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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Ben Butler

Woodside and Santos reap bumper profits as Ukraine war drives energy prices higher

Santos natural gas plant in Darwin
The results from Woodside and Santos come after coalminer Whitehaven predicts a record profit for the year of $3bn – up from $200m – off the back of record-high coal prices. Photograph: AAP

High energy prices due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have delivered huge increases in revenue to oil and gas companies Woodside and Santos.

On Thursday, Woodside said revenue for the three months to the end of June was $3.4bn, up 44% from the previous three months, while Santos said its sales for the first six months of the year hit a new record of US$3.8bn, up 85% on the same period last year.

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