據MRCHUB網站3月25日莫斯科報道，據路透社報道，沙特阿拉伯國有石油公司沙特阿美（Aramco）在西方國家的壓力下，要求在價格飆升的情況下提高產量，該公司周日承諾今年將投資增加約50%，因為該公司報告稱2021年利潤翻了一番。

沙特阿美3月20日表示，該資本支出指導比2021年支出的319億美元高出25%-57%，預計到2020年左右將進一步增長。并指出，“在全球行業(yè)上游投資普遍下降的情況下，需要大量新投資來滿足需求增長”。

沙特阿美正考慮到2027年將其原油最大可持續(xù)產能(MSC)從目前的1200萬桶/天提高到1300萬桶/天，并到2030年將天然氣產量提高50%以上。

沙特阿美表示，其2021年的資本支出比前一年增長了18%，由于“與原油增量、Tanajib天然氣廠和開發(fā)鉆井項目相關的活動增加”。這家沙特能源巨頭的2021年凈利潤翻了一倍多，達到4124億里亞爾(約合1100億美元)，銷售額增長超過75%，這主要得益于強勁的油價，以及石油化工巨頭沙特基礎工業(yè)公司(SABIC)合并后煉油和化工利潤的改善。

2021年，沙特阿美的自由現(xiàn)金流翻了一番多，達到1075億美元，資產負債率從上一年的23.0%降至14.2%。2021年全年現(xiàn)金股息總額為750億美元，第四季度宣布的現(xiàn)金股息為188億美元，將于2022年第一季度支付。沙特阿美董事會進一步建議，將40億美元的留存收益資本化，并向股東派發(fā)紅利股票，每持有10股股票，就發(fā)放1股紅利。

郝芬 譯自 MRCHUB

原文如下：

Saudi Arabia hikes oil investments as it profits from price surge

Saudi Arabia's state oil company Aramco, under pressure from the West to boost output amid soaring prices, pledged on Sunday to hike investments by around 50% this year as it reported a doubling in 2021 profits, said Reuters.

The capex guidance was 25-57% higher than the USD31.9bn spent in 2021, “with further growth expected until around the middle of the decade”, Saudi Aramco said on 20 March. It noted that “substantial new investment is required to meet demand growth, against a broader decline in upstream investment across the industry globally”.

Saudi Aramco is looking at raising its crude oil maximum sustainable capacity (MSC) to 13m bbl/day by 2027, up from 12m bbl/day currently, and boosting gas production by more than 50% by 2030. 

The company’s capex in 2021 was up 18% from the previous year due to “increased activities in relation to crude oil increments, Tanajib Gas Plant and development drilling programs”, Saudi Aramco said. The Saudi energy major more than doubled its 2021 net profit to riyal (SR) 412.4bn (USD110bn), with sales up by more than 75%, on the back of strong oil prices, and improved refining and chemical margins following incorporation of petrochemical major SABIC’s results.

Aramco’s free cash flow more than doubled to USD107.5bn in 2021, with gearing ratio reduced to 14.2% from 23.0% in the previous year. Full-year 2021 cash dividend totaled $75bn, with $18.8bn declared for the fourth quarter which will be paid out in the first quarter of 2022. Aramco’s board further recommended that $4bn in retained earnings be capitalized and bonus shares be distributed to shareholders, with one bonus share granted for every 10 shares held.