据彭博新闻社2019年10月17日利雅得报道，据一位知情人士透露，沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司(沙特阿美)已推迟了全球规模最大的首次公开发行(IPO)。这可能会让沙特阿拉伯这家石油巨头11月份的上市计划陷入危险。

推迟上市的决定很突然。沙特阿美正准备在10月20日正式启动出售股票。在面对潜在的众多不利因素，包括油价疲软、世界经济放缓以及上月沙特阿美最大的原油加工厂遭到袭击，沙特政府似乎已经下定决心继续推进其IPO。

9月14日的袭击扰乱了产出，并对能源市场造成冲击，导致了布伦特原油价格创下有记录以来的最大单日涨幅，并引发了人们对安全的担忧。投资者已经在要求溢价持有本月被惠誉评级下调评级的沙特阿拉伯债务。

据英国《金融时报》早些时候报道，沙特阿美希望推迟IPO，直到该公司能够让投资者更清楚地了解其遭受攻击后的季度收益。

李峻 编译自 彭博社

原文如下：

Saudi Aramco to Delay IPO Launch

Saudi Aramco has postponed the launch of the world’s largest initial public offering, according to a person briefed on the situation. That may put the oil giant’s planned November listing in jeopardy.

The decision to delay the listing was abrupt. Aramco was preparing for an official launch of the share sale on Oct. 20. The Saudi government had seemed determined to press on in the face of potential headwinds that include weak oil prices, a slowing world economy and last month’s attack on the company’s biggest processing plant.

The Sept. 14 attack disrupted output and sent shock waves through energy markets, triggering the biggest one-day jump in Brent crude prices on record and stoking security concerns Investors are already demanding a premium to hold the country’s debt, downgraded this month by Fitch Ratings Ltd.

Aramco wants to delay the IPO’s launch until it can give investors more clarity on its quarterly earnings following the attack, the Financial Times reported earlier.