Site location and Pipeline routing optimization for Future natural gas importing terminal project in Morocco

Abstract

In order to achieve sustainable supply combustible development, Morocco is projecting to invest in its first natural gas importing and storage capacity by 2030. This future project should be designed for electric power plants and other sectors with energy. It is not worthy that up today most of the existing power plants in Morocco are depending on coal in their electricity production. This is in contrast with the recent government environmental commitments. The aim of this article is to develop a research analysis by introducing the main key aspects of choosing a site location, proposing an optimum routing for pipelines given factual criterions based on mathematic algorithms, and finally concluding with financial estimation to be performed.