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INTRODUCTION SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS WORK NEW STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPING MOROCCAN OIL SHALE Investi tigati ting new geological str tructu tures th that t can conta tain bitu tuminous rocks De Developing a nati

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  • INTRODUCTION
  • SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS WORK
  • NEW STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPING MOROCCAN OIL SHALE

Ø Investi tigati ting new geological str tructu tures th that t can conta tain bitu tuminous rocks Ø De Developing a nati tional experti tise Ø Setti tting up appropriate te regulati tions for oil shale acti tiviti ties Ø Promoti ting Moroccan oil shale locally and inte ternati tionally

  • CONCLUSION

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  • The first Research Studies on Moroccan Oil Shale were

conducted in the late 1930s,

  • The Tangier deposit located in northern Morocco was the

first oil shale deposit discovered,

  • A private company, the “Oil Shale Tangier Society”,
  • perated an 80 metric ton per day pilot plant between

1939 and 1945,

  • The two most well studied deposits are the Timahdit and

Tarfaya which were identified in the late 1960s and are located in Central and southwestern Morocco, respectively

  • The total oil content in all known Moroccan oil shale

deposits was estimated to be 50 billion barrels in place as

  • f 1980.

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INTRODUCTION

SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS WORK NEW STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPING MOROCCAN OIL

SHALE

Ø Investigating new geological structures that can contain bituminous rocks Ø De Developing a nati tional experti tise Ø Setti tting up appropriate te regulati tions for oil shale acti tiviti ties Ø Promoti ting Moroccan oil shale locally and inte ternati tionally

CONCLUSION

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6 Paramete ters TIMAHDI DIT TARFAYA YA TANGIER ER Ex Explored area (km2) 600 600 900 900 400 400 Oil Oil shale shale Thick Thickness ness (m) (m) 150 150 33 33 0.1 .1 -

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3 Geo Geolo logic gical l age ge Up Upper er Creta taceous Up Upper er Creta taceous Up Upper er Creta taceous Oil Oil Shale Shale reserves reserves (10 (109 metr tric to tons) 42 42 80 80 4 - 4 - 6 6 Mean Oil Yi Yield (lite ter/ to tonne) 62 62 55 55 25 - 25 - 83 83 Oil Oil in in place lace (10 (109 bbl) bbl) 15 15 22.7 22.7 1 - 1 - 2 2 Str tripping rati tio 1 to to 2 (70 l/t- t- 80 m) 2 to to 3 (62 l/t- t- 30 m) ???? ????

The results of the previous geological, mining, laboratory studies and retorting tests can be summarised as follow: KEY EY PARAMET ETER ERS OF MAJO JOR MOROCCAN DEP DEPOSITS:

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PIL PILOT OT PL PLANT ANTS S : MAIN RES ESULTS OF THE E PREV EVIOUS TES ESTS

20 40 60 80 100 120 Diect Pyrolysis Processes Indiect Pyrolysis Processes 7

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THE E MAIN PREV EVIOUS EN ENGINEER EERING STUDI DIES ES: Previous Stu tudies Timahdit t De Deposit t Tarf Tarfaya aya De Deposit t Mining Stu tudies (Open pit t and/or Underground meth thods) √ DM DMK √ She Shell Feasibility ty Stu tudy using Verti tical Modified In Situ tu (VMIS) process √ OXY XY

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teorological Stu tudies √ ONHYM YM OXY XY

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Environmenta tal Stu tudies √ Tos Tosco co √ She Shell Inte tegrate ted Technical and economical Feasibility ty stu tudies √ ONHYM YM TOS TOSCO CO √ She Shell

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  • INTRODUCTION
  • SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS WORK
  • NEW STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPING MOROCCAN OIL SHALE

Ø Investi tigati ting new geological str tructu tures th that t can conta tain bitu tuminous rocks Ø De Developing a nati tional experti tise Ø Setti tting up appropriate te regulati tions for oil shale acti tiviti ties Ø Promoti ting Moroccan oil shale locally and inte ternati tionally

