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La Samir Sovereignty Plan
With diesel prices exceeding 17 dirhams per litre and gasoline reaching 15 dirhams, the future of the La Samir refinery has come back into focus. But Energy Minister Charafat Afilal said that deciding whether to restart it would require legal, judicial, technical, land-related, environmental and economic studies, as well as a collective government decision. She gave no timeline, while also raising the possibility of building another refinery. Morocco currently imports refined products. In 2025, it imported around 6.85 million tonnes of diesel and 892,000 tonnes of gasoline. Before it shut down in 2015, La Samir had the capacity to refine about 200,000 barrels of crude oil a day. The figures suggest that bringing refining back to Morocco could reduce some supply costs and support the diversification of energy sources and strategic reserves. However, the refinery has been in judicial liquidation since 2016, and its future remains unresolved.
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