Santos Ltd. will spend A$476 million ($382 million) to expand its coal seam gas assets in the Gunnedah basin in Australia's New South Wales state.
Santos will buy a 35 percent stake from Gastar Exploration Ltd. in exploration permits and production areas operated by Eastern Star Gas Ltd., the Adelaide-based company said today in a statement to the Australian stock exchange. It will also buy a 19.99 percent interest in Eastern Star Gas from Hillgrove Resources Ltd.