The 1976 annual review of the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco), published as a bilingual Arabic and English volume. The report covers Aramco's key operations and achievements during 1976, including: record high crude oil production averaging over 8.5 million barrels per day; Aramco becoming on 26 December 1976 the only company in the world to produce more than three billion barrels of crude oil in a single calendar year; discovery of three new oil fields (Lawhah, Hasbah, and Shrar) in Retained Areas and two offshore fields; confirmed Saudi Arabia's proved reserves rising to 110.2 billion barrels with probable reserves at 177.5 billion barrels; capital investment exceeding two billion dollars in plant, property and equipment; total Saudi workforce reaching 20,067 employees (5.5% increase), with Saudi Arabs holding 46 percent of supervisory positions; and continued progress on the nationwide Gas Gathering System and integrated power network for the Eastern Province.