MoU on Public Authorities' Coordination Signed to Carry Out Sustainable Gas Infrastructures

A strategic memorandum of understanding on the coordination of public authorities to implement a sustainable gas infrastructure development program was signed on Tuesday in Rabat, to launch the gas infrastructure roadmap.

The protocol, signed by the Ministries of the Interior, Economy and Finance, Equipment and Water, and the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, is part of the Kingdom of Morocco’s ongoing commitment to consolidating its energy sovereignty, decarbonizing its economy and ensuring connectivity in regional and global markets.

It also brings together five public organizations and companies, namely, the National Ports Agency (ANP), the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), the National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) , the Nador West Med company (NWM), as well as the Morocco’s National Highway Company (ADM).

The protocol aims to strengthen public authorities’ coordination with a view to accelerating the implementation of a development program of sustainable gas infrastructure, underlines the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development in a press release.

The program, which will run for several years, aims to provide the Kingdom of Morocco with several entry points for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as well as an infrastructure for the storage and transport of natural gas, added the same source.

In the short term, it aims to support gas pipelines connecting domestic gas production basins to consumers, as well as the development of a GIL terminal at the port of Nador West Med and a new gas pipeline to connect the terminal to the Maghreb Europe Gas Pipeline.

This program will help accelerate the development of renewable energies, roll out Morocco’s offer for new green hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives sectors, and develop the Africa-Atlantic Gas Pipeline Project, concluded the press release.