  • CONCLUSION
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  • Higher oil prices have rekindled world interest for development
  • f unconventional oil resources including OIL SHALE
  • The conclusion of the first national conference of energy held at

Rabat on Marsh 6th, 2009, strongly recommended diversification

  • f Moroccan energy sources by mobilizing the country’s

renewable resources, intensifying oil and gas exploration and promoting oil shale,

  • ONHYM has developed a new strategy to:
  • Develop the national resources of oil shale,
  • Reduce Morocco’s high dependence on imported energy (97%)
  • Ensure that Moroccan oil shale reserves will make a

significant contribution to the Morocco’s energy mix

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Investi tigati ting new geological zones th that t can conta tain bitu tuminous rocks Promoti ting Moroccan oil shale locally and inte ternati tionally Setting up appropriate regulations for oil shale activities Developing a National Expertise

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  • The Moroccan oil shale is linked to the upper Cretaceous

formation

  • ONHYM has conducted geological exploration activities

throughout the country, and some locations with oil shale

  • utcrop have been identified
  • The focus areas for ONHYM exploration studies are:

Errachidia, Ouarzazate, Agadir, Essaouira and Tadla. These zones constitute potential oil shale deposits

  • Further geological evaluation can confirm the quantity and

the quality of organic matter rich rocks

  • ONHYM is setting up an oil shale laboratory to conduct

analysis related to oil shale characterization

Investi tigati ting new geological areas th that t can conta tain bitu tuminous rocks:

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NEW POTENTIAL OIL SHALE DEPOSITS

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De Developing a nati tional experti tise :

  • Developing a national expertise by creating the “National Oil Shale

Committee” composed of Moroccan competencies and experts,

  • Encouraging cooperation between different Moroccan stakeholders

interested in Oil Shale projects:

  • ONE (Office Natioanl d’Electricité),
  • OCP (Office Chérifien des Phosphates),
  • Cement manufacturers, universities, research centers, etc.
  • The Committee established, in cooperation with ONHYM, four main

projects:

  • Exploration and evaluation of new potential oil shale resources,
  • Moroccan oil shale combustion in fluidized bed studies,
  • Development of a pyrolysis process using fluidized bed technology,
  • Extraction of organic matter from the oil shale and utilization of the by-

products.

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Setti tting up appropriate te regulati tions for oil shale acti tiviti ties:

  • ONHYM is amending the Moroccan hydrocarbon fiscal

framework to include oil shale activities

  • The new legal framework is meant to make activities

producing hydrocarbons from oil shale (shale oil and gas) fiscally attractive to developers

  • The other projects involving oil shale will remain

under the mining law

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Promoti ting Moroccan oil shale locally and inte ternati tionally:

ONHYM is developing partnerships with:

  • Oil companies interesting in investing in Moroccan oil shale

projects

  • Companies that license oil shale utilization technologies
  • Companies that are currently extracting hydrocarbons from
  • il shale at an advanced experimental scale
  • Companies interesting in utilizing oil shale by-products
  • National and international universities and research

centers

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Promoti ting Moroccan oil shale locally and inte ternati tionally:

Ø Two main axes of ONHYM’ s partnership:

  • The production of hydrocarbons using oil shale,
  • The production of electricity using oil shale direct

combustion (currently with ONE). Ø Today ONHYM counts six partners, including the National Office of Electricity, working in the previous confirmed oil shale zones or investigating new potential oil shale areas throughout the country.

