Morocco: Technical adviser selected for LNG scheme

A joint venture of France’s Sofregaz and Denmark’s Ramboll has won an international tender for the selection of a technical adviser for a planned scheme to import liquefied natural gas to supply new power plants. Office Nationale de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable said bids were submitted in December. The government plans to import 5bcm/yr of gas to supply 2.4GW of new combined-cycle gas turbine capacity to be installed in 2020-25 under its gas-to-power road map. With a similar amount to be installed in the following five years, 10bcm/yr will be needed in 2025-30.