據3月22日MENAFN消息：沙特阿拉伯國有石油公司沙特阿美(Saudi Aramco)公布2020年全年業績下滑44％，但仍維持其750億美元的派息。

報告稱，該公司2020年全年凈利潤為490億美元，低于2019年的881.9億美元。這一結果略低于分析師預期的481億美元，但仍是全球上市公司中表現最差的公司之一。

沙特阿美表示，其收入受到原油價格下跌以及煉油和化工利潤率下降的影響。預計未來一年將削減資本支出，并將支出計劃從此前的400億至450億美元下調至350億美元左右。

自由現金流減少了近40%，至490億美元，遠低于人們熱切期待的股息水平。沙特阿美還宣布2020年750億美元的股息支出，盡管人們擔心它將承擔額外的債務來維持這一水平。

隨著全球石油和天然氣行業遭受重創，油價出現歷史性暴跌，2020年包括荷蘭皇家殼牌和英國石油在內的西方頂級石油和天然氣公司的股價跌至多年來的低點。美國最大的能源公司埃克森美孚在2020年首次公布年度虧損。

馮娟 摘譯自 MENAFN

原文如下：

Saudi Aramco Profit Dropped 44% In 2020

Saudi Aramco reported a 44% slump in full-year 2020 results but maintained its $75-billion U.S. dividend payment.

Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's massive state oil firm, reported net income of $49 billion U.S. for all of 2020, down from $88.19 billion U.S. in 2019. The result was slightly below analysts' expectations of $48.1 billion U.S. but still represents one of the worst performances of any publicly traded company in the world.

Saudi Aramco said revenues were impacted by lower crude oil prices and weakened refining and chemical margins. The company also said it expects to cut capital expenditures in the year ahead and lowered its guidance for spending to around $35 billion U.S. from a range of $40 billion U.S. to $45 billion U.S. previously.

Free cash flow slumped almost 40% to $49 billion U.S., well below the level of its hotly anticipated dividend. Aramco also declared a payout of $75 billion U.S. for 2020, despite concern that it would take on additional debt to maintain it.

Shares in the top western oil and gas companies including Royal Dutch Shell and BP dropped to multi-year lows in 2020, as the global pandemic wrecked havoc across the oil and gas industry and sparked a historic collapse in the price of oil. Exxon Mobil, the largest U.S. energy company, posted its first annual loss ever in 2020.