沙特阿美第三季度利润下滑45%

    中国石化新闻网讯 据今日油价网站11月3日消息 沙特阿美石油公布称，因低油价继续影响其财务业绩，2020年第三季度净利润为118亿美元，同比下降44.6%。

    该公司还表示，三季度公司的自由现金流为124亿美元，股息为187.5亿美元。

    今年前9个月，低油价和需求低迷的冲击更大，净利润下降近49%，至350.15亿美元。

    在石油产量方面，阿美报告称，今年前9个月，该国平均产量为920万桶/日，因为其继续按照欧佩克+协议限制产量。

    今年早些时候，阿美宣布了750亿美元的年度股息。然而，穆迪在上个月的一份报告中称，这一数额将不足以弥补沙特的预算赤字。现在，由于油价仍处于低位，如果Covid-19病例在欧洲和美国继续激增，油价可能还会继续走低，阿美石油的收益将受到更大的冲击。

    这意味着利雅得政府将无法像以前那样用阿美石油的股息来填补预算漏洞。

    穆迪在报告中称：“政府不太可能在2021年之后重蹈覆辙。”评级机构称，阿美石油将有自己的资本支出需求，并承诺收购石油化工巨头沙特基础工业公司。

    尽管面临严峻的环境，阿美石油预计，随着需求恢复到疫情前的水平，石油供应将在明年趋紧。在其他亚洲国家的支持下，中国被视为大部分反弹的源头。

    然而，对于近期的未来，阿美石油并不那么乐观。该公司上周表示，目前石油需求过于疲软，欧佩克+无法实施其从明年1月起将减产幅度再放宽200万桶/日的计划。

    王磊 摘译自 今日油价

    原文如下：

    Aramco's Q3 Profit Slumps 45%

    Aramco reported a net profit of $11.8 billion for the third quarter of 2020, down by 44.6 percent on the year as low oil prices continued to bite into its financial performance.

    The company also said it had free cash flow of $12.4 billion at the end of the three-month period and declared a dividend of $18.75 billion for the quarter.

    For the first nine months of the year, the hit from low oil prices and depressed demand was stronger. Net profit was down by close to 49 percent to $35.015 billion.

    In oil production, the Saudi major reported an average daily of 9.2 million bpd for the first nine months of the year as it continued capping output in compliance with the OPEC+ agreement.

    Earlier this year, Aramco declared an annual dividend of $75 billion. That amount, however, will not be sufficient to cover the Saudi budget deficit, Moody’s said in a report last month. Now, with oil prices still low and likely to go lower still if the surge in Covid-19 cases continues in Europe and the United States, Aramco’s earnings will take a bigger hit.

    This means that the government in Riyadh will not be able to plug the budget hole with the Aramco dividend as it has done previously.

    “The government is unlikely to be able to repeat the maneuver beyond 2021,” Moody’s said in the report. Aramco will have its own capital expenditure needs and its commitment to buy petrochemicals giant SABIC to look after, according to the ratings agency.

    Despite the challenging environment, Aramco expects that oil supply will tighten over the next year as demand recovers to pre-pandemic levels. China is seen as the source of most of the rebound, supported by other Asian countries.

    For the immediate future, however, Aramco is much less bullish. The company said last week that oil demand was currently too weak for OPEC+ to go ahead with its plan to relax production cuts by another 2 million bpd from next January.