據美國油價網2022年5月17日報道，知情人士周二（5月17日）告訴美國彭博新聞社記者，沙特阿拉伯石油巨頭沙特阿拉伯國家石油公司（沙特阿美/Aramco）時下正在與主要國際銀行討論將其旗下貿易部門阿美貿易公司30%股份上市的可能性，該貿易公司估值可能在300億美元左右。

彭博新聞社消息人士稱，沙特阿美是世界上最大的石油生產商和市值最高的石油公司，沙特阿美時下正在與包括高盛、摩根士丹利和摩根大通在內的國際著名銀行就沙特阿美貿易公司進行首次公開募股(IPO)的可能性進行談判。

如果沙特阿美決定實施這一計劃(目前這一計劃仍有可能改變，而且這家沙特石油巨頭可能放棄這一想法)，沙特阿美貿易公司的IPO可能成為今年全球最大的股份上市交易之一。  

兩位彭博新聞社消息人士稱，沙特阿美貿易部門的估值可能高達300億美元，而據報道，這家沙特能源巨頭正考慮將其麾下的貿易部門30%的股份上市。今年迄今為止，規模最大的IPO是韓國電池制造商LG能源解決方案公司，后者在今年1月份通過IPO籌集了108億美元。

據悉，沙特阿美正在尋求利用油價飆升和推進全球石油交易業務。

沙特阿美貿易公司成立于2011年，是沙特阿美旗下的貿易部門，已經從貿易精制石油產品、調和組分、大宗石化產品和聚烯烴，發展到原油和液化天然氣貿易。該公司網站稱，2016年，阿美貿易公司將業務擴展至第三方貿易。

在今年第一季度，這是有史以來最動蕩的一個季度，石油巨頭，特別是歐洲的石油巨頭殼牌公司、英國石油公司和法國道達爾能源公司，報告了出色的貿易業績，這主要是因為他們獲得了多年來最高的季度收益，以及創紀錄的天然氣價格和2014年以來最高的油價。

沙特阿美上周末公布，其第一季度凈利潤為395億美元，同比增加82%，創下3年前上市以來的最高季度利潤紀錄。  

李峻 編譯自 美國油價網

原文如下：

Saudi Aramco Considers Listing $30 Billion Trading Arm As Oil Prices Soar

Saudi oil giant Aramco is discussing with major international banks the possibility of listing 30 percent of its trading arm, Aramco Trading, 100 percent of which could be valued at around $30 billion, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg on Tuesday.

Saudi Aramco, the world’s single biggest oil producer and most valuable oil company by market capitalization, is in talks with banks including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. about the potential to carry out an initial public offering (IPO) of Aramco Trading, Bloomberg’s source say.

If Aramco decides to go through with the plan—which still may change and the oil giant may back out of the idea--Aramco Trading’s IPO could become one of the largest stock market listings in the world this year.

Aramco Trading could be valued at as much as $30 billion, two of Bloomberg’s sources said, while the Saudi giant is reportedly considering listing 30 percent of the trading arm. So far this year, the largest IPO was South Korea’s battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution, which raised $10.8 billion in January.

Aramco is now reportedly looking to capitalize on the surging oil prices and oil trading business globally amid supply constraints and altered trade flows .

Aramco Trading was established as Saudi Aramco’s trading arm in 2011 and has grown from trading refined products, bulk petrochemicals, and polyolefins, to crude and LNG trading. In 2016, Aramco Trading expanded into third-party trading, its website says.

During Q1 2022, the most volatile quarter on record, oil majors, especially Europe’s supermajors Shell, BP, and TotalEnergies, reported “exceptional” trading results, which contributed to their highest quarterly earnings in years, together with record high natural gas prices and the highest oil prices since 2014.

Saudi Aramco, for its part, reported this weekend a net profit of $39.5 billion for the first quarter, an 82-percent annual jump and a record quarterly profit for Aramco since it went public three years ago.