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Moroccanoil is an Israeli [2] [3] cosmetics company headquartered in New York City, [4] [5] [6] specializing in hair care products containing argan oil. The company was founded in 2008 in Montreal by Chilean-Canadian Carmen Tal and her Israeli then-husband Ofer Tal.
Morocco has become a major player in the African economic affairs, [2] and is the 5th African economy by GDP (PPP). Morocco was ranked the 1st African country by the Economist Intelligence Unit' quality-of-life index, ahead of South Africa. However, Morocco has since then slipped into fourth place behind Egypt, but ahead of Angola.
Morocco has set a goal to have 2-GW production capacity from wind power; it is part of the Moroccan Integrated Wind Energy Project that began in 2010. [ 20 ] As of 2016, Morocco has eight wind farms (Torres, Amogdoul, Lafarge, Akhfennir, Laayue, Tangier I, Cimar, and Haouma) with the total operational capacity of 487 MW; another six wind farms ...
Oil-shale deposits in Morocco. Morocco's total oil shale resources are estimated to contain 53.381 billion barrels (8.4869 × 10 ^ 9 m 3) of shale oil. [1] According to the United States Department of Energy, the oil shale deposits in Morocco constitute about 3.5% of the world's known oil shale resources. [2]
King of Morocco Mohammed VI. Like late Hassan II, his son King Mohammed VI of Morocco, whose reign began in 1999, maintained unofficial relations with Israel.Mohammed VI's advisor, André Azoulay, is an instrumental Jewish Moroccan who facilitated the growth of Morocco in both economic and political terms.
[1] [2] [3] The operation also received important help from Francoist Spain. [4] However, some Jews settled in France, Canada and the United States instead of in Israel. Morocco received "indemnities" for the loss of the Jews. [5] The operation was fronted by the US-based HIAS, which financed approximately 50 million US dollars of costs. [6]
[3] [4] Its moisture content is 6–11% and sulfur content is about 2%. On average it yields 70 litres (15 imp gal; 18 US gal) of shale oil per one ton of oil shale. [ 4 ] As the Timahdit deposit is located near Ifrane National Park and Haut-Atlas Oriental National Park , oil extraction is an environmentally sensitive issue.
Morocco (in dark green), Western Sahara (in light green) and Israel (within the orange circle). Under the agreement, initially announced by the White House on December 10, 2020, [10] Morocco will move toward "full diplomatic, peaceful and friendly relations" and trade relations and resume official contacts with Israel, and direct flights will be made between the two countries.