Professional resource in Morocco for the hydrocarbon processing industry, oil and gasexploration and production- Information on Morocco oil, gas and ...Professional resource in Morocco for the hydrocarbon processing industry, oil and gasexploration and production- Information on Morocco oil, gas and ... Algeria is one of the world's most important oil and gas exporters.Morocco has no significant oil and gas production, but has about 2/3 of the ...\
Acquisition of Direct Bulgaria and Direct Morocco
Acquisition of New Exploration Block in Morocco
Award of Full Exploration Licence in Zag- Morocco
Award of Moroccan Oil Shale Exploration Project
Caithness Awarded New Acreage of Taounate, Morocco
Canamens Signs Offshore Exploration Agreements in Morocco
Circle Oil 2011 Update for Sebou Concession
Circle Oil Announces Operational Update for Morocco
Circle Oil Announces Successful Completion of Moroccan Seismic Survey
Circle Oil Commences Production in Morocco
Circle Oil Drilling Update in Morocco
Circle Oil Finds Gas in Latest Morocco Well
Circle Oil Has Made Further Gas Discovery in Morocco
Circle Oil Operations Update in Morocco
Circle Oil Plc, Operation Update in Morocco
Circle Oil Provides Operational Update in Morocco
Circle Oil Provides Update on Gas Discovery in Morocco
Circle Oil Sebou Commenced Extended Test Production
Circle Oil Signs Morocco Deal
Circle Oil Updates its Operations in Morocco
Circle Oil Updates Operations in Morocco
Circle Oil's Moroccan Agreement Formally Ratified and Partnership Underway with ONHYM
Circle Signed Moroccan Permits for Lalla Mimouna
Dana Acquires Exploration Rights Offshore Morocco
Dana Makes Gas Discovery Offshore Morocco and Accelerates Exploration Drilling Programme
Dana Petroleum Provides Morocco Exploration Update
Dana Petroleum Strikes Two New Deals in Morocco
Discovery in Well CGD-10, Sebou Permit, Morocco
Drilling Update in Sebou Permit, Morocco
Drilling Update Sebou Permit Morocco
DVM Acquires Tarfaya Offshore Comprising 8 permits
Foster Wheeler Awarded Project Management Consultancy Contract In Morocco
Foum Assaka Area Agreement in Morocco
Foum Draa and Sidi Moussa Operational Update
Fugro has been awarded large contract in Morocco
Fugro Robertson Snags Seismic Reprocessing
Further Gas Discovery DRJ-6
GB Petroleum Plc and PGNiG sign Memorandum of Understanding
GB Petroleum Plc awarded acreage in Morocco
Group Campi y Jové acquires exclusive distribution rights for Shell solvents in North Africa
Hydro Signed an Investigation Contract as Operator Offshore Morocco on Friday
Island Oil & Gas Awarded Exploration Permits in Morocco
Island Oil & Gas Extends Reconnaissance Contract in Morocco
Jacobs and OCP Announce Intent to Enter JVA
Jacobs Awarded Contract From OCP
Jacobs Joint Venture, JESA, Awarded Contract from OCP
Kosmos Energy Announces Q2 2011 Operational Update
Kosmos Reconnaissance Contract in Tarhazoute Block
Ministry Confirms Approval of Exploration Permits in Morocco
Moroccan Operational Update
Morocco - New 8-Inch Pipeline
Morocco Awards Contract to Total Energie
Morocco Gives Gas Pay to Circle Oil
New Cretaceous Prospects in Tarfaya Block, Morocco
Oil Shale Update Hydraulic Connectivity Established
Petrobras signs a schist study agreement in Morocco
Petronas Signs Offshore Petroleum Agreement In Morocco
Progress Made in Morocco By Circle Oil
Pura Vida Completes Mazagan Acquisition
Range Resources makes investment in Tangiers
REG-Island Oil & Gas Award of Exploration Permits
Rolls-Royce And Metragaz sign Long-Term Service Agreement for pipeline engine fleet
Saipem Awarded New E&C Onshore Contract in Morocco
San Leon Morocco Operational Update
San Leon Provides Projects Updates in Morocco
Sidi Moktar Farm-in Agreement and Proposed Financing
Sonatrach Signed Contract for Sale of Natural Gas
Stratic Announces Farmout of Moroccan Acreage
Stratic Wins Reconnaissance License in Morocco
Successful Completion of Moroccan Seismic Surveys
Tafejjart-1 Well Onshore Morocco Concluded
Tangiers Reports Increase in Zeus Prospect in Tarfaya
TAQA and THEOLIA Announces Strategic partnership in Morocco
Tarfaya and Zag Operational Update
Tarfaya Oil Shale Pilot Plant Update
Tekfen Construction Signs OCP Contracts
Tethys Oil Announced Drilling Rig Signed For Exploration Well Onshore Morocco
