MELBOURNE, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Santos Ltd STO.AX does not need to sell assets to help preserve its investment grade credit rating and would focus on cutting costs, its chairman said on Friday after the company reported a A$2.7 billion ($1.9 billion) loss for 2015 .
"We have no need to sell assets," Chairman Peter Coates told analysts on a conference call. ($1 = 1.4013 Australian dollars)