The German energy company RWE prepares to supply Morocco with natural gas through Spain using the Maghreb-European pipeline, the Spanish online newspaper elEconomista reported on Thursday.
The same source said that The German company is preparing to ship gas to Morocco after the gas pipeline was put into operation on Tuesday.
The gas shipments will be made as soon as the official permits, added elEconomista, pointing out that the plan of the German company is to send gas shipments to the Spanish regasification plants in order to subsequently use the Maghreb gas pipeline as a gateway to Morocco.
The reactivation of the Maghreb-European pipeline from Madrid and Rabat came after 8 months after the Algerian decision not to renew the contract of using the Maghreb-European gas pipeline for transporting natural gas to Spain through Morocco due to the diplomatic crisis between Algeria and Rabat.
The Algerian decision meant a stop of gas supplies for Morocco, so the kingdom had to find new suppliers, therefore it decided to go to the global market to sign contracts for selling liquid natural gas (LNG) for the first time in its history.
Morocco headed to Spain to use its stations to convert LNG to natural gas, then pump it through the Maghreb-European pipeline to Morocco.
Algeria has recently warned Spain that it would cut gas supplies if Madrid exported the Algerian gas to Morocco, and the Spanish third vice-president, Teresa Ribera, affirmed that the Algerian gas will not be exported to Morocco and the latter will buy LNG from the global market and will transport from Spain.
