據中東北非財經新聞2023年4月16日報道，沙特阿拉伯國家媒體4月16日報道稱，沙特阿拉伯已經把沙特阿拉伯能源巨頭沙特阿拉伯國家石油公司（沙特阿美）價值數百億美元的第二批4%的股份歸于本國主權財富基金管理。

此舉凸顯了薩勒曼王儲在其“2030愿景”國內改革議程下，利用沙特阿拉伯龐大的能源資源開放經濟的努力。

沙特阿拉伯官方通訊社說，這些股份已被轉移到沙特公共投資基金(PIF)控制的薩納比爾投資公司。PIF是世界上最大的主權財富基金之一，擁有超過6200億美元的資產。

去年，沙特阿美4%的股份(當時估計價值800億美元)被直接轉讓給了PIF。

根據世界上最有價值公司之一的沙特阿美目前市值，最新的股票價值近800億美元。

沙特國家媒體報道稱薩勒曼王儲表示，轉讓國家在沙特阿美的部分股份，是沙特阿拉伯推動國民經濟增長和多元化、擴大投資機會的長期舉措的延續。

“此次股份轉讓還將鞏固PIF強大的財務狀況和信用評級”，薩勒曼王儲補充說，并指出利雅得仍擁有沙特阿美90%的股份。

根據其網站，薩納比爾投資公司的投資“包括風險投資、增長資本和小規模收購”。

2019年12月，沙特阿美在沙特證交所出售了1.7%的股份，創造了294億美元的全球最大首次公開募股（IPO）。

沙特阿美去年公布的利潤總額達到創紀錄的1611億美元，沙特阿美承諾到2050年前實現“運營凈零”碳排放。

這適用于沙特阿美工業基地直接產生的排放，但不包括客戶在汽車、發電廠和熔爐中燃燒沙特產出的原油時所產生的二氧化碳。

沙特阿美首席執行官納瑟爾和其他沙特阿美高級官員同時呼吁進一步投資化石燃料，以確保全球能源安全。

PIF引人注目的投資了包括優步和迪士尼在內的公司以及其所謂的巨大項目——穆罕默德王儲改革議程的核心——包括Neom，一個正在沙特沙漠中建設的價值5000億美元的未來大都市。

王儲表示，他希望該基金到2025年底前擁有1萬億美元的資產。

李峻 編譯自 中東北非財經新聞

原文如下：

Saudi Arabia Transfers More Aramco Oil Shares To Wealth Fund

Saudi Arabia has put a second four-per cent chunk of shares of the Aramco energy giant, worth tens of billions of dollars, under the control of the country's sovereign wealth fund, state media said Sunday.

The move underscores Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's campaign to use the kingdom's vast energy resources to open up the economy under his "Vision 2030" domestic reform agenda.

The official Saudi Press Agency said the shares had been transferred to Sanabil Investments, a firm controlled by the kingdom's Public Investment Fund (PIF), one of the world's biggest sovereign wealth funds with more than $620 billion in assets.

Last year, four per cent of Aramco shares, estimated at the time to be worth $80 billion, were transferred directly to PIF.

The latest shares are worth nearly $80 billion, based on the current market capitalisation of Aramco, one of the world's most valuable companies.

Prince Mohammed "indicated that the transfer of part of the state's shares in Saudi Aramco is a continuation of Saudi Arabia's long-term initiatives to boost and diversify the national economy and expand investment opportunities," the report said.

"The transfer will also solidify PIF's strong financial position and credit rating," it added, noting Riyadh still owns 90 per cent of Aramco's shares.

Sanabil's investments "include venture, growth capital and small buyouts", according to its website.

Aramco sold 1.7 per cent of its shares on the Saudi bourse in December 2019, generating $29.4 billion in the world's biggest initial public offering.

The firm, which reported record profits totalling $161.1 billion last year, has pledged to achieve "operational net-zero" carbon emissions by 2050.

That applies to emissions that are produced directly by Aramco's industrial sites, but not the CO2 produced when clients burn Saudi oil in their cars, power plants and furnaces.

Aramco CEO Amin Nasser and other top Saudi officials have simultaneously called for further investment in fossil fuels to ensure global energy security.

The PIF has made high-profile investments in firms including Uber and Disney, and its so-called giga-projects -- centrepieces of Prince Mohammed's reform agenda -- include Neom, a $500 billion futuristic megacity under construction in the Saudi desert.

The crown prince has said he wants the fund to have one trillion dollars in assets by the end of 2025.