Falih said the company has been building capacity both in the upstream and downstream sectors, including integrated refining and petrochemical facilities both in Saudi Arabia and abroad. He added that Saudi Aramco has not slowed down in making substantial investments in capital growth, which have increased the company's production capacity to an unprecedented 12 million barrels per day. A latest report on Saudi Aramco's web-site quoted Al-Falih as saying that investments will roughly double the company's gas capacity over a 10-year period and that there will be an increase in capital investments made by the downstream joint ventures. --MORE
