沙特阿美去年净利润翻番 达到1100亿美元

钻机地带3月21日报道，沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司沙特阿美(Aramco)公布其2021年全年财务业绩，其净利润同比增长逾一倍，达到1100亿美元。

沙特阿美强调，与2020年490亿美元的净利润相比，这一数字增长了124%。沙特阿美概述称，净利润增长反映出原油价格上涨、炼油和化工利润率上升，以及沙特基础工业公司全年业绩的整合。

该公司报告称，2021年来自运营活动的现金流为1394亿美元，而2020年为761亿美元，自由现金流为1075亿美元，而2020年为491亿美元。沙特阿美指出，其继续优先考虑一份强劲的资产负债表，并透露2021年底的负债率为14.2%，而2020年底的负债率为23%。沙特阿美透露，该公司2021年的总股息为750亿美元现金，外加红利股票。

在最新的业绩声明中，沙特阿美还宣布了一项增长战略，其上游业务包括到2027年将原油日产能提高到1300万桶，到2030年天然气产量或将提高50%以上。在其下游业务中，该公司指出，其计划将其液体化工品的产能提高到每天400万桶。沙特阿美还表示，其打算发展“重要的”氢出口能力，并“成为碳捕获和储存领域的全球领导者”。

此外，沙特阿美还强调，该公司的目标是在可再生能源和“基于自然的解决方案”上进行投资，以实现其到2050年全资运营的资产范围1和范围2的温室气体净零排放。这还包括到2030年实现上游甲烷排放接近零的目标。

沙特阿美总裁兼首席执行官Amin H. Nasser在一份公司声明中表示，我们强劲的业绩证明了我们的财务纪律、通过不断变化的市场条件实现的灵活性，以及我们对长期增长战略的坚定关注，该战略旨在为我们的股东实现价值增长。

他在声明中补充道，尽管经济状况有了很大改善，但由于各种宏观经济和地缘政治因素，前景仍然不确定。但我们的投资计划旨在利用对可靠、优惠、更加安全和可持续的能源不断增长的长期需求。

Nasser继续道，我们认识到能源安全对全球数十亿人来说至关重要，这就是为什么我们在提高原油产能、执行天然气扩张计划和提高液体到化工品的产能方面继续取得进展。

根据companymarketcap网站显示（按市值计算的全球最大公司名单，不包括非公开交易公司并每天更新排名），阿美公司是全球第二大公司，市值为2.28万亿美元。该网站显示，苹果以2.67万亿美元的市值排名第一。排名第二的石油和天然气公司是埃克森美孚，市值3330.5亿美元，排在第26位。

根据阿美石油公司的网站显示，该公司管理着沙特3368.7亿桶石油当量的探明储量，雇佣了超过7万名员工。该公司的历史可以追溯到1933年，当时沙特阿拉伯和加利福尼亚标准石油公司（SOCAL）签署了一项承租协议。

郝芬 译自 钻机地带

原文如下：

Aramco Net Income More Than Doubles to $110B

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) announced in its full-year 2021 financial results on Sunday that its net income more than doubled year on year to $110 billion.

Aramco highlighted that the figure marked a 124 percent increase compared to its net income of $49 billion in 2020. The rise in net income reflects higher crude oil prices, stronger refining and chemicals margins, and the consolidation of SABIC’s full-year results, Aramco outlined.

The company reported that its cash flow from operating activities was $139.4 billion in 2021, compared to $76.1 billion in 2020, and that its free cash flow was $107.5 billion in 2021, compared to $49.1 billion in 2020. Aramco noted that it continues to prioritize a strong balance sheet and revealed that its gearing ratio at the end of 2021 was 14.2 percent, compared to 23 percent at the end of 2020. The company’s total dividend for 2021 is $75 billion in cash, in addition to bonus shares, Aramco revealed.

In its latest results statement, Aramco also announced a growth strategy, which in its upstream business includes continuing to raise crude oil capacity to 13 million barrels per day by 2027, and potentially increasing gas production by more than 50 percent by 2030. In its downstream business, the company noted that it plans to expand its liquids to chemicals capacity to up to four million barrels per day. Aramco also said it intends to develop a “significant” hydrogen export capability and “become a global leader in carbon capture and storage”.

Additionally, Aramco highlighted that it is targeting investment in renewable energy and “nature-based solutions” as it pursues its ambition of achieving net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions across its wholly owned operated assets by 2050. This also includes an aim to reach near-zero upstream methane emissions by 2030.

“Our strong results are a testament to our financial discipline, flexibility through evolving market conditions and steadfast focus on our long-term growth strategy, which targets value growth for our shareholders,” Aramco President and CEO Amin H. Nasser said in a company statement.

“Although economic conditions have improved considerably, the outlook remains uncertain due to various macro-economic and geopolitical factors. But our investment plan aims to tap into rising long-term demand for reliable, affordable and ever more secure and sustainable energy,” he added in the statement.

“We recognize that energy security is paramount for billions of people around the world, which is why we continue to make progress on increasing our crude oil production capacity, executing our gas expansion program and increasing our liquids to chemicals capacity,” Nasser went on to say.

According to companiesmarketcap.com, a list of the world’s largest companies by market capitalization which excludes non-publicly traded companies and updates rankings daily, Aramco is the second largest company in the world with a market capitalization of $2.28 trillion. The site shows that Apple is ranked first with a market capitalization of $2.67 trillion. The next ranked oil and gas company is ExxonMobil in 26th place with a market capitalization of $333.05 billion, according to the list.

Aramco manages the Kingdom’s proved reserves of 336.87 billion barrels of oil equivalent, employing a workforce of more than 70,000 people, the company’s website shows. The company traces its roots to 1933 when a concession agreement was signed between Saudi Arabia and the Standard Oil Company of California (SOCAL).