Tethys Oil Announces Operation Update Morocco Field Work Commences
Tethys Oil Has Spudded of Tafejjart-1 Well Onshore Morocco
Tethys Operational Update in Morocco
Tethys Signs Petroleum Agreement in Morocco
TransAtlantic Extends Morocco Presence
Transatlantic May Sell Existing Operations in Morocco
Transatlantic Operational Update in Morocco 2010
TransAtlantic Petroleum announces award of exploration permit in Morocco
TransAtlantic Petroleum Announces Farm-in to Seven Blocks in Morocco
TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp. announces award of reconnaissance license in morocco
TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp. Announces Farmout of Tselfat Permit in Morocco
Transatlantic to Sell All its Interests in Morocco
Transatlantic Updates Drilling Activity in Morocco
Vanco Announces Deepwater 3-D Seismic Acquisition Offshore Morocco
Vanco Energy Company Announces Drilling Agreement with ENI Morocco B.V.
Vanco Group Announces the Conclusion of Drilling Operations on Shark B Well #1
WSRW to Suspend Kosmos Funding
Morocco has a substantial infrastructure to support an active oil and gas exploration and production industry. Major seaports, roadways, airports, pipelines and refineries are near large cities endowed with the usual European and North American style amenities.
Morocco has upstream potential which is being developed. Although hydrocarbon occurrences in Morocco are represented by a variety of liquid and gas accumulations ranging from dry gas in the Rharb Basin, condensate in Essaquira, light oil in Essaquira and Prerif, to heavy oil in Tarfaya, most sedimentary basins are still largely unexplored. Exploration activities can be conducted all the year round.
Morocco has a well-developed downstream industry. Refineries owned and operated by Opil are located at Sidi Kacem and at Mohammedia near Casablanca and have 7 million ton capacity. They annually deliver about 4 million tons.
The Maghreb-Europe gas (MEG) pipeline has been operating since November 1, 1996. In its first phase the MEG will supply Spain and Portugal with gas. The 350 bcf of gas flowing yearly through the MEG can be doubled in the future to supply any other market on its way. The costs of the MEG portion crossing the onshore Morocco and the straits of Gibraltar is $US 800 million financed by gas consumers in Spain and Portugal. In Morocco, the exploitation of the MEG is ensured in a private framework.
Compared to its prolific oil producing neighbour Algeria, the North African Kingdom of Morocco has a modest upstream oil industry. Exploration for oil in Morocco first began in 1929 and by 1939, production was 5,000 tons/year (100 b/d) of oil. Crude oil output increased steadily up to the early 1970's reaching a peak of 420,000 tons.. The country's current proven reserves are estimated at 60,000 tonnes of oil, 1,020 million cu. m. of natural gas and 160,000 tonnes of gas condensate. In addition to oil and gas resouces, Morocco also has oil shale deposits at Timahdit and Tarfaya in the Atlas Mountains. Exploitation of these deposits has so far not been undertaken due to cost factors.
The Moroccan sedimentary basins cover a total exploration area of 417,000 sq km. The number of exploration wells so far spudded does not exceed 242 wells, a drilling density of 1 well per 1723 sq km or 0.06 well/100 sq km.
A more detailed analysis shows that the onshore sedimentary basins, covering an exploration area of 285,000 sq km, were tested by 214 wells, an exploration drilling density of 1 well per 1332 sq km. Considering the 111 wells spudded in the 29,000 sq km of the producing Essaquira and Rharb basins, the well density of the remaining onshore basins does not exceed 1 well per 2485 sq km.
The offshore sedimentary basins, under a water depth not exceeding 200 m, cover an exploration area of 132,000 sq km. The total number of wells drilled, so far, is 28, an exploration density of one well per 4712 sq km. 11 of these wells did not reach their objectives since 6 encountered technical problems and 5 were spudded off structure. The density is subsequently reduced to one well per 6950 sq km. 13 out of the 28 wells drilled are in the Tarfaya-Ifni area where a discovery of heavy oil and important light oil shows were recorded.
