Santos Limited · ASX:STO

Santos — FY2006 Earnings Presentation

27 slides from Santos's earnings presentation, Feb 22, 2007

  1. Slide 1: 2006 Full Year Results

    2006 Full Year Results John Ellice-Flint - Chief Executive Officer Peter Wasow - Chief Financial Officer 22 February 2007

  2. Slide 2: Full year highlights

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  3. Slide 3: Santos asset portfolio and Lapindo mud flow

    « Santos 18% non-operated interest » Mud flow commenced May 2006 « Response effort managed by a Nationa! Mitigation Team « Financial impact remains uncertain s Evans Shoal « Caldite/Barossa © Petrel/ Tern « Reindeer » Hides « Barikewa « Elevala Australia Onsho 733 mmboe « Fairview Rome « Hig Aman »

  4. Slide 4: Reserve Replacement

    Reserve Replacement Ratio * Netback

  5. Slide 5: Net profit after tax drivers

    (0.4) Ss Cyclone PAD ART: _ Mutineer Natural New: Exeter decline: projects: Controllable Items lacs Wik: Gas Pricey IN elie DI Continuing Operations 2006 04 so OF pe beck Expin USA Dens Continuing Operations 2006.

  6. Slide 6: Reserve replacement and netback

    Syrave {US$} 2003 2004 2005 2006 2005 = 2006 Prose TERRE: 443% 3yi ave RRR 16296 Lor growin 14%: Byr CAGR 15%

  7. Slide 7: EPS and ROCE

    EPS OROCE CIEBETDAX per shaje mien Target man | AEGEU 2005 2006 iy aun ii 2 (40) — 3: - 6 Significant Operating Exploration Significant items Performance and items Evaluation Expensed: 0 2005 NPAT 2005 2006 2006 NPAT tindertying Underlying

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  9. Slide 9: Volume

    Volume Continuing Operations ( a B92 (24) 668 (8) Reserves lnp/ Revisions Obier — VOIUME East Spar: Future SHutan Costs: A005 2006 2006 $10.02/boe $14.35/hoe Continuing tea a A AT [De

  10. Slide 10: Exploration and development expenditure

    Exptoration Delineation Development 2005 [) 2006 Total $9591 $1,306im ape 005; ‘As reported After significant seems Production ad Growth Reserve Replacement Ratio Reserve Replacement 2007 Forecast $1,180m Aax change a ‘Moomba § incident. 10

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  12. Slide 12: Ability to execute low cost program

    Ability to execute fow cost program Initial rate per well (bbl/d) Fullecycle F&D Cost (AG/bbh 13% 120 18 Largest onshore Australian oil atredge position: 27 D00km2 mogern 10s ang technology ko inctease Facto Unique capabilities, knowledge, infrastructure and short cycie time 79% 12

  13. Slide 13: Barrels per day (Santos share)

    Barrels per day (Santos share) 2004 2005 | Gas demand growing strongly, PNG gas project suspended CSG emerging to fill market demand ele 2009 Large uncontracted gas position, demonstrated contracting capability Established leading position in CSG 13

  14. Slide 14: Santos Contracted Share

    Santos Contracted Share 2006 2008 2010 2012: 2014 2016 » Slrong competitive advantages » Highest qualtty acreage » industry leading capability » Existing infrastructure = Largest onshore operator Lepend 2 Santos acreage (ae Extent ot Srat/Bowen Bastis. Sates CSG piralects, ‘Othier producing CSG proj

  15. Slide 15: Global gas prices rising

    Global gas prices rising if Integrated Fairview acquisition Added 380 BJ of 2P reserves Finding cost of 7c/G] laScota Cl Farvew » Dried 40 wells » Capex AS124 million Installed Fairview to Wallumbilla pipeline Jey WA gas market has id {0 $54 Demand for emai burher growth expected at yom, Reindeer de

