.