The remaining offshore exploration areas (117,000 sq km) are tested by only 16 wells, that is a drilling density not exceeding one well per 7310 sq km.
The most important oil and gas fields currently in production are the Essaouira Basin on the coast producing oil and natural gas, and the Gharb Basin in the north of the country producing natural gas. A considerable gas field has also been discovered at Meskala just north of Essaouira. The national (upstream) oil company, Office Nationale de Recherches et d' Exploitations Pétrolières (ONAREP), plans to develop this field and to sell the gas to the Office National de l'Electricité (ONE) which will install a 2.25MW turbine power station linked to its national grid on the site.
The companies currently involved in exploration and production activity in Morocco are Ashland - Santa Fe which is engaged in exploration work in the offshore area off the port of Agadir, and the Société Chérifienne des Pétroles which is involved in exploration and production in the Essaouira and Gharb Basins.
Lasmo has been awarded an initial, one-year prospecting licence to examine a block covering 7,000 sq.km. in the Essaouira region.
The Ministry of Energy & Mining and the Office National de Recherches et d’Exploitations Pétrolières (ONAREP) have recently announced the extensive hydrocarbon exploration and production opportunities on offer to the international oil industry. With proposed changes to the Hydrocarbon Law in 2000, the potential prospects both on and offshore are extremely attractive to foreign investors.
French company Vitogaz is building an LPG import terminal and tank farm near Casablanca with a capacity of 40,000 ton pa. Somas, which is owned by Elf, Afriquia, Shell, Total and Sodipi has an underground gas tank farm at Sidi Larbi with a capacity of 110,000 tons.
Morocco is progressing with plans to privatise its energy sector. The government is currently in the process of privatising the country's two refineries. In 1993 seven product distribution networks were sold to Mobil, Shell and Total. Total Maroc, now 100% owned by Total Outre Mer following its acquisition of the 50% stake previously held by the Société Nationale Des Produits Pétroliers (SNPP) has sales of one million tons per year including jet fuel, LPG, heavy fuel and lubes and holds 16% of the gasoline market with a network of 300 service stations. Other companies privatised are the Société Marocaine des Hydrocarbures (CMH), and Dragon Gaz (LPG), acquired by the Italian firm Dragofina.
Acquisition of Direct Bulgaria and Direct Morocco
Acquisition of New Exploration Block in Morocco
Award of Full Exploration Licence in Zag- Morocco
Award of Moroccan Oil Shale Exploration Project
Caithness Awarded New Acreage of Taounate, Morocco
Canamens Signs Offshore Exploration Agreements in Morocco
Circle Oil 2011 Update for Sebou Concession
Circle Oil Announces Operational Update for Morocco
Circle Oil Announces Successful Completion of Moroccan Seismic Survey
Circle Oil Commences Production in Morocco
Circle Oil Drilling Update in Morocco
Circle Oil Finds Gas in Latest Morocco Well
Circle Oil Has Made Further Gas Discovery in Morocco
Circle Oil Operations Update in Morocco
Circle Oil Plc, Operation Update in Morocco
Circle Oil Provides Operational Update in Morocco
Circle Oil Provides Update on Gas Discovery in Morocco
Circle Oil Sebou Commenced Extended Test Production
Circle Oil Signs Morocco Deal
Circle Oil Updates its Operations in Morocco
Circle Oil Updates Operations in Morocco
Circle Oil's Moroccan Agreement Formally Ratified and Partnership Underway with ONHYM
Circle Signed Moroccan Permits for Lalla Mimouna
Dana Acquires Exploration Rights Offshore Morocco
Dana Makes Gas Discovery Offshore Morocco and Accelerates Exploration Drilling Programme
Dana Petroleum Provides Morocco Exploration Update
Dana Petroleum Strikes Two New Deals in Morocco
Discovery in Well CGD-10, Sebou Permit, Morocco
Drilling Update in Sebou Permit, Morocco
Drilling Update Sebou Permit Morocco
DVM Acquires Tarfaya Offshore Comprising 8 permits
Foster Wheeler Awarded Project Management Consultancy Contract In Morocco
