沙特阿美仍计划向印度的信实投资150亿美元

据能源世界网8月10日报道，沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司沙特阿美（Saudi Aramco）表示，尽管油价下跌迫使其削减投资支出，但其仍在努力以150亿美元的价格收购信实工业（Reliance Industries Ltd.）的炼油和化工业务股份。

7月中旬，在董事长穆克什·安巴尼表示“由于能源市场不可预见的情况和Covid-19疫情”，交易被推迟后，信实的股价下跌。

与信实达成协议，将有助于这家全球最大的原油出口商跻身于最大炼油和化工企业的行列。国有的沙特阿美公司(Aramco)已经是印度主要的原油供应商，而信实则向沙特出售包括汽油在内的石油产品。

沙特阿美首席执行官Amin Nasser周日在电话采访中表示，我们仍在与信实进行谈判。工作还在进行中，我们将在适当的时候向我们的股东更新信实的交易。

沙特阿美周日报告称，该公司第二季度净利润同比下降近75%。2020年油价下跌约33%，对其造成了沉重打击。冠状病毒大流行导致旅行和商业活动中断，原油和燃料需求大幅下降。

全球第四大富豪印度信实公司持有人安巴尼（Ambani）去年曾表示，阿美（Aramco）将购买其公司的炼油和石化业务20％的股份，其估值为750亿美元。

信实的交易将帮助沙特阿美实现其炼油产能增加一倍以上、至每天800万至1,000万桶的目标。截至去年年底，这家沙特公司的炼油日产能为360万桶，其中包括全资工厂和合资企业的股份。沙特阿美所拥有的设施的日总产能为640万桶。

沙特阿拉伯石油公司（Saudi Arabian Oil Co.），正在努力今年在沙特阿拉伯南部红海沿岸启动日产40万桶的Jazan炼油厂。该公司还拥有美国最大的炼油厂，以及在韩国和日本等国的工厂。

近几个月来，信实对现金注入的需求有所缓解。通过吸引谷歌和Facebook Inc.等公司对其数字子公司Jio Platforms Ltd.的投资，并向现有股东出售股份，这家印度企业集团筹集了约300亿美元。

郝芬 译自 能源世界网

原文如下：

Saudi Aramco still aims for $15 billion investment in India’s Reliance

Saudi Aramco said it’s still working on a deal to buy a $15 billion stake in Reliance Industries Ltd.’s refining and chemicals business, even as lower oil prices forces it to slash investment spending.

Reliance’s shares fell in mid-July after Chairman Mukesh Ambani said a transaction had been delayed “due to unforeseen circumstances in the energy market and the Covid-19 situation.”

A deal with Reliance would help the world’s biggest crude exporter join the ranks of the top oil refiners and chemical makers. State-owned Aramco is already a major supplier of crude to India, while Reliance sells petroleum products, including gasoline, to the kingdom.

“We are still in discussion with Reliance,” Aramco Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser said on a call with reporters on Sunday. “The work is still on. We will update our shareholders in due course about the Reliance deal.”

Aramco reported on Sunday that second-quarter net income was down almost 75 per cent from a year earlier. It has been slammed by the roughly 33 per cent drop in oil prices in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic halted travel and business, slashing demand for crude and fuel.

Ambani, the world’s fourth-richest person, said last year that Aramco was set to buy a 20 per cent stake in his company’s refining and petrochemicals business, valuing it at $75 billion.

The Reliance transaction would help Aramco reach its goal of more than doubling refining capacity to between 8 million and 10 million barrels a day. The Saudi firm had refining capacity of 3.6 million barrels a day at the end of last year, including wholly-owned plants and stakes in joint ventures. The gross capacity of facilities in which Aramco has stakes was 6.4 million barrels daily.

The company, officially known as Saudi Arabian Oil Co., is working to start the 400,000 barrel-a-day Jazan refinery on Saudi Arabia’s southern Red Sea coast this year. It also owns the biggest refinery in the U.S. as well as plants in countries such as South Korea and Japan.

Reliance’s need for a cash infusion has eased in recent months. The Indian conglomerate raised some $30 billion by attracting investments from the likes of Google and Facebook Inc. into its digital unit, Jio Platforms Ltd., and by selling shares to existing stakeholders.