Original article by Angela Macdonald-Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 23 : 29-Oct-15

Oil Search CEO Peter Botten says the group’s healthy balance sheet and strong growth prospects means it can focus on expanding its business rather than the spurned takeover offer from Woodside Petroleum. Botten adds that Oil Search would be open to a takeover offer that was appropriately priced, and he anticipates further merger activity in the oil and gas sector. He also forecasts that the oil price will remain at around its current level in the near-term.

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OIL SEARCH LIMITED – ASX OSH, WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL, SANTOS LIMITED – ASX STO, MARUBENI CORPORATION