Foum Assaka Area Agreement in Morocco
Foum Draa and Sidi Moussa Operational Update
Fugro has been awarded large contract in Morocco
Fugro Robertson Snags Seismic Reprocessing
Further Gas Discovery DRJ-6
GB Petroleum Plc and PGNiG sign Memorandum of Understanding
GB Petroleum Plc awarded acreage in Morocco
Group Campi y Jové acquires exclusive distribution rights for Shell solvents in North Africa
Hydro Signed an Investigation Contract as Operator Offshore Morocco on Friday
Island Oil & Gas Awarded Exploration Permits in Morocco
Island Oil & Gas Extends Reconnaissance Contract in Morocco
Jacobs and OCP Announce Intent to Enter JVA
Jacobs Awarded Contract From OCP
Jacobs Joint Venture, JESA, Awarded Contract from OCP
Kosmos Energy Announces Q2 2011 Operational Update
Kosmos Reconnaissance Contract in Tarhazoute Block
Ministry Confirms Approval of Exploration Permits in Morocco
Moroccan Operational Update
Morocco - New 8-Inch Pipeline
Morocco Awards Contract to Total Energie
Morocco Gives Gas Pay to Circle Oil
New Cretaceous Prospects in Tarfaya Block, Morocco
Oil Shale Update Hydraulic Connectivity Established
Petrobras signs a schist study agreement in Morocco
Petronas Signs Offshore Petroleum Agreement In Morocco
Progress Made in Morocco By Circle Oil
Pura Vida Completes Mazagan Acquisition
Range Resources makes investment in Tangiers
REG-Island Oil & Gas Award of Exploration Permits
Rolls-Royce And Metragaz sign Long-Term Service Agreement for pipeline engine fleet
Saipem Awarded New E&C Onshore Contract in Morocco
San Leon Morocco Operational Update
San Leon Provides Projects Updates in Morocco
Sidi Moktar Farm-in Agreement and Proposed Financing
Sonatrach Signed Contract for Sale of Natural Gas
Stratic Announces Farmout of Moroccan Acreage
Stratic Wins Reconnaissance License in Morocco
Successful Completion of Moroccan Seismic Surveys
Tafejjart-1 Well Onshore Morocco Concluded
Tangiers Reports Increase in Zeus Prospect in Tarfaya
TAQA and THEOLIA Announces Strategic partnership in Morocco
Tarfaya and Zag Operational Update
Tarfaya Oil Shale Pilot Plant Update
Tekfen Construction Signs OCP Contracts
Tethys Oil Announced Drilling Rig Signed For Exploration Well Onshore Morocco
Tethys Oil Announces Operation Update Morocco Field Work Commences
Tethys Oil Has Spudded of Tafejjart-1 Well Onshore Morocco
Tethys Operational Update in Morocco
Tethys Signs Petroleum Agreement in Morocco
TransAtlantic Extends Morocco Presence
Transatlantic May Sell Existing Operations in Morocco
Transatlantic Operational Update in Morocco 2010
TransAtlantic Petroleum announces award of exploration permit in Morocco
TransAtlantic Petroleum Announces Farm-in to Seven Blocks in Morocco
TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp. announces award of reconnaissance license in morocco
TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp. Announces Farmout of Tselfat Permit in Morocco
Transatlantic to Sell All its Interests in Morocco
Transatlantic Updates Drilling Activity in Morocco
Vanco Announces Deepwater 3-D Seismic Acquisition Offshore Morocco
Vanco Energy Company Announces Drilling Agreement with ENI Morocco B.V.
Vanco Group Announces the Conclusion of Drilling Operations on Shark B Well #1
WSRW to Suspend Kosmos Funding
Morocco has a substantial infrastructure to support an active oil and gas exploration and production industry. Major seaports, roadways, airports, pipelines and refineries are near large cities endowed with the usual European and North American style amenities.
Morocco has upstream potential which is being developed. Although hydrocarbon occurrences in Morocco are represented by a variety of liquid and gas accumulations ranging from dry gas in the Rharb Basin, condensate in Essaquira, light oil in Essaquira and Prerif, to heavy oil in Tarfaya, most sedimentary basins are still largely unexplored. Exploration activities can be conducted all the year round.
Morocco has a well-developed downstream industry. Refineries owned and operated by Opil are located at Sidi Kacem and at Mohammedia near Casablanca and have 7 million ton capacity. They annually deliver about 4 million tons.
