SAUDI ARAMCO has proved remarkably resilient(有韧性的；能迅速恢复的) this year. Since war broke out(（战争、火灾等）爆发) with Iran, the world’s biggest oil company has faced attacks on its facilities and disruption(中断；扰乱) to the Strait of Hormuz(霍尔木兹海峡：全球石油运输咽喉), through which most of its barrels were shipped. Yet its cash gushers(现金喷泉；源源不断的现金来源) continue to flow. On November 3rd it reported an adjusted(调整后的) net profit for the quarter from July to September of $31bn, up by 9% from the previous year (see chart).
沙特阿美今年展现出惊人的韧性。自与伊朗开战以来，这家全球最大的石油公司屡遭设施袭击，霍尔木兹海峡的运输也受到干扰——其大部分原油原本都经由该海峡外运。然而，它的现金喷泉仍在喷涌。11月3日，公司公布7月至9月季度调整后净利润为310亿美元，同比增长9%（见图表）。
Aramco has been under fire(遭到攻击；受到批评) before. In March 2022 Houthi rebels(胡塞武装：也门什叶派反政府武装) backed by Iran struck storage facilities in Jeddah, a year after an attack on a refinery(炼油厂) in Riyadh. In 2019 they attacked the East-West pipeline, which carries Aramco’s oil to the Red Sea, along with two of the company’s processing facilities. This conflict has brought far more upheaval(剧变；动荡). But although production is down from pre-war levels, prices are up, and the business has been finding new ways to get its oil to market.(不过，尽管产量较战前下降，油价却上涨了，公司也一直在寻找将石油运往市场的新途径。)
阿美此前就曾多次遭受攻击。2022年3月，伊朗支持的胡塞武装袭击了吉达的储油设施，而一年前利雅得一家炼油厂也曾遇袭。2019年，他们袭击了将阿美石油输往红海的东西管道，以及公司的两处加工设施。而这场冲突带来的动荡要大得多。不过，尽管产量较战前下降，油价却上涨了，公司也一直在寻找将石油运往市场的新途径。
Aramco has been forced to continuously adapt over the past nine months. Soon after the conflict erupted(爆发) in February the company began to transport more of its oil via the Red Sea, rather than the Persian Gulf. In July, when the Houthis blockaded(封锁) the southern passage through the Bab al-Mandab Strait(曼德海峡：红海南端咽喉), it redirected(使改道；重新定向) its vessels north, to make greater use of(更多地利用) the Suez-Mediterranean pipeline. Attacks on the East-West pipeline in September cut the volume of oil reaching the Red Sea, so Saudi Arabia has been sending tankers through the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman, where they transfer oil to the vessels of customers unwilling to make the journey themselves.(9月东西管道遇袭，抵达红海的石油量减少，于是沙特一直派油轮穿过霍尔木兹海峡前往阿曼湾，在那里把石油转运给不愿亲自跑一趟的客户的船只。) (The pipeline has recently been repaired, with flows to the Red Sea recovering.)
过去九个月里，阿美被迫不断调整。2月冲突爆发后不久，公司就开始更多经由红海而非波斯湾运输石油。7月，胡塞武装封锁了曼德海峡的南部通道，阿美便将船只改道向北，更多利用苏伊士—地中海管道。9月东西管道遇袭，抵达红海的石油量减少，于是沙特一直派油轮穿过霍尔木兹海峡前往阿曼湾，在那里把石油转运给不愿亲自跑一趟的客户的船只。（该管道最近已修复，输往红海的流量正在恢复。）