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Algeria’s decision to cut gas supplies to Morocco, Spain and Portugal through the Maghreb-Europe pipeline came to no surprise in view of the counter-intuitive and self-harming decisions taken by the Algerian military rulers in recent years. The decision was announced by Algeria’s official news agency two days after Algiers unilaterally cut diplomatic ties with Rabat […]
UK Sound Energy Company announced Tuesday the completion of its acquisition of Schlumberger Silk Route Services Limited (SSRS), which holds a 27.5% participating interest in the Anoual and Greater Tendrara exploration permits in Eastern Morocco. Thanks to this transaction, Sound Energy will control operated working interests of 75% in the exploration permits and in the […]
Libya’s Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohamed Aoun, suspended the Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Mustafa Sanallah, from work pending an investigation of the violations attributed to him, reports say. Aoun has dismissed Sanallah for breaking a government rule that all leading government employees must seek permission before travelling abroad. The minister also […]
Algeria announced that it will abandon a gas pipeline that supplied Spain via Morocco in a hostile act that followed the severance of diplomatic ties with Rabat. Moroccan officials rely on the pipeline to power two electricity plants in the north, but the decision would do little damage as the Kingdom foresaw the move. […]
Morocco presses ahead with its clear energy diversification plan with an ambitious hydrogen project that aims to produce locally 4% of global supply. In a note published by the government, hydrogen will be used in Morocco’s plan to increase the share of renewable energy in overall energy consumption. Morocco has set the target of producing […]
Morocco expects its demand on natural gas to spike to 3 billion cubic meters by 2040, the energy ministry said in a document that spells out the broadline for a strategy to secure gas supply. The document outlines Morocco’s ambition to raise the share of natural gas in powering the industrial sector as Morocco presses […]
The Moroccan government has outlined its plan for the development of natural gas over the next three decades to support its strategy seeking to diversify energy mix, bolster the use of renewable energy and reduce greenhouse emissions. To unleash the Kingdom’s green energy capacities, a legal framework will be set up for natural gas imports, […]
Morocco will host an international race for solar-powered cars Oct.23-29 with the participation of world’s leading universities seeking to push the limits of technological innovation in a bid to stimulate scientific research and contribute to development of efficient road transport. “Solar Challenge Morocco 2021” gives passionate and smart students the opportunity to hone their skills […]
Sudan, which has a large electricity deficit, wants to obtain supplies from Ethiopia, which is completing the construction of the GERD, the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Despite the conflict between Egypt and Sudan on the one hand, and Ethiopia on the other, over the distribution of the waters of the Nile, it seems that Addis […]
Europa Oil & Gas, the UK, Ireland and Morocco focused oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announced this Tuesday Aug.3 the formal launch of the farmout initiative of its high-impact exploration opportunity, the Inezgane Offshore Permit, offshore Morocco in the Agadir Basin, awarded to the Company in 2019. Simon Oddie, CEO of Europa […]