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Morocco's local gas production is expected to reach 110 million cubic meters in 2021, while its annual consumption stands at 1 billion cubic meters. Most of it was once supplied by the halted pipeline.Morocco's natural gas needs would triple to three billion cubic meters by 2040 as the country looks to LNG to boost its low carbon transition and address the irregular supply of renewables, Benali said.https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3296136/morocco-explores-gas-market-after-row-algeria

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10209461/Pfizer-files-emergency-use-authorization-FDA-Covid-pill.html

https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/natural-gas/111221-morocco-to-start-downstream-division-for-domestic-oil-and-gas-projects

The Project.........

https://www.idom.com/en/project/feed-gas-field-in-tendrara-2-million-sm³-d/

Synairgen Completes Recruitment of Phase III Trial of SNG001 in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

UK-based Synairgen reported it had hit its recruitment target of 610 participants for its global Phase III SPRINTER trial of SNG001 for hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The study is being run in 17 countries. The drug is an inhaled formulation of interferon beta, a broad-spectrum antiviral protein. A topline readout is expected in early 2022, and if successful, the company plans to file for an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) in the U.S.

“Over the past year, based on a growing body of clinical data, we have become even more confident that inhaled interferon beta may have an important role in helping hospitalized patients recover from COVID-19,” said Tom Wilkinson, professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Southampton, and SPRINTER Trial chief investigator. “Today’s milestone brings us one step closer to evaluating the potential of SNG001 as an innovative, new therapy for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, something that is urgently needed.”

https://www.biospace.com/article/covid-19-update-rare-side-effects-misinformation-and-positive-research

https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/morocco-expects-110m-cubic-meters-of-natural-gas-in-2021/

“The development of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments is moving fast, but we still have a lot to learn,” said Davey Smith, M.D., University of California, San Diego, A5404 study chair. “A5404 aims to help us better understand how people who have had COVID-19 and may have been treated for it respond to vaccination to prevent reinfection with COVID-19. As such, this study has the potential to fill in a major gap in our knowledge about the relationship between COVID-19 treatment and vaccination.”

ACTIV-2, the parent study of A5404, is currently evaluating several agents in phase 3 after having completed a phase 2 study of each treatment:

BRII-196 plus BRII-198: two monoclonal antibodies administered as two separate infusions as a one-time dose (fully enrolled)
SAB-185: a polyclonal antibody, which combines many different antibodies in a single infusion
SNG001: a nebulized formulation of beta interferon being studied as an inhalant taken every day for 14 days

https://scitechdaily.com/new-study-evaluating-how-a-history-of-covid-19-may-affect-mrna-vaccine-response/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10158061/Top-scientist-quits-SAGE-Britains-concerning-Covid-infection-rates.html

Agence Ecofin) - Sound Energy and Afriquia Gaz initialed a contract in August for the sale and purchase of liquefied natural gas from the Tendrara concession and the two companies hope to meet the necessary requirements for phase 1 of the project's development.

In Morocco, Sound Energy indicated that an agreement providing for the extension of the preliminary contractual conditions relating to phase 1 of the LNG sale and purchase contract, related to the development of the TE-5 Horst well in the Tendrara concession, was signed with the Moroccan distributor Afriquia Gaz on November 1.

The preconditions that were originally supposed to be met on October 29 will now have to be met by November 30 at the latest, a one-month extension.

According to the details of the announcement, this contractual extension comes to allow the satisfaction of the preconditions which could not be met despite the work done in this direction by the parties in recent weeks. Because, while several of the agreed preconditions have been met, those relating to the development contract for the gas treatment and liquefaction facility must still be met, as well as those related to the financing of the project.

