石油巨頭沙特阿美第一季度凈利潤同比下降19%

油價下跌是沙特阿美公司利潤下降的主要原因，盡管該公司仍高于分析師的預期中值

該公司的平均實際油價從2022年第一季度的每桶97.7美元下降到最近一個季度的每桶81.00美元

據(jù)油價網(wǎng)5月9日報道，沙特石油巨頭沙特阿美公司周二公布，第一季度凈利潤為319億美元，比2022年第一季度下降19%，原因是宏觀經(jīng)濟擔憂在2023年1月至3月期間拖累了油價。

沙特阿美的凈利潤仍高于Refinitiv編制的分析師預估中值308億美元。

該公司的平均實現(xiàn)原油價格在2023年第一季度降至每桶81.0美元，低于2022年同期的每桶97.7美元。

沙特阿美表示，資本支出從75.83億美元增加到87.46億美元，這是由于將沙特最大可持續(xù)生產(chǎn)能力提高到每天1300萬桶的支出增加以及天然氣項目的開發(fā)。

除了第一季度將在第二季度支付195億美元的常規(guī)股息外，這家全球產(chǎn)量和市值最大的石油公司宣布，除了目前分配的基本股息外，還打算引入一種與業(yè)績掛鉤的股息機制。

沙特阿美公司表示：“公司打算將這種與業(yè)績掛鉤的股息的目標定為集團年度自由現(xiàn)金流的50%～70%，扣除基本股息和其他金額，包括外部投資，這些將與年度業(yè)績一起確定。”

公司總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官Amin Nasser表示：“我們也在推進產(chǎn)能擴張，我們的長期前景保持不變，因為我們相信在可預見的未來，石油和天然氣仍將是全球能源結(jié)構(gòu)的重要組成部分。”他重申了阿美公司的觀點，即未來幾十年石油和天然氣的需求將持續(xù)增長。

沙特阿美公司(Saudi Aramco)利用去年油價飆升的機會，在2022年錄得創(chuàng)紀錄的凈利潤1611億美元，高于上年同期的1100億美元。

盡管今年1月至3月期間石油和天然氣價格下跌，但由于產(chǎn)量增加、交易業(yè)績強勁以及煉油利潤率仍然相對較高，包括美國超級巨頭埃克森美孚(ExxonMobil)和雪佛龍(Chevron)在內(nèi)的所有大型石油公司第一季度的收益都超出了分析師的預期。

壽琳玲 編譯自 油價網(wǎng)

原文如下：

Saudi Aramco’s Q1 Profit Slips By 19% Year-Over-Year

Saudi Arabia’s oil giant saw net income drop by 19% in the first quarter compared to a year earlier.

Lower oil prices were the main reason for Aramco’s drop in profits, although the company still beat a median analyst estimate.

The company’s average realized oil price dropped from $97.7 a barrel in the first quarter of 2022 to $81.00 per barrel in the latest quarter.

Saudi oil giant Aramco on Tuesday reported a first-quarter net income of $31.9 billion, down by 19% from the first quarter of 2022 as macroeconomic concerns dragged down oil prices between January and March 2023.

Aramco still beat a median analyst estimate of $30.8 billion in net profit compiled by Refinitiv.

The company’s average realized crude oil price dropped to $81.0 per barrel in the first quarter of 2023, down from $97.7 a barrel in the same period of 2022.

Capital expenditures rose to $8.746 billion from $7.583 billion, driven by higher spending on boosting Saudi Arabia’s maximum sustainable production capacity to 13 million barrels per day (bpd) and the development of natural gas projects, Aramco said.

Apart from the regular dividend of $19.5 billion for the first quarter to be paid in the second quarter, the world’s largest oil firm by both production and market capitalization announced its intention to introduce a mechanism for performance-linked dividends in addition to the base dividend it currently distributes.

“The Company intends to target such performance-linked dividends to be in the amount of 50-70% of the Group’s annual free cash flow, net of the base dividend and other amounts including external investments, to be determined with the annual results,” Aramco said.

“We are also moving forward with our capacity expansion, and our long-term outlook remains unchanged as we believe oil and gas will remain critical components of the global energy mix for the foreseeable future,” President and CEO Amin Nasser commented, reiterating Aramco’s view that oil and gas will be in demand for decades to come.

Saudi Aramco booked a record net profit of $161.1 billion for 2022, up from $110 billion a year earlier, as it capitalized on the surge in oil prices last year.

Despite the decline in oil and gas prices between January and March this year, all of Big Oil, including U.S. supermajors ExxonMobil and Chevron, reported first-quarter earnings beating analyst estimates, thanks to higher production, strong trading results, and still relatively high refining margins.