In reaction to the decision of the government of Pedro Sanchez to support the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara, Algeria plans to "revise" all trade agreements with Spain, but will continue to supply gas to the country, at least until the end of the contract.
Spain’s change of position on the Sahara will delay the finalization of the work to expand the capacity of Medgaz , the gas pipeline that connects Algeria to Spain.
In reaction to Spain’s change on the Sahara, Algeria intends to take "energetic" and "multifaceted" actions against the latter.
A tragedy occurred on Sunday in Casablanca where one person died and another was seriously injured, following a fire caused by the explosion of a gas cylinder .
The Spanish government believes that Algeria, as the third largest gas supplier in Europe and the main supplier to Spain and Italy, cannot afford to stop exporting gas and thus lose the opportunity offered by the war in Ukraine to improve its strategic position.
Algeria wants Spain to reverse its decision to support Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara . To do this, it would be willing to deprive the peninsula of gas.
The Spanish government "hopes" that its change of position on the Sahara will not affect the country’s gas supply from Algeria, its main supplier.
Spain has ended its crisis with Morocco by deciding to support the Sahara autonomy plan . A change of position that opens another crisis with Algeria, one of its main gas suppliers.
Spain has begun negotiations with Algeria to reopen the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline (GME), which was closed last October due to diplomatic tensions between Algeria and Morocco.
Sound Energy announced on Tuesday that it has concluded an agreement with the National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) for the connection to the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline (GME).
The Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, said on Monday that gas is an element that has a predominant place in Morocco’s energy strategy.
The British company Sound Energy and the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) have just extended by three months the deadline for examining the terms of the natural gas marketing agreement from the Tendrara concession, signed at the end of November last year.