Energy Headlines Libya

Tripoli-based PM Abdelhamid Dbeibeh removes NOC Chairman Mustafa Sanalla

Abdelhamid Dbeibeh, one of Libya’s rival Premiers, has sacked the Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanalla, local media Libya Update has learned. Dbeibeh’s administration, which is based in capital Tripoli, replaced Sanalla with Farhat Omar Bengdara, who served as Libya’s Central Bank Governor from 2007 to 2011, the media notes citing a […]

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U.S. becomes Spain’s 1st gas supplier as Madrid reduces drastically imports from Algeria

The United States has become Spain’s main gas supplier after it reduced substantially gas imports from Algeria following the unilateral Algerian decision of shutting down the Maghreb Europe gas pipeline (GME), the failure of Algerian regime to honor its commitment and attempts to weaponize gas supplies for geopolitical gains. Latest data published by Enagas, Spanish […]

Energy Headlines Morocco

Morocco switches on two power plants after reversal of gas pipeline

Morocco managed within a short period to ensure gas supply for two small powerplants supplying northern Morocco. The power plants of Tahaddart and Ain Béni Mathar operating with LNG have started to be supplied with gas through the Maghreb-Europe pipeline, after Morocco and Spain reversed the flow of gas last week, Moroccan electricity utility ONE […]

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Libya: Oil Minister again takes aim at NOC chairman for holding key oil information

Libya’s Minister of Oil and Gas Mohamed Aoun has accused the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman Mustafa Sanalla of withholding production data, amid plans to replace the board of directors of the company. Aoun, who has been at odds with Sanalla for some time, has revealed that he has not got data on production since […]

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Spain, Morocco foil Algeria’s gas blackmail tactics

Spain started pumping gas to Morocco giving a new life to a gas pipeline that was halted by Algeria last October, in a failed move to pressure both Morocco and Spain to bow to its hegemonic agenda. The news was confirmed by Spain’s Enagas which oversees gas interconnections. Its data showed that gas started flowing […]

Energy Headlines Morocco

Objectives of Morocco’s transition to low-carbon economy highlighted at forum

The objectives of Morocco’s transition to a low-carbon economy by 2050 as set in the National Strategy for Sustainable Development (NSSD) were highlighted Monday by Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali. In a video message to the International Forum on the local perspective of the “NEXUS Water-Energy-Food Security” held in Tangier, the […]

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Libya: HoR Energy Committee warns against replacement of NOC board of directors

The Energy Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR) has cautioned against any step that could obstruct the work of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) and called for keeping the company away from the ongoing political strife and conflicts, reports say. The reaction came few days after Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah agreed to discuss […]

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World Power-to-X Summit: Several partnerships on green hydrogen signed in Marrakech

Several partnership agreements in the field of green hydrogen were signed in Marrakech, on the sidelines of the second edition of the “World Power-to-X Summit” that kicked off on Wednesday. These partnership agreements aim to promote research and innovation on green hydrogen and seize the opportunities offered by this economic and industrial sector to consolidate […]

Energy Headlines Morocco

Morocco needs to have its own refining capacity

Morocco’s only refinery has been idle since 2015 over unpaid taxes and legal hurdles, leaving the country prey to dependence on refined oil imports and fluctuations in the international markets. Calls for reactivating the idle Samir refinery in Mohammedia become more acute as fuel prices more than doubled compared to last year, due to a […]

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Morocco-Nigeria Gas Pipeline Project, a model of regional integration

“The Nigeria-ECOWAS gas pipeline project to Morocco and beyond is a model of regional integration that will change the face of Atlantic Africa”, said Wednesday in Rabat Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita. The project is moving forward and will be a model of regional integration and will change the face of the Atlantic and this […]