沙特阿美和住友化学将向合资企业提供20亿美元贷款

据道琼斯10月2日消息，住友化学株式会社表示，公司和沙特阿拉伯石油公司(沙特阿美)计划向双方的合资企业拉比格炼化公司提供20亿美元贷款，因为近期业务环境恶化导致其合资石化业务营运资金出现短缺。

住友化学表示，它将贷出7.5亿美元，按其持股比例计算，这将占总融资的37.5%，并表示将继续支持拉比格炼化公司。

与此同时，住友化学表示，它不再对拉比格炼化公司为其扩张项目从银行获得的贷款承担责任。此前，住友化学曾为该项目提供担保，因为该项目满足了某些要求。

住友化学表示，它和沙特阿美分别为拉比格炼化公司从多家银行借款52亿美元中的50%提供了担保，这些银行包括日本政府旗下的日本国际合作银行和沙特主权财富基金公共投资基金。

张春晓 摘译自 道琼斯

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Saudi Aramco, Sumitomo Chemical to Make $2 Billion Loan to Joint Venture

Saudi Arabian Oil Co. and Sumitomo Chemical Co. plan to make a $2 billion loan to Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co., as the recent deterioration in the business environment led to a shortfall in working capital at their joint petrochemical business, the Japanese company said Thursday.

Sumitomo Chemical said that it will lend $750 million, or 37.5% of the total financing according to its ownership ratio, and that it will continue to support Petro Rabigh.

Meanwhile, Sumitomo Chemical said it is no longer liable for the loan Petro Rabigh took from banks for its expansion project that the Japanese company previously guaranteed because the project has met certain requirements.

Sumitomo Chemical said it and Saudi Aramco each guaranteed 50% of Petro Rabigh's $5.2 billion in borrowing from a group of banks, including the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, owned by the Japanese government, and the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia's sovereign-wealth fund.