تاريخ صناعة المحروقات بمدينة سيدي قاسم خلال فترة الحماية الفرنسية و فجر الاستقلال بالمغرب

Abstract EN

Colonialism constituted a historical turning point for the patterns of economic production in Morocco as a result of the European colonial powers' endeavor to exploit Morocco's resources and capabilities for the benefit of its capitalist economic machine.

However, the discovery of petroleum wealth in several locations charted another path parallel to the development of this city, which was chosen to be a center dedicated to the refining industry, and to become an energy pole that supplies the various regions of Morocco with its needs of oil and natural gas derivatives, and through this it witnessed developments, both with regard to infrastructure of various types or levels Production, which experienced many fluctuations, which raised the status of the city of Sidi Kacem within the Moroccan economic fabric during the period of the French protectorate and the subsequent years of independence.