Afriquia Gaz must also provide regulatory approvals for the transport of LNG by tankers. Graham Lyon, Executive Chairman of Sound Energy is confident that with this expansion, "all preconditions will be met and all contracts executed" specifying that the launch of Phase 1 of Tendrara's development will be announced in due course.

https://www.agenceecofin.com/gaz-naturel/0211-92832-maroc-les-conditions-prealables-a-l-execution-du-contrat-d-achat-du-gnl-de-tendrara-prolongees-d-un-mois

Phase 1 Development LNG Sale & Purchase Agreement Extension



Sound Energy, the energy transition company, announces that Afriquia Gaz and Sound Energy have agreed an extension to the period during which the contractual conditions precedent to the Phase 1 LNG Sale & Purchase Agreement announced by the Company on 29 July 2021 (the "LNG SPA") are required to be satisfied until the 30 November 2021.



As announced on 29 July 2021, the LNG SPA is conditional upon fulfilment of certain conditions precedent and the extension now agreed is expected to allow those conditions precedent not yet satisfied, relating to the plant development contract, financing and remaining regulatory approvals to be documented contemporaneously.

Morocco’s electricity and water authority responded to Algeria’s decision to terminate the pipeline’s contract on Sunday, October 31.

A joint statement from ONEE and the National Office for hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) said that the decision will have no immediate effects on Morocco’s electricity system.

“Other options are being explored for sustainable, medium, and long-term alternatives.”

https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/11/345280/algerian-official-end-of-pipeline-contract-with-morocco-shows-importance-of-regional-integration

Trying to change the focus!

Of the 66 searched studies, 8 were included in our review. These studies demonstrated that although IFN-ß did not reduce the time to clinical response, there was an increase in discharge rate at day 14 and a decrease in mortality at day 28. The time to negative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was shown to be significantly shortened in patients receiving IFN-ß, along with a lower nasopharyngeal viral load. Further, patients receiving IFN-ß had a less significant rise in IL-6. IFN-ß was shown to decrease intensive care unit (ICU) admission rate, the requirement of invasive ventilation in severe cases, and improve the survival rate compared to control groups. There were no severe adverse events reported. Our review found that patients who received early treatment with IFN-ß experienced significantly reduced length of hospitalization, mortality, ICU admission, and mechanical ventilation. A greater chance of clinical improvement and improved imaging studies was noted in patients who received IFN-ß. There were no reported deaths associated with the addition of IFN-ß. Further randomized trials involving more significant sample sizes are needed to better understand the effect of IFN-ß on survival in COVID-19.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8258298/

The link......

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Part 2
Hydrocarbons: Sound Energy refocuses its gas activities in Morocco

Sound Energy projections: meeting Morocco's domestic needs before Europe
"And as soon as we have satisfied the domestic needs of Morocco, we can sell in Europe". He continued, “But I am determined not to do anything other than our commitments. We cannot put the infrastructure in place when we have the tax problem on us. " Lyon added that Morocco was extremely under-explored. “We are sitting on reservoirs with a geology similar to Algeria.” “I am sure that we will succeed in this project, if we undertake it”. New gas discoveries in Morocco could also be used to supply Spain via the GME pipeline, whose transit agreement is due to expire at the end of October. In this configuration, Lyon outbid, "Morocco is losing since it satisfies almost all of
its gas demand thanks to imports from Algeria, supplied in partial payment for the transit service".

The closure of the GME boosted Morocco's ambitions
"The threat of Algerians cutting off their gas has focused the minds of Moroccans a little more on trying to develop some of their national resources rather than importing energy," Lyon said. The new government wants to focus on domestic gas production, which it sees as a key transitional fuel. “We fit in very well in this space,” said Lyon. In the meantime, Sound Energy is continuing its micro-LNG project and has signed a gas sales agreement with local fuel supplier Afriquia Gaz, which also owns a small stake in Sound Energy. "We are very advanced in setting up a process and signing a contract for the construction of the LNG plant," said Lyon.

"We will probably have - via Afriquia Gaz - six or seven industrial users of our LNG cheaper and in great demand than imported LPG". In addition, Morocco is also considering importing LNG into a new floating import terminal, after launching a call for tenders last March for the supply of a floating storage and regasification unit. However, Lyon said that “imported LNG would be more expensive than domestic gas production. “The simplest and most profitable gas is domestic gas”.

https://fr.hespress.com/231138-hydrocarbures-sound-energy-recentre-ses-activites-gazieres-au-maroc.html

With all this news coming along we must be due an................

