* ENN says "significant uncertainties" remain on Harbour bid
* Santos CEO says no big issues raised by Harbour
* Santos shares trade below proposed bid value
* Deal would be biggest ever in Australia oil, gas sector (Recasts with Harbour Energy comments)
ADELAIDE, May 15 (Reuters) - Santos Ltd's STO.AX suitor Harbour Energy said on Tuesday it is working with its target's top shareholders, China's ENN Ecological Holdings 600803.SS and Hony Capital, toward sealing a takeover offer for the Australian gas producer.
Harbour, which proposed a $10.4 billion takeover in April, is close to completing a review of Santos' books ahead of deciding whether to make a binding offer, Santos Chief Executive Kevin Gallagher said on Tuesday. been no issues raised," he told reporters on the sidelines of an oil and gas industry conference, when asked how Harbour's review was going.
Harbour said on Tuesday it was working with ENN and Hony Capital, which together own 15.1 percent of Santos.
"Harbour is seeking to agree terms with each of ENN and Hony in order to put forward a final proposal for the acquisition of Santos," the private equity-backed firm said in a statement to the Australian stock exchange.
The statement came after ENN called for a trading halt in its shares for up to 30 days from Tuesday. said in a statement it had reached a tentative agreement with Harbour to retain an indirect investment in Santos, but the matter was still facing "significant" uncertainties.
Santos, however, said on Tuesday it was unaware of any agreement between ENN and Harbour.
"There's been no contact between ourselves and ENN on that," Gallagher told reporters.
The plan for ENN to retain a stake in Santos if Harbour took it over was first outlined in April. in April opened its books to Harbour after receiving a takeover offer of $4.98 a share from the U.S. company, its fourth unsolicited bid since August 2017. today's exchange rate, that would be worth A$6.61 a share, compared with Santos' last trade at A$6.23, suggesting investors remain uncertain about a bid going ahead.
If completed, the deal would be the biggest inbound purchase of a listed Australian company since the Unibail-Rodamco's UNBP.AS $16 billion buy-out offer for shopping mall giant Westfield Corp WFD.AX , which just received regulatory approval at end-March. would also be the biggest ever takeover of a company in Australia's oil and gas sector.