沙特可能向外国投资开放大型天然气田|沙特阿美_新浪财经

原标题：沙特可能向外国投资开放大型天然气田

　　中国石化新闻网讯据油价网9月15日消息称，沙特阿拉伯的国有石油巨头沙特阿美公司可能很快就会向外国投资开放大规模上游资产。对于欧佩克最大的石油生产国和世界上最大的原油出口国来说，这将是一个罕见的举动，根据一项数十年的特许权协议，沙特运营着所有油气上游资产。一方面，沙特阿美正在寻求将其资产货币化，另一方面，为开发新资产所需的巨额资本投资筹集资金。

　　考虑到沙特阿美为沙特带来的石油销售仍在用于减少因去年油价暴跌而飙升的政府赤字，开放资产开发是筹集资金的方式之一。沙特阿美自己的资本预算也不是无限的，因为这家石油巨头每年向股东支付 750 亿美元的股息，其中最大的是沙特阿拉伯王国，持股比例超过 98%。

　　因此，彭博社援引知情人士的话报道称，沙特阿美目前正与潜在投资者进行早期谈判，希望为Jafurah非常规气田开发项目提供1100亿美元的资金。据彭博社消息人士称，沙特阿美已聘请了一名顾问，探讨通过股权或债务融资的可能性，为油田开发提供部分资金，并正在与包括大宗商品交易商在内的潜在外国投资者进行初步谈判。

　　沙特阿美表示，Jafurah是沙特阿拉伯最大的非伴生天然气田，该公司于2020年2月获得了包括王储Mohammed bin Salman在内的沙特最高官员开发该资产的监管批准。当时，该公司预计该巨型气田将于 2024 年初投产。

　　由于新冠疫情，包括沙特阿美等国有控股企业在内的所有石油和天然气巨头的开发计划都被推迟。沙特阿美在低油价和维持巨额股东分红的承诺下，去年削减了资本预算，增加了债务。

　　业内消息人士本月早些时候告诉CNBC，沙特阿美正准备重启Jafurah油田开发，重新启动招标。

　　据彭博社消息，如果沙特阿美通过向外部投资开放上游资产来筹集资金，该大型非常规气田的开发可能会得到外国投资者的部分资金。

　　朱佳妮摘译自油价网

　　原文如下：

　　Saudi Arabia May Open Up Massive Gas Field To Foreign Investment

　　Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant Aramco may soon open up a massive upstream asset to foreign investment. It would be a rare move for OPEC’s top oil producer and the world’s largest crude exporter, which operates all oil and gas upstream assets in the Kingdom under a multi-decade concession agreement. Saudi Aramco is now looking to monetize its assets on the one hand, and raise money for the enormous capital investments needed to develop new assets on the other hand.

　　Opening up asset developments is one of the ways to raise money, considering that the oil sales Aramco is bringing in for the Kingdom are still being used to reduce the government deficit that had shot up with the oil price crash last year. Aramco’s own capital budget is not unlimited either, since the oil giant is paying $75 billion in annual dividends to shareholders, the largest of which is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with more than 98 percent.

　　So, now Saudi Aramco is reportedly in early-stage talks with potential investors willing to help fund a massive $110 billion project to develop the Jafurah unconventional gas field, Bloomberg reports, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. Aramco has hired an adviser to explore the possibility of raising equity or debt to partially fund the development of the field and is in early talks with potential foreign investors, including commodity traders, according to Bloomberg’s sources.

　　Jafurah is the largest non-associated gas field in Saudi Arabia, says Aramco, which received in February 2020 the regulatory approval by the Kingdom’s top officials, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to develop the asset. Back then, the company expected the giant gas field to start production in early 2024.

　　The pandemic delayed development plans of all oil and gas giants, including state-held companies such as Aramco, which revised down its capital budget last year and grew its debt amid low oil prices and the commitment to keep the huge dividends to shareholders flowing.

　　Now Aramco is getting ready to restart the Jafurah field development with the relaunch of tenders, industry sources told CNBC Arabiya earlier this month.

　　According to Bloomberg’s sources, the development of the giant unconventional gas field could be partially funded by foreign investors if Aramco proceeds with the idea to raise money by opening the upstream asset to external investment.