沙特阿美正考虑将其不断增长的天然气业务分拆为一个新部门，并上市部分业务，这表明该公司面临压力，需要为政府筹集现金并吸引外国投资进入沙特。
Saudi Aramco is considering spinning off its growing gas business into a new division and listing part of it, a sign of the pressure the company faces to raise cash for the government and draw foreign investment into the kingdom.
据路透社报道，这家国有石油生产商计划在上下游业务之外，创建第三个业务板块——天然气。
The state-controlled oil producer plans to create a third business segment for gas, alongside its upstream and downstream operations, Reuters reported. The firm has also been working on plans to raise as much as $35 billion by monetizing other assets, Bloomberg reported earlier this year. It has previously weighed spinning off its trading unit, insurance arm, and airline.
彭博社今年早些时候报道称，该公司还一直在制定通过变现其他资产筹集高达350亿美元的计划。此前，该公司曾考虑分拆其贸易部门、保险部门和航空公司。
The state-controlled oil producer plans to create a third business segment for gas, alongside its upstream and downstream operations, Reuters reported. The firm has also been working on plans to raise as much as $35 billion by monetizing other assets, Bloomberg reported earlier this year. It has previously weighed spinning off its trading unit, insurance arm, and airline.
阿美石油正在推进一项1000亿美元的投资，用于开发Jafurah气田，这是其到2030年将天然气产量提高80%以上计划的一部分，同时也在寻求收购海外天然气资产的股份。
Aramco is in the midst of a $100 billion push to develop the Jafurah field, part of a plan to boost its gas output by more than 80% by 2030, and is also looking to buy stakes in gas assets abroad. Gas has become a major focus for Gulf energy companies, which expect demand for the fuel to last for decades beyond peak sales of oil.
天然气已成为海湾能源公司的主要关注点，它们预计在石油销售达峰后的几十年里，对天然气的需求仍将持续。——马修·马丁
— Matthew Martin