The Maghreb-Europe gas (MEG) pipeline has been operating since November 1, 1996. In its first phase the MEG will supply Spain and Portugal with gas. The 350 bcf of gas flowing yearly through the MEG can be doubled in the future to supply any other market on its way. The costs of the MEG portion crossing the onshore Morocco and the straits of Gibraltar is $US 800 million financed by gas consumers in Spain and Portugal. In Morocco, the exploitation of the MEG is ensured in a private framework.
Compared to its prolific oil producing neighbour Algeria, the North African Kingdom of Morocco has a modest upstream oil industry. Exploration for oil in Morocco first began in 1929 and by 1939, production was 5,000 tons/year (100 b/d) of oil. Crude oil output increased steadily up to the early 1970's reaching a peak of 420,000 tons.. The country's current proven reserves are estimated at 60,000 tonnes of oil, 1,020 million cu. m. of natural gas and 160,000 tonnes of gas condensate. In addition to oil and gas resouces, Morocco also has oil shale deposits at Timahdit and Tarfaya in the Atlas Mountains. Exploitation of these deposits has so far not been undertaken due to cost factors.
The Moroccan sedimentary basins cover a total exploration area of 417,000 sq km. The number of exploration wells so far spudded does not exceed 242 wells, a drilling density of 1 well per 1723 sq km or 0.06 well/100 sq km.
A more detailed analysis shows that the onshore sedimentary basins, covering an exploration area of 285,000 sq km, were tested by 214 wells, an exploration drilling density of 1 well per 1332 sq km. Considering the 111 wells spudded in the 29,000 sq km of the producing Essaquira and Rharb basins, the well density of the remaining onshore basins does not exceed 1 well per 2485 sq km.
The offshore sedimentary basins, under a water depth not exceeding 200 m, cover an exploration area of 132,000 sq km. The total number of wells drilled, so far, is 28, an exploration density of one well per 4712 sq km. 11 of these wells did not reach their objectives since 6 encountered technical problems and 5 were spudded off structure. The density is subsequently reduced to one well per 6950 sq km. 13 out of the 28 wells drilled are in the Tarfaya-Ifni area where a discovery of heavy oil and important light oil shows were recorded.
The remaining offshore exploration areas (117,000 sq km) are tested by only 16 wells, that is a drilling density not exceeding one well per 7310 sq km.
The most important oil and gas fields currently in production are the Essaouira Basin on the coast producing oil and natural gas, and the Gharb Basin in the north of the country producing natural gas. A considerable gas field has also been discovered at Meskala just north of Essaouira. The national (upstream) oil company, Office Nationale de Recherches et d' Exploitations Pétrolières (ONAREP), plans to develop this field and to sell the gas to the Office National de l'Electricité (ONE) which will install a 2.25MW turbine power station linked to its national grid on the site.
The companies currently involved in exploration and production activity in Morocco are Ashland - Santa Fe which is engaged in exploration work in the offshore area off the port of Agadir, and the Société Chérifienne des Pétroles which is involved in exploration and production in the Essaouira and Gharb Basins.
Lasmo has been awarded an initial, one-year prospecting licence to examine a block covering 7,000 sq.km. in the Essaouira region.
The Ministry of Energy & Mining and the Office National de Recherches et d’Exploitations Pétrolières (ONAREP) have recently announced the extensive hydrocarbon exploration and production opportunities on offer to the international oil industry. With proposed changes to the Hydrocarbon Law in 2000, the potential prospects both on and offshore are extremely attractive to foreign investors.
French company Vitogaz is building an LPG import terminal and tank farm near Casablanca with a capacity of 40,000 ton pa. Somas, which is owned by Elf, Afriquia, Shell, Total and Sodipi has an underground gas tank farm at Sidi Larbi with a capacity of 110,000 tons.
Morocco is progressing with plans to privatise its energy sector. The government is currently in the process of privatising the country's two refineries. In 1993 seven product distribution networks were sold to Mobil, Shell and Total. Total Maroc, now 100% owned by Total Outre Mer following its acquisition of the 50% stake previously held by the Société Nationale Des Produits Pétroliers (SNPP) has sales of one million tons per year including jet fuel, LPG, heavy fuel and lubes and holds 16% of the gasoline market with a network of 300 service stations. Other companies privatised are the Société Marocaine des Hydrocarbures (CMH), and Dragon Gaz (LPG), acquired by the Italian firm Dragofina.
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