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Morocco’s Power Company Secures 10-Year Gas Supply, Watering-down Algeria’s Blackmail

Morocco’s state-owned power Company ONEE (Office National de l’Electricite et de l’Eau potable) has signed a ten-year gas supply agreement with UK-based Sound Energy Company, ensuring continuous supply for two of its power stations in the Northern region. The deal enables the North African Kingdom to secure its energy sovereignty and security, while countering the […]

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Morocco’s ONEE, Sound Energy discussing gas sales agreement

Morocco’s Office National de L’Electricité et de L’Eau Potable (ONEE) and British upstream gas company Sound Energy PLC are conducting negotiations to conclude a binding agreement on the purchase of Tendrara’s gas. The announcement was made by Sound Energy which said that it received an offer from the Moroccan government to purchase its Tendrara’s gas. […]

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Sound Energy confirms new gas finding in eastern Morocco

Sound Energy, the Moroccan focused upstream gas company,“revises up” the net pay estimate of sands found under the main TAGI play, which currently stands at 10.5 meters. Earlier January, Sound energy announced discovery at TE-10 of a potential reservoir at between 1,899 meters and 2,009 meters. Sound has nearly finished planning its TE-10 test program, […]

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Sound Energy Company Upbeat over its Operations in Morocco

UK-based Sound Energy company has sealed a new 8 year petroleum deal including the areas previously covered by the Tendrara petroleum agreement and the Matarka reconnaissance license (“Greater Tendrara”) in addition to the existing Anoual petroleum agreement and the production concession application relating to the Tendrara gas discovery in Eastern Morocco. Commenting the deal, Sound […]

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Sound Energy on Course to Unlock Commercialization Plan of Gas Project in Eastern Morocco

Sound Energy, the European and African focused upstream gas company, announced that it has received a funding proposal for its Tendrara gas export pipeline in eastern Morocco from Advisory & Finance Group Investment Bank. Sound Energy explained in a statement that after receiving a non-binding expression of interest from Oil & Gas Investment Fund (OGIF) […]

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Will Morocco Become a Gas Exporting Country?

Morocco, which imports the majority of its fuel needs and spends 10-12 pc of its gross domestic product on energy bills, bets heavily on renewables to meet its rapidly growing demand and honor its international commitments to combat climate changes. But will this North African country turn into gas exporter? It seems that the British […]

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Sound Energy Confirms ‘Significant’ Gas in Third Well in Eastern Morocco

Sound Energy confirmed significant gas potential upon completing the drilling of its third gas well TE8 in the Tendrara license area in eastern Morocco, the company said. The well, drilled to a target depth of 3,120 meters, showed that the proven hydrocarbon system in Algeria spreads into Morocco, the company said in a statement. Sound […]

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Sound Energy Confirms Gas Potential in Eastern Morocco

Sound Energy confirmed gas discoveries while drilling its third TE-8 gas well in the Tendrara license area in eastern Morocco. The news comes after the company announced recent success at the company’s first two Tendrara wells (TE-6 and TE-7). The UK-based company said that gas has been discovered at a depth of 2,643 in the […]

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Sound Energy Consolidates its Portfolio Across Eastern Morocco

Sound Energy has stricken a deal to acquire all of Oil & Gas Investment Fund’s (OGIF) assets in Eastern Morocco – that includes 20% Tendrara, 75% of the Meridja project and a 75% stake in acreage close to Tendrara. Sound Energy will thus acquire the OGIF’s hydrocarbon assets in eastern Morocco in exchange for 272m […]

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Sound Energy Confirms Success of Second Onshore Discovery in Eastern Morocco

After making a significant onshore gas discovery in Tendrara in Morocco’s north east, Sound Energy confirms the success of a second TE-7 gas well lying only 1.6 kilometres away from its TE-6 first well. “I am pleased to report the success of our second well at Tendrara and that the use of sub-horizontal drilling techniques […]