capacity tests reinforce Saudi Aramco's position as a reliable producer of energy both locally and internationally. Haradh Gas Plant constitutes a significant addition to the Master Gas System in Saudi Arabia, increasing the system's overall capacity by 25 percent. The Saudi national economy will benefit as gas flows from east to west across the Kingdom, through a 1,000-kilometer pipeline. Gas will be pumped at maximum capacity to factories and desalination plants in the Red Sea industrial city in Yanbu', creating more jobs and productivity at all levels. Haradh Gas Plant is one of the most environmentally friendly plants of its kind anywhere, From the design stage onwards, the company set ambitious goals to assure that production and progress at the facility went hand-in-hand with a clean environment.