Morocco has prepared a plan for a gas infrastructure road map, according to which Morocco can be provided with a number of ports for importing liquefied gas, in addition to supporting gas pipelines that connect producing basins to consumers. In light of this, the Ministry of the Interior, Economy, Finance and Supply signed a strategic agreement protocol, and this came on Tuesday, March 26. .

The protocol aims to launch a gas infrastructure road map. It is expected to include 5 public institutions and companies in Morocco, including the National Office of Electricity and Potable Water and the National Ports Agency. The protocol aims to continue Morocco’s commitment to strengthening its sovereignty in the field of energy in addition to decarbonizing its economy.

The protocol will enhance coordination between public authorities with the aim of implementing a program to develop sustainable gas infrastructure. The protocol will extend for several years, due to the goal of providing the Kingdom with a number of liquefied gas import ports in addition to the infrastructure for storing and transporting natural gas.

The program's short-term goal is to support gas pipelines that connect the basins producing local gas, in addition to developing a liquefied gas import station in the port of Nador in the western Mediterranean. The program will establish a new gas pipeline linking the station to the Moroccan-European pipeline.

In the long term, the program aims to accelerate the development of renewable energies in addition to supporting the Kingdom’s direction towards new fields of green hydrogen and its derivatives. The plan aims to develop the African-Atlantic gas pipeline project, and Morocco indicated during July 2023 a long-term deal that will last for 12 years with Shell, according to which It will receive about 500 million cubic meters of liquefied gas annually.
The agreement was signed between the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water and Shell, without mentioning the terms of the financial deal. Morocco will obtain liquefied gas by shipping it from Spanish ports via a gas pipeline linking the two countries until the Moroccan stations are finished.

It is expected that liquefied gas will support the National Office with the aim of generating electricity and water in the north and east of the Kingdom, as they depend on Algerian gas. Morocco is negotiating a huge deal to import liquefied gas. The duration of the deal is expected to reach about 10 years and the targeted quantities will reach about half a billion cubic meters of gas. liquefied; This is due to efforts to provide Morocco’s energy needs.