海湾国家将推动石油资产货币化

    中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社12月17日报道，法国外贸银行(Natixis)地区主管表示，预计石油资源丰富的海湾国家将加快私有化进程，包括从石油资产中获取收入，沙特阿拉伯(可能还有阿曼)可能是2021年类似交易的潜在买家。

    今年以来，低油价以及新冠肺炎疫情危机抑制了原油需求后的减产给中东石油出口国带来了压力，促使它们探索新的融资来源，以满足更广泛的融资需求。

    阿布扎比国家石油公司(ADNOC)今年通过向一个投资者财团出售其天然气管道资产的一部分股权，筹集了100亿美元。这些投资者通过过渡性贷款和债券筹集债务，以支持收购。

    中东企业和投资银行业务地区主管芭芭拉?里卡迪(Barbara Riccardi)表示:“客户正在从长期项目融资转向小额长期贷款，从项目债券中提取资金。事实证明，这种贷款非常成功，因为具有更广泛的流动性。这也是我们真正想要推动的事情。预计沙特阿拉伯或许还有阿曼将达成类似的交易，将石油资产货币化。”

    她补充道:“这种情况正在发生，而且可能会比预期的更快，因为今年的特殊行情，需要发劲迎头赶上。”

    消息人士曾表示，沙特阿美一直在与贝莱德(BlackRock)和其他投资者就逾100亿美元的管道业务出售股份计划进行谈判。

    此外，阿曼最近成立了一家新的国有能源公司，该公司将拥有这个海湾国家最大的石油区块的一部分，并能够以此筹集债务。

    王佳晶 摘译自 路透社

    原文如下：

    Natixis sees more deals coming from Gulf states monetising oil assets

    Natixis expects oil-rich Gulf states to accelerate privatisations, including by extracting revenue from oil assets, with Saudi Arabia and

    possibly Oman as likely candidates for similar deals next year, the French bank’s regional head said.

    Lower oil prices as well as output cuts after the coronavirus crisis curbed demand for crude have weighed on Middle East oil exporters this

    year, leading them to explore new financing sources to cover wider funding needs.

    Abu Dhabi’s oil giant, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) raised $10 billion this year by selling a stake in its gas pipeline assets

    to a consortium of investors under a long-term lease agreement. Those investors raised debt through a bridge loan and bonds to back the

    acquisition.

    “Finally clients are moving away from long-term project financing and moving to hard mini-perm loans with a take-out from project bonds

    which is proving extremely successful because it attracts a wider pool of liquidity,” said Barbara Riccardi, regional head for the Middle

    East corporate and investment banking business.

    “That is something we really want to push on,” she said, adding that similar deals aimed at monetising oil assets are expected from Saudi

    Arabia and maybe Oman too.

    “It is happening and it’s probably going to happen faster than expected because they need to catch up as a consequence of this year,”

    she said.

    Saudi Aramco has been in talks with BlackRock and other investors on a planned deal worth over $10 billion to sell a stake in its pipeline

    business, sources have previously told Reuters.

    Oman has recently set up a new state energy company which will own part of the Gulf nation’s largest oil block and be able to raise debt.