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Copy the full link into your browser, for SWIR flaring image & pull the split page to the right. You can also zoom in to 50m definition.

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Regarding the transport and storage of natural gas, the draft law provides for the possibility of granting these rights to the company on a transitional basis and without a monopoly. This will remain in effect until the relevant legal texts are published. The Ministry has been working on improving the company's governance structures, the possibility of creating subsidiaries, and acquiring stakes in public or private companies. This also includes the transfer of the Office's assets, liabilities, rights, and obligations to the company. The same applies to the framework for the company's activities on behalf of the State through program contracts.

Phosphates outside the scope of development

Furthermore, the draft law defines the missions of the new company, which will be responsible for conducting all studies and research and exploration work aimed at discovering and evaluating deposits, particularly hydrocarbon and mineral resources. The company will be responsible for the development and exploitation of hydrocarbon fields. It will also be tasked with promoting the potential of hydrocarbons and other mineral resources. But one crucial point: the bill does not concern phosphates. This text aims to guarantee a seamless legal transition. It stipulates that the transformation will not lead to any cessation of activity and will not invalidate the contracts signed by ONHYM with its partners. All of the Office's assets, obligations, contracts, and authorizations will be transferred to the new company.

277 permits reallocated to other investors

Investment in both sectors, particularly in research and exploration, is characterized by risk-taking and requires substantial financial resources. To improve the performance of these projects, the Ministry has launched structuring initiatives such as the modernization of the mining framework. The new project will be called 72-24 instead of 33-13. The second structuring project concerns the upgrading of the national mining infrastructure. This will be achieved through the implementation of a program focused on strengthening financial oversight of mining projects, with the aim of canceling and withdrawing inactive permits. The goal is to reallocate these permits to more competitive investors. This operation has already resulted in the reallocation of 277 mining authorizations this year. The third initiative aims to develop all components of the hydrocarbon value chain. This will be accomplished through increased exploration activities and a restructuring of the ministry. In addition, procedures will be simplified and public services in these two sectors will be digitized.

Mohamed CHAOUI

Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc.

Onhym: The transformation into a public limited company is taking shape

Article by Mohamed CHAOUI • 1 day ago

On Monday evening, Leila Benali presented the draft law concerning the transformation of the National Hydrocarbons Office (ONHYM) into a public limited company (SA) to the Infrastructure Committee of the House of Representatives. Addressing the members of parliament, the Minister of Energy Transition emphasized that this is the first draft law transforming a public institution into an SA since 2020, the date of the royal directives for the reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). As such, it should serve as a model for the 57 other public institutions and enterprises (SOEs) that are slated to change their status, in order to address their operational shortcomings. This operation is considered the first reform within this strategic framework, following the creation of the National Agency for the Strategic Management of State Holdings and Performance Monitoring of Public Institutions and Enterprises (ANGSPE). The objective is to make it an effective lever for repositioning ONHYM within the value chain of its activities. The supervisory ministry has worked on enhancing the value of the Office's assets and developing its resources.

According to the Minister, the provisions of this project address several points. The first concerns the repositioning of the hydrocarbons and mining sector within the value chain. The goal is to generate wealth and achieve a better return on state investment.

Secondly, the project aims to allow the company to gradually open its capital, while the state retains a majority of voting rights within its governing bodies. Its governance will be ensured by a board of directors, supplemented by independent directors. The company's management will be entrusted to a managing director. The objective is to improve governance, increase performance, and diversify the sources of financing for its projects.

In this process, the Minister emphasized the need to contribute to the establishment of a geoscientific information system for mining and hydrocarbon resources. This system is known as the mining cadastre. Morocco does not have such a system, even though it has helped other African countries obtain one, Leila Benali noted during her presentation. She believes the time has come to establish one, as the data is currently scattered between the relevant ministry and the National Office of Hygiene and Meteorology (ONHYM). Ministry officials, in collaboration with those from the Office, are currently working on the project, and the first version will be released soon.

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Thanks to mlf51, Scot26, Adz_K & BricksSA,

it took me a while but was able to confirm the flaring on EOS Landsat 8 infra-red :-)

Bookmarked already. GLA.

Guys over on PANR caught the first flaring from Dubhe-1 well, near Deadhorse Alaska.

Using infra-red setting & the Landsat 8 satellite. Took me a while to set up, figure out & repeat, but can confirm the flare too :-)

Hope this link works. PS - Looks like Copernicus ends or cant daylight scan during the shorter winter days around Deadhorse.

