
Fuel Prices Surge in Morocco as Global Demand Rises
After a drop in May, fuel prices are experiencing a sharp increase. The increase is an average of 70 cents and this is just the beginning.

After a drop in May, fuel prices are experiencing a sharp increase. The increase is an average of 70 cents and this is just the beginning.

Amina Benkhadra, Director General of ONHYM and Melissa Anne Coleman, Vice President of the oil company ConocoPhillips Morocco Ventures LTD, signed a reconnaissance contract for the onshore area called "MESORIF" located in northern Morocco during a videoconference meeting.

To meet an increasingly present need in the national market, Afriquia, the national operator specialized in the distribution of fuels and liquefied petroleum gas, butane and propane, wants to move to mobile payment in its service stations.

In Kénitra , service stations have been deserted due to the prevention and restriction measures imposed to counter the spread of covid-19 in the kingdom. This situation has led to a drastic drop in turnover and the dismissal of part of the staff.

At a time when oil prices are experiencing a sharp drop, Morocco could take advantage of this to lighten its energy bill. This is at least what Mariam Cherqaoui, an academic and expert in economics, finance and entrepreneurship, indicates.

Fuel prices at the pump will see a significant drop starting this Monday, March 16, due to the crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic, and especially due to the sharp drop in crude oil prices on international markets.

The turnover of Total Morocco went from 12.3 billion dirhams last year to 12.48 billion dirhams in 2018, representing a slight decline.

The consequences of Covid-19 are not all disastrous. At least, as far as the oil sector is concerned, where prices have fallen. For the past few days, unleaded gasoline and diesel have become cheaper at the pump.

The company Vivo Energy Maroc, specialized in the marketing of Shell products, is the subject of an investigation. The Competition Council is behind this.

Faced with rumors of a likely increase in fuel prices, the president of the National Federation of Free Owners, Merchants and Managers of Service Stations in Morocco (FNPCGSS), Jamal Zrikem, provided a formal denial.

Thanks to the signing of an alliance agreement with the Moroccan group, Derhem holding, the Spanish oil company, Cepsa, is establishing itself in Morocco. A total of 100 service stations will be opened in the Kingdom over the next five years.

In just one month, fuel prices in Morocco have seen several successive increases, and of course it is the motorists who are the first victims. The origin of this price surge is the attacks on Saudi oil production facilities.