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>Why does it matter what their potential production capacity is?

Because they're planning to IPO? Surely if Aramco had double the production capacity, it would be worth more to investors because it would be better equipped to handle disruptions.

Capacity is the currency of the industry they're in. Its right in the article itself.

>What Saudi is trying to do by not revealing the true picture is to protect its reputation as a reliable oil supplier, especially to its target clientele in Asia, so we have to take all of these comments with a hefty pinch of salt,

Think of oil in the ground like a sponge, after a certain point it doesn't matter how many wells you have to extract it, its only going to "leak out" at a certain rate that can not be raised.

It isn't necessarily trivial to raise production.