fourth of the global total. Gas production for the year came to 2.87 trillion standard cubic feet, and NGL production grew to 400.4 million barrels. The company's Master Gas System, the largest integrated gas-gathering, processing and distribution system of its kind in the world, is also expanding, with construction of the Hawiyah NGL Recovery Plant and the Khursaniyah Gas Plant and enlargement of the Hawiyah and Ju'aymah gas plants. Other major projects, such as the expansion of the seawater treatment plant at Qurayyah and co-generation facilities, are also described, as are developments in drilling and production technology. No less sweeping in scope were the developments in international and domestic partnerships, such as the formation of the PETRO-Rabigh joint venture with Sumitomo Chemical Co. and the work under way by the four upstream gas joint ventures, among others. --MORE
