The project to build a tunnel connecting Spain to Morocco via the Strait of Gibraltar has entered its active phase with the launch on Monday of the studies. The infrastructure should be used for telecommunications and for the transport of passengers and goods between Europe and Africa.
Morocco’s import of Russian gas is a concern for opposition deputies gathered within the parliamentary groups of the Popular Movement (MP) and the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS), and the Party of Justice and Development (PJD). They are working to set up a parliamentary inquiry commission.
The signs heralding the success of the Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline project are visible. The Nigerian partner is ready to invest 50% of the total cost of the project.
Morocco bought cheaper energy from Spain in 2022, saving 575 million euros, according to sources in the Spanish sector.
The flagship gas development project of the "Anchois" field located off the coast of Morocco, led by the British company specialized in gas exploration, Chariot Oil & Gas, is progressing. The preliminary engineering and design studies ("FEED") of the key elements have been completed.
With its gas reserves estimated at 39 billion cubic meters and the new projects being implemented, Morocco could become a major gas exporter in Africa.
The interconnection between Morocco and Spain to import gas into the kingdom via the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline (GME) in the reverse direction is running at full capacity. In seven months, Morocco has already imported 1,512 GWh of gas.
More deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning. This time it happened in Casablanca.
Spain is working, discreetly, to restore its relations with Algeria, strained since April after Pedro Sanchez’s support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara.
The British company Predator Oil & Gas has suspended the drilling of the MOU-2 well in the Guercif oil agreement.
The subsidies granted for gas cost the state budget 22 billion dirhams last year, according to data provided by the Ministry of Finance.
Spain agreed last June to reopen the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline (GME) in the reverse direction, closed by Algeria since the end of October 2021, to allow Morocco to import gas. Six months after the start of this agreement, the quantities of gas transported to Rabat have increased significantly.