Spain started pumping gas to Morocco giving a new life to a gas pipeline that was halted by Algeria last October, in a failed move to pressure both Morocco and Spain to bow to its hegemonic agenda. Its data showed that gas started flowing in reverse to Morocco from Spain. In a hysterical response, Algeria warned Spain not to sell any of its gas to Morocco. Using the gas as a blackmail card will only undermine Algeria’s market share in the European energy market amid a push towards renewable energy to reduce dependence on authoritarian states. The US has already unseated Algeria becoming Spain’s main gas supplier and Nigerian gas is slowly eating into Algeria’s market share.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 29, 2022 19:34 UTC