  16. Slide 16: John Brookes ramp-up

    UU e John Brookes ramp-up _ 200 PJ uncontracted 2P reserve » Reindeer follow up Opportunity / 300-500 PJ resource « Peasibility study underway - Fipst production target 2010 Ti/day Sales I @ Carnarvon Basin 2007 wells Fletcher Totem » buUrricane appraisal + Mutineer appraisal John Brookes dea Batrow

  17. Slide 17: ExxonMobil progressing PNG LNG evaluation

    » ExxonMobil progressing evaluation of LNG development incldding Hides field + & to 6.5 mtpa LNG plant « First cargos target 2012-2013 Santos share 6+ mmiboe pa « Other Santos pesources + 43% and operator of Barikewa ~ 50% and operator of Elevala » In total — 362 mmboe contingent resource in) PNG Ba

  18. Slide 18: Material acreage position

    Material acreage position * Appraisal ongoing * @+ tcf resource Aligned with ConocoPhillips 3.5 (6 6 mina train First cargos 2013+ Focussed, long term wision required for success 2006 new country entry t Vietnam Santos ‘ConccoPhiltips (Op) Sank ‘Stelt: Kelometres Legend Gi Santos Acreage U. Gas eld

  19. Slide 19: Blackbird and Dua oil discoveries

    Blackbird and Dua oil discoveries « Accélerating scismic into Qt 2007, drilling into Q4 2007 » Commencing development planning Swan gas ficid development potential « Northern block secured » Oyong O2 2007 start-up Wortel gas discovery Development planning underway = Jeruk development studies ongoing

  20. Slide 20: Attractive frontier basin

    Attractive frontier basin Work program 1 exploration wed 2D and 3D seismic 2 Estimated cost A$90m Emerging market with sound enerdy fundamentals 2005 2007 2009 nd SMITA i IANA IMU un nD i eet Ganges-Brahmaputra ‘Delta legend Hl Santos Acreage Oi Gas field 2011 Pia) AGS AULZ BD EA Gos (Cooper Ol OWAO

  21. Slide 21: Large scale, low risk opportunity

    Large scale, low risk opportunity » UMGue competitive advantage * Acreage and infrastructure « Increasing gas production into higher price environment #« Neat fold exploration and appraisal Asian growth Reference Slides 21

  22. Slide 22: Reference slides: Cooper Basin and CSG

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  23. Slide 23: Sales revenue, costs and expenditure

    > AL al Sales Revenue Operating Costs Sales Volumes (mmboe) Exploration Delineation Development Acquisitions (before assumption of debt) oi 23

  24. Slide 24: Delineation and production costs

    | Delineation — Cooper Basin, Mutneer- Exeter, Jeruk, Dua, | Barossa, Timor Sea Seismic, Gnu, other Cosine, Ovore, ge | Other — Cooper Basin, Iv equipment i j oe Production costs Aariffs and tolls Royalties and Excise PRRI Gas Purchases Production Volume Operating Cost $/boe 24

  25. Slide 25: Production cost movement

    Increase in Noles, New ‘Acguisitions fields! Volume 2005 2005. Production Cost Continuing $6.59/boe Operations $6.68/boe Interest &. Tae 308 (203) 2006 2006 Continuing Production Cost Operations $6.41 /boe. i, ‘Working Calta (52) L__t 25

  26. Slide 26: EBITDAX and sensitivities

    1,838 424) (4 a04 oe Moomba incident: US dollar oil price AS/USS exchange rate Interest rates Volume: Uguids Prices: US$1/bbi 1 cent 1% 2,144 (80) 2006 EBITDAX co 2,064 USA: 2006 EBITDAX Continuing” Operations phew 26

  27. Slide 27: Realised prices and forward looking statements

    Realised Oil Price (USS /bb)) Realised Oil Price (A$/bb1) Average Gas Price AS/G AS/US$ Exchange Rate (after hedging) This presentation contains forward looking statements that are subject to risk factors associated with the oil and gas industry. 1. 1s believed that the expectations reflected in thé

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