据MRCHUB网站3月25日莫斯科报道，据路透社报道，沙特阿拉伯国有石油公司沙特阿美（Aramco）在西方国家的压力下，要求在价格飙升的情况下提高产量，该公司周日承诺今年将投资增加约50%，因为该公司报告称2021年利润翻了一番。

沙特阿美3月20日表示，该资本支出指导比2021年支出的319亿美元高出25%-57%，预计到2020年左右将进一步增长。并指出，“在全球行业上游投资普遍下降的情况下，需要大量新投资来满足需求增长”。

沙特阿美正考虑到2027年将其原油最大可持续产能(MSC)从目前的1200万桶/天提高到1300万桶/天，并到2030年将天然气产量提高50%以上。

沙特阿美表示，其2021年的资本支出比前一年增长了18%，由于“与原油增量、Tanajib天然气厂和开发钻井项目相关的活动增加”。这家沙特能源巨头的2021年净利润翻了一倍多，达到4124亿里亚尔(约合1100亿美元)，销售额增长超过75%，这主要得益于强劲的油价，以及石油化工巨头沙特基础工业公司(SABIC)合并后炼油和化工利润的改善。

2021年，沙特阿美的自由现金流翻了一番多，达到1075亿美元，资产负债率从上一年的23.0%降至14.2%。2021年全年现金股息总额为750亿美元，第四季度宣布的现金股息为188亿美元，将于2022年第一季度支付。沙特阿美董事会进一步建议，将40亿美元的留存收益资本化，并向股东派发红利股票，每持有10股股票，就发放1股红利。

郝芬 译自 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.