Part 1
Hydrocarbons: Sound Energy refocuses its gas activities in Morocco

While Algeria ratified yesterday, the de-supply of the Maghreb Europe Gas Pipeline (GME) on the occasion of the visit to Algiers, of the third vice-president of the Spanish executive, Teresa Ribera, the British Sound Energy plans to refocus its gas activities in Morocco.

Also Sound Energy says it is ready to sign a key supply agreement with the state public service, but in return hopes for a rapid conclusion of the tax dispute between it and this same state and which would have led the company to suspend some of his projects. Indeed, this situation has led it, while keeping its most important development plans under review, to go ahead than with the much smaller micro-LNG project and to reduce costs. activities in particular those of explorations.

The tax dispute weighs the wings of Sound Energy for a suitable development
In a recent interview with S&P Global Platts, Sound Energy CEO Graham Lyon said his company, which operates the largest gas discovery ever made in the North African country, was ready to continue work on development at its Tendrara field in eastern Morocco, notably with the signing of a key sales agreement with the state-owned company ONEE. Sound Energy is a partner in Tendrara of the Moroccan public company Office Nationale des Hydrocarbons et des Mines (ONHYM), which is supporting it in its multi-million dollar tax dispute. “ONHYM has been very supportive and recognizes that we are right,” said Lyon, adding that his appeal would be heard from next month. Lyon said he hoped the case would be resolved quickly, but warned it could "drag on," meaning Sound Energy could ease off on Tendrara's future development.

Sound Energy is committed to a final contract for the sale of gas locally
Sound had signed a memorandum of understanding at the end of 2019 to supply 300 million m3 of gas to ONEE from Tendrara, enough to cover about a third of its gas needs. Despite the ongoing tax dispute, Lyon has also said it "intends" to sign "anyway" the final gas sale agreement with ONEE. “Without this trigger, we cannot start the funding,” he said, adding that the initial engineering of the development was complete. In addition, Sound is preparing to invest $ 250 million in the project, including new wells, a gas processing plant and a 120 km secondary pipeline to connect to the GME trunk line. Lyon said there were also important upstream opportunities that could be exploited in eastern Morocco. “We have a lot of exploration potential, maybe 30 different sites where we could consider drilling. If only 10% are successful, we would be able to meet Morocco's national gas demand, ”said Lyon.

Moving a little again.............have they got a tight hold this time!

Hopefully a more user friendly link?

https://newsbeezer.com/morroco/revelations-on-the-realignment-of-sound-energys-activities-in-morocco/

Interesting........requires translation........Could be news very soon.

https://www.medias24.com/2021/10/27/revelations-sur-le-recentrage-de-lactivite-de-sound-energy-au-maroc/

Revelations on the refocusing of Sound Energy's activity in Morocco
FIRST INTER-MINISTERIAL MEETING ON INVESTMENT
LAWYERS 'SOLIDARITY FUND: IN CASABLANCA, DETAILS OF LEVIES UNVEILED
After the statements of the president of the English company indicating a refocusing of its activities in Morocco, Médias24 asked for an expert close to the file. According to him, Sound Energy and its partner Afriquia Gaz will eventually create the first liquid methane transport ecosystem for the Moroccan domestic market.
A few days before the end of Algerian gas deliveries via the Maghreb Europe gas pipeline, and after the declaration of the boss of Sound Energy (SE) to refocus all of his company's projects in the Kingdom, no interlocutor from ONHYM or SE n 'agreed to comment on the Algerian decision or to explain what the Moroccan refocusing of the exploration company's activities would consist of.

After insistence, Médias24 was able to gather, on condition of anonymity, the confidences of a geologist close to this case, relating in particular to its gas liquefaction project discovered at Tendrara, in collaboration with the Afriquia Gaz group, which is supposed to supply industrial customers.

Still time........

Polygon...........