Casablanca – Despite committing to assisting other European countries in the ongoing energy crisis, Spain is reportedly prioritizing delivering gas to Morocco above the EU.
Although Spain ceased exporting gas to northern Europe in August, it has maintained a continuous shipment to Morocco, the Spanish news agency Libre Mercado detailed on August 26.
According to official data mentioned by the Spanish news platform, Spain supplied Morocco with 0.5 GWh/day on August 1 and increased the cargo to 1 GWh/day on August 2.
On August 5, it moved straight to an even higher delivery of 31.5 GWh/day. On most other days in recent weeks, it has maintained those exports with significant quantities, such as the 18.7 GWh/day delivered on August 15, and the 11.4 GWh/day transmitted on August 19.
While Spain remains dependent on Russian gas, especially since its gas imports from Algeria have decreased significantly, it has not abandoned its pledge to assist in the delivery of gas to Morocco.
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According to Libre Mercado, this year, the United States has so far exported 8,530 GWh to Spain, against only 2,664 GWh by the end of July 2021.
Spain has also purchased 5,882 GWh of gas each month from Nigeria this year, up from 1,142 GWh last year.
In addition, the European country has imported 5,317 GWh per month from Russia, up from 2,204 GWh in July of last year.
Amidst the gas crisis that both countries are witnessing, Spain and Morocco have remained committed to one another.
Morocco maintained its attempts to enhance its energy connection with Spain despite Algeria’s decision to cut bilateral relations with Morocco and terminate a decades-old regional pipeline deal.
In June 2022, Enagas, Spain’s national energy company, began transporting natural gas from Spain to Morocco via the Maghreb-Europe Gas pipeline (MEG), using gas exported from the United States.
