MELBOURNE, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Santos STO.AX , operator of the Gladstone liquefied natural gas (GLNG) project in Australia, aims to increase sales from the project to around 6 million tonnes a year over its three-year ramp up period, its chief executive said on Thursday.
GLNG has the capacity to produce 7.8 million tonnes a year, but has faced challenges securing gas supplies from its own coal-seam gas wells, so has had to rely on buying extra gas from other producers to feed the LNG plant.