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Prime Minister of Libya, Abdelhamid Dbaiba, on April 28, 2026, held talks with a delegation from Chevron to explore opportunities for expanding cooperation in the oil and gas sector. The discussions focused on advancing investment and supporting the company’s operations in Libya, following its successful bid in a recent exploration licensing round organized by the […]
Morocco’s green hydrogen strategy has moved decisively from planning into execution in 2026, with a portfolio of projects representing a cumulative investment of approximately 319 billion dirhams now in active development, largely in the country’s southern provinces. The scale of the commitment, backed by a combination of Royal instruction, government coordination through MASEN, and a […]
The United States is actively courting Morocco as a priority partner in natural gas infrastructure development, with a high-level Moroccan institutional delegation’s strategic study visit to Houston, Texas — the heart of the American energy industry, reported Aujourd’hui Le Maroc. The mission, organized under the U.S. Trade and Development Agency’s (USTDA) reverse commercial mission program, […]
Moroccan engineering firm Cegelec has secured a contract worth more than two billion dirhams to design and construct a suite of high-voltage electricity transmission and generation assets in Guinea, the company announced this week. The project, carried out through its subsidiary VINCI Energies Guinée, was launched officially on April 18 at Kamissaya in the prefecture […]
Algeria launched a new oil and gas licensing round this week in a bid to boost output and attract foreign investment, as its hydrocarbon exports decline, but analysts say persistent regulatory and operational obstacles continue to dampen investor confidence. The gas rich OPEC member unveiled over the weekend “Algeria Bid Round 2026,” offering seven onshore […]
Morocco is planning to build seven Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals to strengthen its energy security, diversify its energy sources and speed up transition to low-carbon economy within the frame of the country’s new energy strategy. According to Moroccan ministry of Energy transition & Sustainable Development, these terminals are being developed along the Kingdom’s coastlines […]
Nexans Morocco has been awarded the Noor Atlas project including the supply of cables and power transformation solutions for the solar energy collection and transmission network. Led by Masen, with the support of Morocco’s National Office of Electricity & Drinking Water (ONEE) and Cluster ENR, the project marks a new milestone in the deployment of renewable energy […]
Morocco and the United States have formalized a new framework for bilateral military cooperation, by the signing of the U.S.-Morocco Defense Cooperation Roadmap at the Pentagon during a meeting between Under Secretary of War Elbridge Colby and a Moroccan delegation led by Minister Delegate for National Defense Administration Abdellatif Loudiyi and General Mohammed Berrid, Inspector […]
The planned Morocco–Nigeria gas pipeline is gaining relevance as global geopolitical tensions disrupt energy markets and rising electricity demand in West Africa fuels industrialisation and mining development. The African Atlantic Gas Pipeline, which will link Nigerian gas fields to Morocco and onward to Europe, is now moving into a new phase, with the next step […]
Researchers at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University’s College of Chemical Sciences and Engineering have published a significant review in Green Chemistry — one of the British Royal Society of Chemistry’s flagship journals — examining a method for converting lignin, a renewable biomass component, directly into laser-induced graphene (LIG). The research positions Morocco at the frontier of […]