Saudi Aramco expected its daily gas production capacity to reach 10 billion cubic feet by 2010, the Saudi Economic Survey reported.

The decision to increase output was based on a soaring global demand for gas, the report said.
Aramco was implementing an expansion programme on its main gas network from the Arabian Gulf to the Red Sea coast and to the northern and southern areas of the kingdom.
The move came after the company completed establishment of more than 17 major gas utility facilities and some 150 supporting laboratories and industrial labs.
Saudi Arabia has the world's fourth largest known gas reserves of 220 trillion cubic feet, including 135 trillion associated gas and 85 trillion non-associated.
Meanwhile,Saudi Arabia is forging ahead with plans to lift oil production capacity to maintain a spare cushion of supply capability, Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al Naimi said.
The world's biggest producer is implementing plans to lift capacity to 11.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2007 from 11 million bpd now, he said.
The green light for state oil company Saudi Aramco to bring onstream two new projects shows Riyadh is confident in continued strong world fuel demand growth, despite prices near $50 per barrel for benchmark US crude.
The go-ahead will also alleviate concerns among consuming nations about the ability of state oil companies in Opec nations to meet the rise in world fuel demand led by rapid economic growth in big importing countries like China and India.
Since nationalisation in the 1970s Riyadh has barred foreign oil majors from oil exploration or production, insisting that Saudi Aramco is capable of meeting world needs. Naimi said Saudi, the only world producer that maintains any significant spare output, wanted to keep a capacity cushion of up to two million bpd to meet emergencies.
Last year's unexpectedly sharp rise in world oil demand stretched world capacity and left Riyadh with only about one million bpd of hard-to-refine heavy, sour crude to spare.
Saudi Aramco will bring 300,000 bpd of Arab Light onstream in 2006 from the Haradh facility.
In 2007 a 500,000 bpd mix of Arab Light and Arab Extra Light will pump from the Khursaniyah project - combining the Khursaniyah, Abu Hadriyah and Al Fadlihai fields, Naimi said.
Saudi Aramco raised capacity by 500,000 bpd last year to 11 million bpd after holding 10.5 million for many years.
Actual Saudi output lately has been in the range 9-9.5 million bpd.