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Rabat relaunches floating LNG terminal project

Published on 26.06.2024 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

Leila Benali, Morocco's Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, in Munich, Germany, 18 February 2024. © Tobias Hase/DPA Picture-Alliance via AFP

The kingdom is looking at a number of ways to diversify its gas imports. Time is running out as Morocco embarks on the construction of energy-intensive industrial infrastructure.

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