8 August 2025
WESTERN SAHARA CONTROVERSY }}}} Laayoune is the northmost town in the disputed Western Sahara territory, where Rabat claims Moroccan sovereignty and continues to carry out renewable energy and development projects, ignoring the opposition of neighboring Algeria and calls for independence by the local Saharawi population (see map & MEES, 31 January). ...
8 August 2025
Europe’s three largest sources of nitrogen fertilizers are Russia, followed by Egypt and Algeria (see chart 2). A tax on Russian-origin products would open opportunities for Fertiglobe’s facilities in Egypt and its 2mn t/y Sorfert facility in Algeria (Fertiglobe 51%, Sonatrach 49%) to increase supplies to Europe. 2: Russia Has Been The Largest Supplier Of Fertilizers To The Eu So Far This Year (%) Speaking about the tariffs Mr Hoshy says they “will definitely have an effect,” adding “we are the largest market share for urea into Europe and are well placed with our duty-free product from Egypt and Algeria to go into the European markets.” ...
8 August 2025
The meetings primarily focused on regional security, with Mr Boulos praising Algeria’s role in counterterrorism and Sahel stability. ... Perhaps the most significant aspect of the Trump envoy’s stop in Algeria is that it concluded his Maghreb tour. ...
1 August 2025
“There are other ways, you know, we can continue to develop relationships with Egypt, with Mena and with Algeria. ...
1 August 2025
*Recent gains have been supported by the unwinding of Opec+ production cuts, with Total having large production bases in the UAE, Algeria and Oman. ...
25 July 2025
On 24 July, Sonatrach officially signed a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with Total and QatarEnergy (24.5% each) for the Ahara perimeter, which was awarded to the consortium when Algeria held a successful hydrocarbons bid round in June (MEES, 20 June). ... Eni has been expanding its footprint in Algeria in recent years (MEES, 18 April), with the acquisition of substantial exploration and development acreage surrounding its Berkine Basin assets (MEES, 11 July). ...
11 July 2025
QatarEnergy recently entered neighbouring Algeria for the first time after winning the Ahara license in partnership with France’s TotalEnergies (MEES, 20 June), while Omani state-owned drilling firm Abraj Energy recently signed a deal with Algeria’s Sonatratch for a planned joint-venture oil services company (MEES, 9 May). ...
11 July 2025
Algeria’s Top Foreign Producer (‘000 boe/d, Net): Eni Has Extended Its Lead With Successive Purchases Over 2022-24 Most recently, Eni teamed up with Thailand’s PTTEP in securing the “highly promising” Reggane II gas licence after the conclusion of Algeria’s hydrocarbons bid round in June (MEES, 20 June). The deal with Eni comes amid Algeria’s recent efforts to revive its hydrocarbon sector, positioning itself as a key partner for energy exports to Europe. ...
20 June 2025
PTTEP also has a long-established presence in Algeria since 2004 (MEES, 12 April 2004). ... ZPEC is also a new entrant to Algeria’s hydrocarbons sector. ...
20 June 2025
Sizeable capacity declines are forecast for the likes of Mexico, Nigeria and Algeria, while the core Middle East members such as UAE, Iraq and Saudi Arabia as well as Kazakhstan are all expected to add capacity (see chart 3). 3: IEA Forecast On Opec+ Crude Capacity Changes (mn b/d: 2030 Vs 2024) Overall, the IEA sees Opec+ crude oil capacity increasing by 810,000 b/d between 2024 and 2030. ...
13 June 2025
Total LNG imports of 8.32bcm were also a record, with sizeable volumes also supplied by Nigeria, Algeria and Equatorial Guinea. ...
13 June 2025
As conflict and political rivalries escalate across North Africa, regional actors are raising concerns over the UAE’s growing influence in the troubled region, with observers noting Abu Dhabi’s shift towards transactional and pragmatic policies as part of a broader push for influence and political clout in Africa. Nowhere in North Africa is Emirati involvement more contentious than in Sudan, where the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have been engaged in a brutal civil war with the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for over two years (MEES, 18 April). ...
6 June 2025
Meanwhile, the Algeria-backed Polisario Front controls the remaining 20% (see map), seeking an end to Moroccan “occupation” and the establishment of an independent state for the indigenous Sahrawi people. ... In the meantime, Rabat has followed a fait accompli policy of relentless expansion of renewable energy and development projects in the disputed territory, ignoring the opposition of neighboring Algeria and the lack of official international recognition (MEES, 31 January). ...
23 May 2025
The trading arms of state giants QatarEnergy, Algeria’s Sonatrach, Saudi Aramco and the UAE’s Adnoc have all approached state gas firm EGAS to supply Egypt with LNG this summer, and potentially out to 2030, according to reports in the Egyptian media. ...
23 May 2025
Algeria’s foreign ministry on 19 May took retaliatory measures against France after Paris reportedly cancelled visa-free privileges for Algerian diplomatic passport holders, with both countries expelling diplomats and exchanging accusations in what has been described as the worst breakdown of bilateral relations since Algeria’s independence from its former colonizer in 1962 (MEES, 2 May). ...
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