Analysis of economic and environmental impacts of shutting down the Moroccan Refinery Samir: An interregional input-output approach

Author(s)

Haddad, Eduardo A. ; Araujo, Inacio F. ; Chawki, Chaimaa ; El-Mansoum, Rachida ; Masnaoui, Marouane

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: SCIENTIFIC AFRICAN; v. 20, p. 16-pg., 2023-05-09.

Abstract

The closing of Samir's Mohammedia refinery in August 2015 due to financial constraints has dramatically affected the fuel oil market in Morocco. In this paper, we assess the economic and environmental impacts of the disruption of Morocco's only refinery activ-ities. We can isolate the oil refinery sector associated with Samir in a fully specified in-terregional input-output database, considering 20 industries in 12 Moroccan regions. We base our empirical strategy on the "hypothetical extraction" method, which serves as the methodological anchor to isolate the systemic measures of value-added and C O2 emissions related to the refinery activities in a typical year of operation. The overall impact of the shutdown is 4.4% of the country's output, with more substantial regional effects faced by Grand Casablanca-Settat, followed by its neighboring regions. (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of African Institute of Mathematical Sciences / Next Einstein Initiative. This is an open access article under the CC BY license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 21/12397-9 - Extreme events impact assessment: an integrated approach with computable general equilibrium and risk analysis
• Grantee: Inácio Fernandes de Araújo Junior
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 14/50848-9 - INCT 2014: INCT for Climate Change
• Grantee: Jose Antonio Marengo Orsini
• Support Opportunities: Research Program on Global Climate Change - Thematic Grants