巴西国油计划2024年前派发340亿美元股息油泵

据彭博新闻社2019年12月5日里约热内卢报道，巴西国家石油公司（巴西国油/Petrobras）首席执行官罗伯托·卡斯特洛·布兰科表示，由于巴西国油削减债务和出售资产来支撑其财务状况，巴西国油计划在未来5年内向股东支付340亿美元的股息。

对这家国家控制的石油生产公司来说这个派息计划是一个重大转变。在2015年因石油行业低迷以及大规模的腐败调查干脆暂停支付股息以后，巴西国油自2018年以来一直根据巴西法律要求向投资者支付绝对最小值或接近绝对最小值的股息。2018年派发股息大约17亿美元。

恢复派息是巴国油赢回投资者的最新举措。这名巴西国油高管今年1月上任以来一直在削减成本，同时也在提高公司的原油产量，他把提高原油产量的重点放在开发其庞大的深水储量。

这家曾经是业内负债最多的公司，已将净负债从第一季度末的约950亿美元降至第三季度末的约750亿美元。

在经历了4年的亏损之后，巴西国油从2018年开始盈利。2015年，当巴西国油被降级为垃圾级时，该公司需要用5年多时间产生的现金来偿还债务。

布兰科在纽约举行的新闻发布会上表示，巴西国油明年应支付30亿美元的股息，并在2021年后提高股息，届时总债务将减少至600亿美元，这将触发提高支付股息的内部规定。巴西国油的目标是在2020年底前皮革箱包将某些项目的债务削减至1.5倍的收益。<拳击用品/p>

李峻 编译自 彭博社

原文如下：

Petrobras plans $34 billion in dividends by 2024

Petrobras plans to pay旋挖钻 its shareholders $34 billion in dividends over the next five years as it cuts debt and sells assets to shore up its finances, CEO Roberto Castello Branco said.

The plan is a major shift for the state-controlled oil producer that had kept payouts to investors at or close to the bare minimum required by law in Brazil since 2018, after suspending them altogether in 2015 as it grappled with an oil industry downturn and a massive corruption probe. Distribution for 2018 was about $1.7 billion.

The resumption of generous dividends the company was once known for is the latest step by Castello Branco to win back investors. The executive appointed by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been slashing costs, while also boosting the company’s crude output, as he focuses on tapping the company’s giant deep-water reserves.

The producer, once the most indebted company in the industry, has reduced net debt to about $75 billion at the end of the third quarter, from around $95 billion at the end of the first. Castello Branco took office in January.

The company has turned a profit since 2018, after four years in the red. Petrobras needed more than five years of its cash generation to pay its debt when it was downgraded to junk in 2015.

Petrobras should pay $3 billion in dividends next year, and raise the amount after 2021, when a reduction of gross debt to $60 billion triggers an internal rule for higher payments, Castello Branco said during a news conference in New York.

Petrobras has a target to reduce its debt to 1.5 times earnings before certain items by the end of 2020.