据彭博社8月11日报道，萨索尔公司（Sasol）表示，此前美国化工资产的减记带来了1120亿兰特(63亿美元)的支出，加上油价下跌，预计全年每股将出现亏损。
该公司在一份贸易声明中表示，截至6月30日，这家南非燃料和化工生产商的全年业绩受到疫情以及原油和化工产品价格严重下跌的影响。
该公司在路易斯安纳州Lake Charles化工项目管理不善，成本超支，本已陷入困境。再加上冠状病毒肺炎疫情导致燃料需求下降，油价大跌，令该公司雪上加霜。萨索尔加快了一项资产处置计划，旨在减少债务和避免最后的股权收购。
萨索尔的基础化工业务将减损713亿兰特，而主要在美国的高性能化工业务将减损277亿兰特。其能源业务的投资组合将减记125亿兰特。
总部位于约翰内斯堡的萨索尔公司周二表示，布伦特原油兰特价格本财年下跌了18%，全球化工和炼油利润率也有所下降，该公司股价在2020年下跌了50%。
该公司预计每股亏损在146.75兰特至148.75兰特之间，而上一财年为每股收益6.97兰特。
萨索尔的年度业绩信息将于8月17日公布。
王佳晶 摘译自 彭博社
原文如下：
Sasol Sees Loss With $6.3 Billion in Writedowns, Oil Slump
Sasol Ltd. said it will swing to a full-year loss per share after writedowns on U.S. chemical assets contributed to 112 billion rand ($6.3 billion) of charges and oil prices declined.
The South African fuel and chemical maker’s results for the year ended June 30 were “impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and a severe decline in crude oil and chemical product prices,” Sasol said in a trading statement.
Lower demand for fuel due to the coronavirus pandemic, along with a battering for oil prices, weighed on a company already reeling from mismanagement and cost overruns at the Lake Charles Chemicals Project in Louisiana. Sasol has accelerated an asset disposal program aimed at reducing debt and avoiding a last-resort rights offer.
Sasol’s base chemicals business will take an impairment of 71.3 billion rand, with an additional 27.7 billion rand charge for performance chemicals, mainly in the U.S. Its energy operations will write down 12.5 billion rand across the portfolio.
The rand price of Brent crude oil declined by 18% for the financial year and was coupled with softer global chemical and refining margins, Johannesburg-based Sasol said Tuesday. Its shares have slid 50% in 2020.
The company expects a loss per share of between 146.75 rand and 148.75 rand, compared with earnings per share of 6.97 rand for the previous financial year.
Sasol’s annual results will be released Aug. 17.