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Thanks to Keel1 over on PRD & the bad synopsis by DB :-)

https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-business/tom-obrien-of-nephin-energy-on-the-importance-of-gas-the-potential-of-biomethane-and-whether-our-energy-bills-will-come-down/

H2 in its future, currently Corrib 20% of gas supply, dwindling over 10 yrs, 3.5 billion Euro in Infrastructure investments & necessary grid connections, looking for more methane near term, investment environment tough in recent years, existing adjacent & relinquished licences options close to Corrib, if we identify another resource, it could tie back quite seamlessly.... a lot of spare capacity at Corrib right now,

NZ revisiting licences, maybe UK too, mostly for near infrastructure plays, future renewable gas options, thou methane necessary meanwhile, Ireland needs gas for the no wind days.

No LNG import capacity yet. Operation Cathal says, if connectors lost, 6 months national disaster, a single point source & any responsible gov, would mitigate. this risk.

Off shore wind years away, in hurt locker, Grid capacity problems. Need evidence based wind plans.

Corrib could connect to future offshore floating wind plans & produce H2.

Emergency LNG Storage not enough, maybe 1 wk emergency supply.

Better relations in Bellinaboy, Mayo, jobs & investment, lessons learned.

Tim O'Brien is ex TOR Providence, Barryroe has life in the old dog :-) Need a change in gov decisions, would LG like to go forward???

"DB- I like this inter connection. Interview timing sounds to me like broad legal challenges are a foot".

Nephin only, advancing bio methane plans (cow shoot anaerobic digestors) "less than 0.5% "DB" .

Double digit million Ryan energy solidarity payment, hopefully over now.

Maybe energy supplier consolidation in future.

Gas from Corrib, is 4-13 times less CO2 intensive than Quator, Norway, etc. "unmentioned is 20% US fracked gas thru UK)

From Keel1 over on PRD, bad synopsis by DB :-)

https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-business/tom-obrien-of-nephin-energy-on-the-importance-of-gas-the-potential-of-biomethane-and-whether-our-energy-bills-will-come-down/

H2 in its future, currently Corrib 20% of gas supply, dwindling over 10 yrs, 3.5 billion Euro in Infrastructure investments & necessary grid connections, looking for more methane near term, investment environment tough in recent years, existing adjacent & relinquished licences options close to Corrib, if we identify another resource, it could tie back quite seamlessly.... a lot of spare capacity at Corrib right now,

NZ revisiting licences, maybe UK too, mostly for near infrastructure plays, future renewable gas options, thou methane necessary meanwhile, Ireland needs gas for the no wind days.

No LNG import capacity yet. Operation Cathal says, if connectors lost, 6 months national disaster, a single point source & any responsible gov, would mitigate. this risk.

Off shore wind years away, in hurt locker, Grid capacity problems. Need evidence based wind plans.

Corrib could connect to future offshore floating wind plans & produce H2.

Emergency LNG Storage not enough, maybe 1 wk emergency supply.

Better relations in Bellinaboy, Mayo, jobs & investment, lessons learned.

Tim O'Brien is ex TOR Providence, Barryroe has life in the old dog :-) Need a change in gov decisions, would LG like to go forward???

"DB- I like this inter connection. Interview timing sounds to me like broad legal challenges are a foot".

Nephin only, advancing bio methane plans (cow shoot anaerobic digestors) "less than 0.5% "DB" .

Double digit million Ryan energy solidarity payment, hopefully over now.

Maybe energy supplier consolidation in future.

Gas from Corrib, is 4-13 times less CO2 intensive than Quator, Norway, etc. "unmentioned is 20% US fracked gas thru UK)

Come back BRV, all is forgiven :-)

H2 in its future, currently Corrib 20% of gas supply, dwindling over 10 yrs, 3.5 billion Euro in Infrastructure investments & necessary grid connections, looking for more methane near term, investment environment tough in recent years, existing adjacent & relinquished licences options close to Corrib, if we identify another resource, it could tie back quite seamlessly.... a lot of spare capacity at Corrib right now,

NZ revisiting licences, maybe UK too, mostly for near infrastructure plays, future renewable gas options, thou methane necessary meanwhile, Ireland needs gas for the no wind days.

No LNG import capacity yet. Operation Cathal says, if connectors lost, 6 months national disaster, a single point source & any responsible gov, would mitigate. this risk.

Off shore wind years away, in hurt locker, Grid capacity problems. Need evidence based wind plans.

Corrib could connect to future offshore floating wind plans & produce H2.

