Ann: Hornet gas field pre-commissioning for first gas sales, page-2

arrrh, and there it is. Hornet gas field flows gas and revenue starts to flow in from Senex's Gas assets. A milestone day. Slowly as the other Gas Fields come online Santos will start to run the ruler over SXY. IMO Santos can see the benefit of acquiring SXY by buying producing gas assets like Hornet and (eventually) the Surat Basin CSG assets, as well as adding Senex's oil portfolio and production to Santos numbers.
Santos want to avoid a tarnished reputation by pushing too hard or too soon to develop their NSW CSG assets (give it 5 years and then try again once the public backlash subsides). Simply pay $1.10 PS for Senex and get all the gas you need for GLNG plus your domestic customers without the public backlash. It maybe still be 6 months off (Santos need free flowing cashflow from GLNG first) but this TO is in the wind. ALL in my opinion but theories aside, having Hornet flow I can feel the interest start to grow..........