Following are some important achievements in the oil and gas industry that King Fahd personally supported during his rule:
Giant projects: On January 29, 1983, the king inaugurated Aramco and Petromin oil and gas projects that formed the nucleus of Yanbu' Industrial City.

Aramco 50th anniversary: On May 16, 1983, the king visited Aramco to honour its 50th anniversary, and to inaugurate the Exploration and Petroleum Engineering Center.
Birth of Saudi Aramco: On November 8, 1988, the Council of Ministers issued a decree approving the bylaws of the now 100-per cent Saudi-owned Saudi Aramco. The King instructed the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources to expand exploration for the benefit of the country.
Master Gas System: Key parts of the massive Master Gas System, built by Saudi Aramco, were fully or nearly completed.
International ventures: In 1988, Saudi Aramco entered its first international joint venture, an agreement between Saudi Aramco and Texaco - Star Enterprise - to establish a joint project for refining oil products and distributing them in the United States.
In 1991, a Saudi Aramco subsidiary buys 35 per cent of SsangYong Oil Refining Co Ltd (now S-Oil Corp) in the Republic of Korea.
In 1996, a Saudi Aramco subsidiary enters a joint venture with Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries SA and Avinoil Industrial Maritime Oil Co SA in Greece, purchasing a 50 per cent share in Motor Oil (Hellas).
Royal approval was granted in 1994 to finalize the agreement stipulating a Saudi Aramco subsidiary's ownership of 40 per cent of Petron Corp of the Philippines, the Asian country's largest oil refiner and distributor.
Central Province oil discoveries: The first oil discovery in the Central Province was at Al-Hawtah field in 1989, followed by others in the next several years.
Growth horizons: In 1993, royal decree merged the operations of the government's General Organisation for Petroleum and Minerals (Petromin) with Saudi Aramco.