Morocco plans to invite bids for a $4.5 billion liquified natural gas project

Morocco is planning to invite bids for a $4.5 billion liquified natural gas (LNG) project in Jorf Lasfar. This step comes as the US Trade and Development Agency  awarded a grant to Morocco’s Ministry of Energy to evaluate building an LNG import terminal and regasification facility.

The US Trade and Development agency backs LNG infrastructure in Morocco

The United States of America is backing Morocco's gas projects. Washington is willing to assist the Kingdom's plans to export liquified natural gas to Europe.

Eight months after his suspicious trip to Morocco, EPA’s chief Scott Pruitt resigns

EPA’s chief Scott Pruitt resigned on Thursday, following allegations of self-dealing and wasteful spending. The official heading the USA's environmental protection agency has been criticized for visiting Morocco to promote liquefied gas imports in the Kingdom.

Fighting accusations, Scott Pruitt says his trip to Morocco is a «mischaracterization»

Fighting accusations, EPA’s chief Scott Pruitt told Interior-Environment Subcommittee Wednesday that his trip to Morocco was business-related.

Scott Pruitt’s visit to Morocco initiated by a lobbyist hired later by the Kingdom’s embassy

Recent revelations show that Scott Pruitt’s visit to Morocco was arranged by an American lobbyist. The latter has signed later a $40.000 contract with the Moroccan Embassy in Washington.

Scott Pruitt attended one meeting on his first day in Morocco, says updated calendar

Huge blocks of Scott Pruitt’s Moroccan trip calendar have been blacked out

Details about EPA’s chief trip to Morocco were hidden when sent to ABC news. Huge blocks of the calendars were blacked out raising more questions about what Scott Pruitt was doing in the Kingdom.

Was EPA’s chief Scott Pruitt pushed by American LNG companies to visit Morocco ?

A Democrat is questioning EPA’s chief recent trip to Morocco. In a letter sent to the agency, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse points at Scott Pruitt’s meetings with LNG exporters days before visiting the Kingdom.