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Post-tax profit slumped to $19.4 billion last year from $42.3 billion in 2022, when prices had soared on key energy producer Russia's invasion on Ukraine. (AFP)
  • The agreement includes the annual delivery of 500 million cubic meters of LNG to Morocco, the value of the 12-year deal has not been disclosed
  • In the initial years, the gas will be delivered through Spanish ports and the Maghreb GME, It will eventually be delivered through planned Moroccan LNG terminals

Rabat, Morocco– Energy giant Shell will supply Morocco with six billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG) over 12 years under a new agreement, Morocco’s energy ministry has said.

Representatives of Morocco’s national electricity authority, ONEE, and the British firm signed a contract on Friday in Rabat, the ministry said in a statement.

The agreement includes the annual delivery of 500 million cubic meters of LNG to Morocco. The value of the 12-year deal has not been disclosed.

In the initial years, the gas will be delivered through Spanish ports and the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline (GME). It will eventually be delivered through planned Moroccan LNG terminals.

Morocco has sought to diversify its energy sources particularly since neighbouring Algeria stopped supplying natural gas via the GME in November 2021, after severing ties over the disputed Western Sahara territory.

According to ONEE chief Abderrahim El Hafidi, the agreement with Shell will “address part of our needs and ensure the supply of natural gas to our power plants”.

Leila Benali, Morocco’s minister of energy transition and sustainable development, was quoted in the statement as saying “this medium-term supply contract will strengthen the kingdom’s energy security and improve its competitiveness by accelerating the Moroccan decarbonisation strategy.”