Emergency LNG Storage not enough, maybe 1 wk emergency supply.

Better relations in Bellinaboy, Mayo, jobs & investment, lessons learned.

Tim O'Brien is ex TOR Providence, Barryroe has life in the old dog :-) Need a change in gov decisions, would LG like to go forward???

"DB- I like this inter connection. Interview timing sounds to me like broad legal challenges are a foot".

Nephin only, advancing bio methane plans (cow shoot anaerobic digestors) "less than 0.5% "DB" .

Double digit million Ryan energy solidarity payment, hopefully over now.

Maybe energy supplier consolidation in future.

Gas from Corrib, is 4-13 times less CO2 intensive than Quator, Norway, etc. "unmentioned is 20% US fracked gas thru UK)

Come back BRV, all is forgiven :-)

Https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-business/tom-obrien-of-nephin-energy-on-the-importance-of-gas-the-potential-of-biomethane-and-whether-our-energy-bills-will-come-down/

I mentioned earlier, "they" appear to be moving over from PRD, multiple new accounts, after multiple bans by LSE, fake positives initially and credibility building, then turn super or subtly nasty quickly, with repeated copied negative same, same, posts, under multiple alias. Guessing between 2-4 troll group, maybe only 1-2 on PRD. There they have lost all credibility & effect, we are all way too wise for their trolling shyte after 3 yrs+. GLA LTH's on PANR, donalb

Afternoon all, I spent a lot of time on ECT/ISCID research before investing in RKH, happy camper today. Also not mentioned so far, is rewards "pre-payment" can be sold on for a % to investment houses & one can even insure against loosing a case, all ala RKH case.

"The ECT contains a 20-year sunset clause".

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2022/703592/IPOL_STU(2022)703592(SUM01)_EN.pdf

From Co-Pilot & other sources - Grounds for case - Non-Compliance with Professional or Contractual Standards

For example, unjustified delays in granting licenses, permits, or access to facilities, which materially affect investment returns, can constitute valid grounds.

Hi mtfw, slightly confused by your comparison, so dr googled it.

EG : 2.2 TCF of gas ≈ 379 million boe prospective resources

NS : 2.9 billion boe reserves + 4.6 billion boe prospective resources

https://www.worldoil.com/news/2025/10/17/north-sea-recoverable-oil-and-gas-resources-rise-31-after-last-licensing-round-new-report-shows/

Thanks mlf51, quite possible there are on-site photo's of early clean up gas flare by now. Fingers crossed.

PS - dont trust Wind in The Willows, he is just one of the multiple re-incarnating name changers, repeatedly banned trollers over on PRD.

There was no scheduled Copernicus Satellite pass yesterday. And idea of the source or if its even real ?

PRD should also claim for the "Rams Head" licence loss too, that they were strong armed out of. Personally hoping that the multiple companies that have been stonewalled by Ryanstein & others, launch simultaneous proceedings & coordinate with all their multiple problems & blocking strategies encountered.

Evening StockCheque, if any award is comparable to RKH's, one could add in a "Euribor 12 month rate + another 4 % interest, compounding annually ", so the longer it takes, the sums become stratospheric.

I posted before that the Co-Pilot estimation for a second similar RKH award of ~€190M will be worth near €340-350M in 3 more years, on a 2nd claim application.

Wasn't all today's negative trolling meant to encourage nervous & Christmas cash stretched people to sell their PRD shares for thruppence ?

Then how come; by the end of the day's tirades, there are near 2-1 share buys to sells. Maybe all these mangy trolls have zero credibility ?

I would suggest that toothless fires the lot of "him" :-)

Hello all, my own opinion is that their can be no combining of these cases, in any manner. What there can be full cooperation, is the commonality of accusations of endless blockages & refusals from Ryanstein & the DECC. With all the shared info & DECC excuses, they can most certainly prove, a long term & ongoing illegal pattern of licence advancement delays, without any real legal foundations. These cases & I hope they are sued by all licence denial victims, could cost several billions in collective awards. GLA, db

Https://en.mercopress.com/2025/10/27/falklands-government-signs-contracts-for-construction-of-new-port-facility

Strange day, only 5.7 M shares posted as buys & sells, yet 13 M shares traded. On a quick & simple examination, it would appear the late unknowns were 70-80% sells & 20-30% buys, if its ever possible to even guesstimate. My tuppence worth is some people quickly doubled their money & are taking profits, before any deal/no-deal news ??? There will always be windows to buy back in on great news. For me, tax wise, I will ride the wave. GLA, donalb