According to the financial network of the world's energy message sent from Riyadh, Saudi Aramco (Saudi Aramco) will be drilled this year at least 300 exploration wells at sea or on land, and 48 mining and exploration activities. Saudi Aramco will maintain the current run of 96 rigs, of which 17 rigs are drilling the remaining wells mining.

2009 Saudi Aramco (Saudi Aramco) crude oil to reduce the mining activities, that directly led to the drilling platform in the United Kingdom was reduced from 130 to 104. On OPEC in December 2008 announced that it will control 420 million barrels per day after Saudi Aramco's crude oil production began to decline.

Drilling platform in the UK services, there are 70% of the platform for exploitation of oil, 30% platform to start natural gas. These platforms will be in the UK two independent gas fields Arabiyah and Hasbah work, concrete work will begin this year.

Of all exploitation of natural gas will be focused on Saudi Aramco's largest Wasit plant for processing. Wasit daily processing plant capacity of 25 billion cubic feet. [Message from the Institute of World Energy Finance]