S1:Saudi Aramco engineers and journalists look at the Hawiyah Natural Gas Liquids Recovery Plant in Hawiyah, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia on June 28, 2021.
2021年6月28日，沙特阿美石油公司的工程师和记者查看了位于沙特东部省份哈维耶的哈维耶天然气液体回收厂。
S2:Saudi oil company Aramco’s half-year profits peaked just shy of $88 billion for DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Saudi energy company Aramco said Sunday its profits jumped 90% in the second quarter compared to the same time last year, helping its half-year earnings reach nearly $88 billion.
沙特石油公司阿美石油公司在阿拉伯联合酋长国迪拜的半年利润接近880亿美元——沙特能源公司阿美石油公司周日表示，与去年同期相比，其第二季度的利润增长了90%，帮助其半年利润达到近880亿美元。
S3:The increase is a boon for the kingdom and the crown prince's spending power as people around the world pay higher gas prices at the pump while energy companies rake in top earnings.
油价上涨有利于沙特王国和王储的消费能力，因为世界各地的人们在加油站支付更高的油价，而能源公司则赚取高额利润。
S4:Major oil companies had a strong quarter with Exxon Mobil booking an unprecedented $17.85 billion profit while Chevron made a record $11.62 billion.
主要石油公司本季度表现强劲，埃克森美孚实现了前所未有的178.5亿美元利润，雪佛龙实现了创纪录的116.2亿美元利润。
S5:The U.K.’s Shell shattered its own profit record.
英国的壳牌公司也打破了自己的利润记录。
S6:Aramco's net profits were helped by second-quarter earnings ending in June that hit $48.4 billion — a figure higher than all of the first six months of 2021, when profits reached just $47 billion.
截至6月份的第二季度收益达到484亿美元，这一数字高于2021年前六个月的总和，当时的利润仅为470亿美元。
S7:It sets a new quarterly earnings record for Aramco since it first floated around 5% of the company on the Saudi stock market in late 2019.
自2019年底首次在沙特股市发行约5%的公司股票以来，它为阿美石油公司创造了新的季度收益记录。
S8:Its earnings for just this past quarter are almost what Aramco’s full-year profits were in 2020, when demand for oil crashed during pandemic lockdowns.
仅过去一个季度的收益就几乎相当于阿美石油公司2020年全年的利润，当时疫情停工期间，对石油的需求大幅下降。
S9:Its half-year earnings of $87.9 billion put Aramco on track to far surpass the full-year earnings of 2019, prior to the pandemic, when profits hit $88 billion.
阿美公司上半年盈利879亿美元，有望远远超过疫情之前的2019年全年盈利，当时利润达到880亿美元。
S10:The company credited the jump to higher crude oil prices and volumes sold, as well as higher refining margins. Saudi Arabia's vast oil reserves are among the cheapest to produce in the world.
该公司将这一增长归功于原油价格和销量的上涨，以及炼油利润的提高。沙特阿拉伯巨大的石油储备是世界上生产成本最低的。
