Saudi Aramco, oil companies and gas exploration projects in Rub Al-Khalinote

The Saudi Oil Ministry is said to be getting more and more anxious to know whether there are considerable quantities of recoverable gas reserves in the Rub Al-Khali after five years of work there. The following 291-word report focuses on the subject and tells what the position is at the Ministry and at Saudi Aramco. Note that the companies that are involved in exploration and production projects there include: Repsol of Spain, ENI of Italy, Lukoil of Russia and Sinopec of China.