原石化巨头萨比克第三季度利润下滑86%

据俄罗斯Sputnik网站10月27日利雅得报道，沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司（沙特阿美）拥有的石化产品巨头沙特基础工业公司(萨比克/SABIC)首席执行官Yousef al-Benyan日前估计，除了石油，9月14日对沙特阿美石油设施的无人机袭击还影响了多达50万吨的石化产品。

这位官员没有具体说明哪些石化产品受到了影响，但据了解，萨比克及其子公司生产的石化产品包括乙烯、苯、丙酮、甲醇、聚丙烯等十多种，以及化肥、钢制品和其他产品，其中大部分销往亚洲。

萨比克本周公布的季度获利为至少2009年以来的最低水平，净利大幅下滑了86%至8.3亿里亚尔(约合2.21亿美元)，总销售额下滑了23%至337亿里亚尔(约合89.8亿美元)。沙特阿拉伯国有石油巨头沙特阿美今年3月份收购了萨比克70%的多数股权。

Al-Benyan把萨比克销售额下降归咎于“具有挑战性的环境”，这是由“全球经济增长放缓、新增产能增加以及油价下跌”造成的。他表示，今年第三季度石化产品价格将面临下行压力。

据报道，萨比可最近对瑞士石油化工公司科莱恩的投资也出现了15亿里亚尔(4亿美元)的减值损失，萨比可持有科莱恩25%的股份，科莱恩今年7月搁置了与这家沙特石化巨头成立合资企业的计划。

李峻 编译自 Sputnik

原文如下：

Saudi Aramco-owned petrochemicals giant reveals production losses caused by Houthi drone strikes

In addition to oil, the 14 September attack on Saudi Aramco oil facilities impacted up to half a million tonnes of petrochemical products, Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) CEO Yousef al-Benyan estimates.

The official did not specify which products were affected, although it is known that SABIC and its subsidiaries produce petrochemicals including ethylene, benzene, acetone, methanol, polypropylene and over a dozen others, as well as fertilisers, steel, and other products, with much of this output sold to Asia.

SABIC reported its lowest quarterly profit since at least 2009 this week, with net income falling 86 percent to 830 million riyals (equivalent to about $221 million), and total sales falling 23 percent, to 33.7 billion riyals (about $8.98 billion). State-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco acquired a 70 percent majority stake in the company in March.

Al-Benyan blamed the falling sales on a “challenging environment” caused by “slower global growth coupled with additional new capacities together with a decline in oil prices,” which he said “exerted downward pressure on petrochemical prices in the third quarter of 2019”.

The company also reportedly took an impairment loss of 1.5 billion riyals ($400 million) on its recent investment in Swiss petrochemicals company Clariant,” with SABIC owning a 25 percent stake in the company; Clariant put aside plans for a joint venture with the Saudi giant in July.