中国石化新闻网讯 据美国彭博新闻社3月8日伦敦报道，沙特阿拉伯能源大臣哈立德·法利赫8日在伦敦接受媒体记者采访时暗示，沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司（沙特阿美）的首次公开募股（IPO）可能会推迟到2019年。

法利赫还说，可能是有史以来最大的IPO将通过在沙特阿拉伯当地证券交易所上市“锚定”，而任何国际上市将会在适当的时候对外宣布。

法利赫在采访中说：“12月31日上市和1月1日上市之间对沙特阿拉伯王国来说没有任何价值损失。因此，我不认为你们（记者）提到的这个人为最后期限很重要。”

直到最近，沙特政府官员坚持IPO将“如期”在2018年进行，但是，今年两个月已经过去，这个截止日期看起来更难满足。尽管如此，同时担任沙特阿美董事长的法利赫坚称沙特阿美已为世界最大石油生产公司的股份出售做好了所有必要的准备工作。

李峻 编译自 美国彭博新闻社

原文如下：

Saudi oil minister says Aramco IPO could be delayed to 2019

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister hinted the initial public offering of the state oil company Aramco could be delayed until 2019.

Khalid Al-Falih also said the IPO, potentially the largest ever, would be “anchored” by a listing on Saudi Arabia’s local exchange and any international listing would be announced in due course, if at all.

“Between December 31st and January 1st there is no value lost for the kingdom,” Al-Falih said in an interview in London. “So, I don’t see this artificial deadline that you refer to as being significant.”

Until recently, Saudi officials insisted the IPO was “on track, on time” for 2018, but two months into the year that deadline is looking harder to meet. Still, Al-Falih, who also serves as Aramco’s chairman, insisted the company had made all the necessary preparations for a share sale of the world’s largest oil producer.