石油巨头沙特阿美第一季度净利润同比下降19%

油价下跌是沙特阿美公司利润下降的主要原因，尽管该公司仍高于分析师的预期中值

该公司的平均实际油价从2022年第一季度的每桶97.7美元下降到最近一个季度的每桶81.00美元

据油价网5月9日报道，沙特石油巨头沙特阿美公司周二公布，第一季度净利润为319亿美元，比2022年第一季度下降19%，原因是宏观经济担忧在2023年1月至3月期间拖累了油价。

沙特阿美的净利润仍高于Refinitiv编制的分析师预估中值308亿美元。

该公司的平均实现原油价格在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，资本支出从75.83亿美元增加到87.46亿美元，这是由于将沙特最大可持续生产能力提高到每天1300万桶的支出增加以及天然气项目的开发。

除了第一季度将在第二季度支付195亿美元的常规股息外，这家全球产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，还打算引入一种与业绩挂钩的股息机制。

沙特阿美公司表示：“公司打算将这种与业绩挂钩的股息的目标定为集团年度自由现金流的50%～70%，扣除基本股息和其他金额，包括外部投资，这些将与年度业绩一起确定?！?/p>

公司总裁兼首席执行官Amin Nasser表示：“我们也在推进产能扩张，我们的长期前景保持不变，因为我们相信在可预见的未来，石油和天然气仍将是全球能源结构的重要组成部分?！彼厣炅税⒚拦镜墓鄣?，即未来几十年石油和天然气的需求将持续增长。

沙特阿美公司(Saudi Aramco)利用去年油价飙升的机会，在2022年录得创纪录的净利润1611亿美元，高于上年同期的1100亿美元。

尽管今年1月至3月期间石油和天然气价格下跌，但由于产量增加、交易业绩强劲以及炼油利润率仍然相对较高，包括美国超级巨头?？松梨?ExxonMobil)和雪佛龙(Chevron)在内的所有大型石油公司第一季度的收益都超出了分析师的预期。

寿琳玲 编译自 油价网

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.