Santos Limited operates within the Crude petroleum and natural gas sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Santos Limited with three other companies in this sector in Australia: Woodside Petroleum Limited (2018 sales of 7.04 billion Australian Dollars [US$4.80 billion] of which 53% was Pluto), Oil Search Limited (2.06 billion Australian Dollars [US$1.41 billion] of which 99% was PNG Business Unit), and Beach Energy Limited (1.25 billion Australian Dollars [US$853.21 million] of which 76% was South Australian and Western Australian ).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended December of 2018, sales at Santos Limited were A$5.07 billion (US$3.46 billion). This is an increase of 25.5% versus 2017, when the company's sales were A$4.04 billion. This was the third consecutive year of growth at Santos Limited. Sales of Operating Segment - Wa Gas saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 74.2% in 2018, from A$314.65 million to A$548.27 million. Santos Limited also saw significant increases in sales in Operating Segment - Cooper Basin (up 33.6% to A$1.31 billion) and Operating Segment - Queensland (up 35.3% to A$1.29 billion) . Not all segments of Santos Limited experienced an increase in sales in 2018: sales of Corporate, Exploration and Eliminations fell 4.4% to A$450.17 million.