Akwa Group
Encyclopedia
Akwa Group is a major Moroccan
conglomerate company headquartered in Casablanca
. The company is primarily an oil and gas company, and owns the Afriquia brand.
/petrol, diesel, motor oil
, auto service, etc
Natural gas
Industrial gas
, medical gas
Technology and telecoms
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
conglomerate company headquartered in Casablanca
Casablanca
Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...
. The company is primarily an oil and gas company, and owns the Afriquia brand.
Operations
GasolineGasoline
Gasoline , or petrol , is a toxic, translucent, petroleum-derived liquid that is primarily used as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It consists mostly of organic compounds obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with a variety of additives. Some gasolines also contain...
/petrol, diesel, motor oil
Motor oil
Motor oil or engine oil is an oil used for lubrication of various internal combustion engines. The main function is to lubricate moving parts; it also cleans, inhibits corrosion, improves sealing, and cools the engine by carrying heat away from moving parts.Motor oils are derived from...
, auto service, etc
- Afriquia SMDC, Morocco's leading gas station/petrol station operator with over 400 AfriquiaGaz stations.
- Afrilub / Afriquia Lubrifiants Maroc - motor oilMotor oilMotor oil or engine oil is an oil used for lubrication of various internal combustion engines. The main function is to lubricate moving parts; it also cleans, inhibits corrosion, improves sealing, and cools the engine by carrying heat away from moving parts.Motor oils are derived from...
manufacture and sale - Auto Speedy - Auto service/auto repair franchise
- Rezoroute - Mini Brahim convenience stores, Oasis Cafe highway restaurants; Rapid'Auto franchises.
- SEJ (Société d'Entreposage de Jorf Lasfar) - downstream petroleum entrepotEntrepôtAn entrepôt is a trading post where merchandise can be imported and exported without paying import duties, often at a profit. This profit is possible because of trade conditions, for example, the reluctance of ships to travel the entire length of a long trading route, and selling to the entrepôt...
services, including gasoil/heating oilHeating oilHeating oil, or oil heat, is a low viscosity, flammable liquid petroleum product used as a fuel for furnaces or boilers in buildings. Home heating oil is often abbreviated as HHO...
storage; Total Maroc (subsidiary of Total S.A.Total S.A.Total S.A. is a French multinational oil company and one of the six "Supermajor" oil companies in the world.Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and...
) is a client. - Petrolog - petroleum product importImportThe term import is derived from the conceptual meaning as to bring in the goods and services into the port of a country. The buyer of such goods and services is referred to an "importer" who is based in the country of import whereas the overseas based seller is referred to as an "exporter". Thus...
and sale. - Petrosud - petroleum product import and sale; operate a large depot at Port d'Agadir.
Natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
- Afriquia Gaz - Morocco's leading liquid petroleum gas distributor, owning the brands: Afriquia Gaz, Tissir Gaz, Ultra Gaz, Camping Gaz and Métagaz.
Industrial gas
Industrial gas
Industrial gas is a group of gases that are commercially manufactured and sold for uses in other applications. These gases are mainly used in an industrial processes, such as steelmaking, oil refining, medical applications, fertilizer, semiconductors, etc.,...
, medical gas
- Maghreb Oxygène - operates 3 facilities: Berrechid, Had Soualem and Jorf Al Asfar; company manufactures and distributes medical liquid oxygenLiquid oxygenLiquid oxygen — abbreviated LOx, LOX or Lox in the aerospace, submarine and gas industries — is one of the physical forms of elemental oxygen.-Physical properties:...
, industrial liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogenLiquid nitrogenLiquid nitrogen is nitrogen in a liquid state at a very low temperature. It is produced industrially by fractional distillation of liquid air. Liquid nitrogen is a colourless clear liquid with density of 0.807 g/mL at its boiling point and a dielectric constant of 1.4...
, acetyleneAcetyleneAcetylene is the chemical compound with the formula C2H2. It is a hydrocarbon and the simplest alkyne. This colorless gas is widely used as a fuel and a chemical building block. It is unstable in pure form and thus is usually handled as a solution.As an alkyne, acetylene is unsaturated because...
, etc.
Technology and telecoms
- Afrinetworks, including Eho & Aloha; affiliated with MéditelMéditelMéditel is one of three licensed telecommunications operators in Morocco. Its headquarters is based in Casablanca.Méditel obtained the second license of mobile telephony in Morocco in 1999...
. - Bell Networks, affiliated with Nortel Networks and EADS Télécom.