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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development invites expressions of interest by 16 April from consultants to assist with modelling and mapping injection capacity for renewable energy into the transmission and distribution grids of Morocco. The assignment aims to ensure that planned new renewable energy generation will maintain the security and balance of the grid and not affect the technical and economic performance of the national power generation and transmission system.

Morocco
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Rabat has released little information about the impact of gas finds in eastern Morocco, in line with its cautious management of information on the hydrocarbons industry. But reserves in the Sound Energy-operated Tendrara gas field are now deemed sufficient for the government to stop taking gas through the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline (GME) when its contract with Algeria expires in 2020-21. This means Morocco will not need to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) until much later in the next decade, when new combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plants are built, officials in Rabat have told African Energy.

Morocco
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Morocco’s readmission to the African Union in January 2017 was widely welcomed, ending a boycott called by the late King Hassan II in 1984 after the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was admitted as a full member of the then Organisation of African Unity. Morocco sees its future security and prosperity in an energetic drive to build business, political and cultural relations across Africa and King Mohammed VI received a standing ovation when he addressed the 2017 African Union summit.

Morocco
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The Ministry of Energy has approved permits for two small hydropower plants being developed by France’s Voltalia in the Middle Atlas region. The permits for the unnamed 9.8MW and 7.2MW projects follow technical approvals issued by the Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable for the connection of the plants to the national grid.

Morocco
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Office Nationale des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (Onhym) has signed new petroleum agreements with Repsol and Royal Dutch Shell for the onshore Tanfit area, with Eni for the Tarfaya Offshore Shallow area, and with Sound Energy for Sidi Moktar. The agreement for the 9,990km2 Tanfit acreage announced on 6 February follows reconnaissance work in the area by Shell. Repsol, which has the Rharb Offshore Sud Block, and the onshore Aoufouss Block, will be the operator.

Morocco
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As King Mohammed VI maintains pressure on officials to deliver results in key sectors, Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen) president Mustapha Bakkoury was called to the royal palace in Casablanca on 26 January to report on progress across the renewable energy programme. The king was said to be concerned to streamline the operations of state energy sector bodies and Masen’s international expansion strategy. A delay in the transfer of the stake in Masen held by Société d’Investissements Energétiques (SIE) to Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE) was one issue.

Morocco
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French group Vinci Construction on 9 January announced the award by state utility Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau (ONEE) of the main contract to build the 350MW Abdelmoumen energy transfer pumping station in the Souss Massa-Draâ region. Vinci’s contract is valued at €284m ($347m), to deliver the project within 48 months. The plant, known by its French acronym Step (station de transfert d’energie par pompage), should increase the Abdelmoumen complex’s energy efficiency by 12% in 2020-21, when the plant is scheduled for completion, and by 15% by 2030, according to Souss Massa-Draâ regional director for environment Khadija Sami.

Morocco
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Under a strategy favouring renewable energy that is driven from the royal palace, Morocco is developing one of the continent’s most strategically planned and vibrant energy sectors. Supported by banks and financiers in commercial hub Casablanca, the kingdom has developed an extremely active project pipeline across a wide range of technologies; this draws on diverse procurement strategies that have attracted very significant levels of official and private finance.

Morocco
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Italy’s Eni is expected to spud the RD-1 well on the Rabat Deep Offshore exploration permit in March 2018, using the Saipem 12000 drillship. Partner Chariot Oil & Gas, which transferred the operatorship to Eni in January 2017, said the JP-1 prospect targeted by the well had audited gross mean prospective resources of 768m bbls.

Morocco
Issue 359 - 07 December 2017

Morocco: Masen expands beyond the kingdom

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The Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen) has signed co-operation agreements with ten countries and is actively working on projects in five, as Morocco works to expand its presence in Africa. This policy, led by King Mohammed VI, also includes the kingdom applying to join the Economic Community of West African States and state power and water utility Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau applying to join the West Africa Power Pool.

Morocco
Issue 358 - 23 November 2017

Morocco: SDX discovery

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SDX Energy has announced a gas discovery with the second well in a nine-well drilling programme on the Sebou, Gharb Centre and Lalla Mimouna permits. The KSR-15 well on the Sebou permit was drilled to a total depth of 1,774 metres and encountered 17.2 metres of gas reservoir section across four intervals. The average porosity of the primary target, the Hoot sand, was 29%, which is the highest recorded for the Hoot sand in the basin.

Morocco
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Having weathered many storms as head of Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE), Ali Fassi-Fihri was sacked as head of the state utility on 24 October. He was dismissed along with four prominent ministers and another parastatal boss by King Mohammed VI in response to a report by the Cour des Comptes (public accounts court) on the failures of a multi-faceted project to revive the economy of the northern Al-Hoceima region.

Morocco
Issue 355 - 12 October 2017

Morocco/Egypt: SDX finds gas, oil

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SDX Energy has announced a gas discovery with the KSR-14 development well on the Sebou permit in Morocco, and an oil discovery with the Rabul-2 well in the West Gharib concession in Egypt. The Rabul-2 well encountered 31 metres of net heavy oil pay across the Yusr and Bakr sand formations, with an average porosity of 20%. The well will be completed as a producer in the Bakr and connected to the central processing facilities at Meseda.

Egypt | Morocco
Issue 354 - 29 September 2017

Morocco: SDX drilling

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SDX Energy has announced the spudding of the KSR-14 development well on the Sebou permit, the first of a nine-well drilling programme on the Sebou, Gharb Centre and Lalla Mimouna permits. The drilling campaign aims to increase local gas sales volumes in Morocco by up to 50% and boost reserves by more than 100%. SDX expects to announce results from KSR-14 in mid-October. If successful, the well will be completed, flow tested and connected to the existing infrastructure.

Morocco
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Eni has secured a drilling rig for the RD-1 well due to spud on the Rabat Deep Offshore licence in Q1 2018. Partner Chariot Oil & Gas said Eni had secured the Saipem 12000, a sixth generation ultra-deepwater drillship, for a drilling programme to include a one-well drilling slot in Rabat Deep Offshore. The rig is expected to arrive on location in late Q1 2018 and to start drilling the RD-1 well on the JP-1 prospect shortly thereafter.

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