Santos boss flags asset sales

Santos is considering selling some of its assets as the oil and gas producer tries to cope with plunging oil prices.

Santos boss David Knox has flagged possible asset sales amid a plunge in the price of oil.

The oil and gas producer hopes the sales, which some market watchers believe could include Santos's GLNG venture in Queensland, will help relieve the pressure of oil prices falling more than 50 per cent since mid-2014 to around $US45 a barrel.

"We do have assets that are more valuable in other people's hands than they are in ours," Mr Knox told the Australian Financial Review on Wednesday.


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