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Promoti ting Moroccan oil shale locally and inte ternati tionally: PET ETROBRAS/ TOTAL E& E&P Projects ts:

Ø Timahdit Bloc 2 deposit Area: 96 Km2,

  • Phase I - Preliminary Evaluation using Petrosix Technology - Achieved:
  • Core drilling, rock characterization, processing test and products analysis
  • Update geological studies
  • Mining study
  • Preliminary environmental assessment
  • Preliminary Shale Oil upgrading study
  • Capital and expenditures estimates
  • Market study to support the project
  • Studies presented by the Partners to ONHYM in October 2009
  • Phase II - Detailed feasibility and environmental studies, technical and

economic evaluation

  • Before starting phase II, an extended area should be assessed to reach the

necessary ore volume for potential developmen.

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Promoti ting Moroccan oil shale locally and inte ternati tionally: PET ETROBRAS/ TOTAL E& E&P Projects ts:

Ø Tarfaya East Flank deposit Area: 560 Km2

  • Phase I- Review of the existing data, geological study – Achieved
  • Phase II- Drilling of new cores for geological evaluation and

technological improvement (ongoing)

  • Phase III- Complementary exploration assessment
  • Phase IV- Pre-feasibility study

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Promoti ting Moroccan oil shale locally and inte ternati tionally: SAN LEO EON Project: t:

Location: Tarfaya south deposit Area: 3950 Km2 The study consists of:

  • Preliminary geologic study using existing data
  • Environmental Impact study
  • Pilot plant study using IVE technology (In-Situ Vapor

Extraction technology)

  • The above studies have been achieved,

The pilot plant equipment are now under constuction and will be shipped to the site soon The IVE wells are set to be drilled in Dec. 2010 The Pilot Plant start-up is planned for March 2011

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  • Location: Permit N° 2 of Tarfaya West Flank deposit
  • Area: 16 Km2, will be extended to 64 Km2
  • 100 MW Pilot Plant: The Project concerns the construction,

financing, operation and maintenance of an oil shale power pilot plant including mining operations

  • The project is part of a global program to produce1000 MW
  • In July 2009, ONE invited companies and consortia to review and

comment on the project

  • Prequalification of companies for involvement in the project in
  • ngoing

Promoti ting Moroccan oil shale locally and inte ternati tionally: ONE E (Moroccan Office of El Electr tricity ty) Project: t:

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Promoti ting Moroccan oil shale locally and inte ternati tionally: EN ENEF EFIT Project: t:

  • Locations and approximate areas:
  • Tangier deposit: 400 km2
  • Ouarzazate zone: 3000 km2
  • Errachidia zone: 500 km2
  • Agadir zone: 5000 km2
  • Aghbala deposit: 300 km2
  • Phase I- Prospecting studies for each zone
  • Phase II- Appraisal studies
  • Two field prospecting visits have been achieved, they concerned

Tangier and Aghbala deposits, Errachidia and Agadir zones

  • Some oil shale outcrop has been identified

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  • 1. ¡Tangier ¡ ¡
  • 2. ¡Aghbala ¡deposit. ¡
  • 3. ¡Errachidia ¡zone ¡
  • 4. ¡Ouarzazate ¡zone ¡
  • 5. ¡Agadir ¡zone ¡

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  • INTRODUCTION
  • SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS WORK
  • NEW STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPING MOROCCAN OIL SHALE

Ø Investi tigati ting new geological str tructu tures th that t can conta tain bitu tuminous rocks Ø De Developing a nati tional experti tise Ø Setti tting up appropriate te regulati tions for oil shale acti tiviti ties Ø Promoti ting Moroccan oil shale locally and inte ternati tionally

  • CONCLUSION
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  • Morocco has great potential for oil shale development. In terms
  • f total oil shale resources, it has the sixth largest reserves in

the world

  • The development of Moroccan oil shale could contribute to

energy independence for the country, but it presents a major challenge in terms of investment

  • The new strategy has great potential for successful

development of oil shale resources in Morocco and for developing good relations with development partners

  • Some unexplored deposits remain to be assessed in Morocco, so

there is the potential that Moroccan shale oil reserves could increase

  • ONHYM continues to receive requests from companies

interested in exploring potential new oil shale deposits

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