據道瓊斯迪拜9月2日消息，知情人士透露，面對油價大幅下跌以及最近首次公開募股(IPO)帶來的沉重股息負擔，沙特阿拉伯國有石油巨頭沙特阿美正在重新評估在國內與海外擴張的計劃。

這些知情人士表示，沙特阿美正在放慢國內外投資擴張的腳步。在國外，沙特阿美正在評估一項斥資66億美元在美國得克薩斯州Motiva煉油廠內擴大石化產品產量的計劃。同時，沙特阿美公司還在評估與Sempra 能源公司合作在得克薩斯州的一個大型天然氣項目，并暫停了對印度和巴基斯坦煉油廠的投資。在沙特國內，沙特阿美也將3月份宣布的把原油日產能力從目前的約1,200萬桶提高到1,300萬桶的計劃推遲了一年。

沙特阿美未立即回復置評請求。

張春曉 摘譯自 道瓊斯

原文如下：

Saudi Aramco Slows Diversification Plans Amid Industry Downturn

Saudi Arabia's state oil giant is reviewing plans to expand at home and abroad in the face of sharply lower oil prices and a heavy dividend burden it assumed as part of its recent initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter.

Saudi Aramco is now slowing down and reviewing a $6.6 billion plan to add petrochemical output at its Motiva refinery in Texas, these people said. It is also reviewing a big natural-gas project with Sempra Energy in the same state, and pausing investments in refineries in India and Pakistan, these people said. At home, Aramco is delaying by a year plans, announced in March, to boost crude production capacity to 13 million barrels a day, from currently about 12 million, these people said.

Aramco didn't immediately return requests for comment.