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Australia's Santos Achieves First Oil at Alaska Project

Santos and Woodside rose as oil prices climbed above $US111 a barrel and the Pikka Phase 1 project reached first oil.

  • Santos achieved first oil from the Pikka Phase 1 development on Alaska's North Slope on Monday, lifting energy sector shares 2.5 per cent as oil prices rebounded.
  • Australian shares fell to a near seven-week low as a stalemate over the Iran war pushed Brent crude prices above $US110 a barrel during the US-Iran conflict's 12th week.
  • Rising inflation concerns sent bond yields higher globally, with the ASX Index dropping 1.4 per cent to 8509.60 as 10 of 11 sectors closed lower and bonds fell in Australia and New Zealand.
  • Industrials led the decline, with Brambles diving 18.1 per cent—the most in 24 years—after an earnings downgrade, while Elders plunged 21.8 per cent following a first-half earnings miss.
  • Pro Medicus added 2.8 per cent after signing a seven-year, $90 million contract with Beth Israel Lahey Health to deploy Visage 7, while Mayne Pharma expanded Kentucky operations amid strong DistributeRx demand.
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Almost 15 years after the discovery and preparation of the operation, Repsol has already begun to produce oil in Pikka, in the North Slope of Alaska. Production, which will share with the Australian Santos group (51%) and in which the Spanish group will operate, will reach the level of 80,000 barrels of crude oil per day in the third quarter of this year, when the first revenues are also expected, with the partners alternating shipments.

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Reuters broke the news in United Kingdom on Sunday, May 17, 2026.
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