Predator Oil & Gas has begun drilling the MOU-6 well at Guercif. The operation is intended to determine whether the gas already identified in the area can be extracted at a sufficient flow rate to launch initial commercial production.
Murphy Oil is keeping Morocco among the four areas on which it is concentrating its oil exploration, alongside the Gulf of Mexico, Côte d’Ivoire and Vietnam. The American group is assessing a vast offshore permit off the coast of Gharb.
Desalination, solar power, electricity plants, sanitation and industrial inspection: six Spanish groups now occupy important positions in major Moroccan projects. Acciona, Cox, TSK, Lantania, OCA Global and Cobra operate at different levels of these strategic infrastructures.
Gas volumes transported from Spain to Morocco fell sharply in the second half of August. The nearly one-third decline came after the summer peak in electricity consumption, while the Kingdom remains dependent on Spanish infrastructure to import its LNG.
At a time when tensions over Ceuta are weakening bilateral relations, energy figures reveal a less visible dependence: in 2025, Spain supplied the equivalent of 8 % of Morocco’s electricity demand, as well as nearly a quarter of its imports of petroleum products.
The political battle launched in Spain against Morocco’s place in the 2030 World Cup could end up costing Spanish companies dearly. Rabat has imposed no sanctions, but the possibility of reviewing future contracts is now being openly discussed.
Crude oil is trading at around 90 dollars a barrel, but refined diesel is reaching approximately 191 dollars. This exceptional gap is hitting Morocco particularly hard, as it has not refined oil since the Samir refinery shut down and imports its fuels already processed.
Officially, Madrid continues to praise its cooperation with Rabat. But according to RTVE, the Spanish government is simultaneously examining the energy levers it could use to deter Morocco in the event of a new migration crisis.
The billions invested by the UAE in Morocco conceal a much broader strategy. A new report shows how Rabat and Abu Dhabi are gradually building an economic axis linking the Gulf, Europe and, above all, Africa .
The case of the use of chemical weapons in the Rif and Jbala in the 1920s has been brought before several United Nations bodies. A coordination group from northern Morocco is calling for recognition of colonial violations, the opening of military and political archives, official apologies and reparation mechanisms.
Morocco remains the leading Arab consumer of coal. Its consumption increased again in 2025, despite the rise in the Kingdom’s investments in solar and wind energy .
Morocco is seeking to mobilize the US Exim Bank and the World Bank to finance the Atlantic African pipeline, estimated at $26 billion. The project is intended to connect West African gas resources to the kingdom, then to Europe.