沙特阿美与EIG财团签署124亿美元管道协议

据能源经济4月10日消息称，周五，沙特石油巨头沙特阿美与以EIG Global Energy Partners为首的财团投资者达成了一项124亿美元的交易，两家公司表示，该投资者集团将获得沙特阿美管道资产49%的股份。

这是沙特阿美自2019年末上市以来的第一笔重大交易，当时沙特政府以294亿美元的价格出售了该公司的少数股权，成为全球最大的首次公开募股。

该公司在一份声明中表示，以EIG为首的财团与沙特阿美签署了一项租赁和回租协议，收购了沙特阿美石油管道公司的股权。沙特阿美石油管道公司是一家新成立的实体，通过沙特阿美的原油管道网络运输的石油，享有25年运输关税豁免权。沙特阿美将拥有新公司51%的股份。

沙特阿美在另一份声明中表示:“该交易代表着沙特阿美战略的延续，即释放其资产基础的潜力，为股东实现价值最大化。”

该管道协议与阿布扎比国家石油公司(ADNOC)过去两年签署的基础设施协议类似，后者通过石油和天然气管道资产的回租和出售交易筹集了数十亿美元。

阿美上月表示，它押注今年亚洲国家的能源需求将出现反弹。上周日，该公司报告称，2020年净利润大幅下滑，并缩减了支出计划。

曹海斌 摘译自 能源经济

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Aramco signs $12.4 bln pipeline deal with EIG-led consortium

Saudi oil giant Aramco on Friday entered into a $12.4 billion deal with a consortium investors led by EIG Global Energy Partners that would give the investor group a 49% stake in Aramco's pipeline assets, the two companies said.

This is the first major deal by Aramco since its listing in late 2019 when the Saudi government sold a minority stake in the firm for $29.4 billion in the world's biggest initial public offering.

The EIG-led group signed a lease and lease-back agreement with Aramco, acquiring the equity stake in Aramco Oil Pipelines Co, a newly formed entity with rights to 25-years of tariff payments for oil transported through Aramco's crude oil pipeline network, it said in a statement. Aramco will own 51% in the new company.

"The transaction represents a continuation of Aramco's strategy to unlock the potential of its asset base and maximize value for its shareholders," Aramco said in a separate statement.

The pipeline deal is similar to infrastructure deals signed over the last two years by Abu Dhabi's National Oil Co (ADNOC), which raised billions of dollars through sale-and- leaseback deals of its oil and gas pipeline assets.

Aramco said last month it was betting on an Asian-led rebound in energy demand this year after it reported a steep slide in net profit for 2020 on Sunday and scaled back its spending plans.