Santos (ASX:STO) share price rises on production update

The Santos Ltd (ASX: STO) share price is on the rise in early trade after a production update from the Aussie oil and gas giant this morning. At the time of writing, the Santos share price has edged 0.99% higher to $7.15.

Let’s take a look at what the company announced.

What’s driving the Santos share price?

Santos provided an update on production at its Ningaloo Vision floating production storage and offloading vessel (Ningaloo Vision). This comes after scheduled vessel maintenance in Singapore.

Ningaloo Vision, which ties together several oil fields off the Western Australian coast, has now ramped-up production again. The offshore vessel is expected to achieve production of 10,000 barrels per day in the coming weeks.

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