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TMK Energy completes coal seam
gas drilling campaign in South Gobi
MONGOLIA ASX-LISTED TMK Energy of Australia has fin- The company said that the drilling and testing
ished its initial exploration drilling programme for the 2022 exploration program were now com-
at the Gurvantes XXXV Coal Seam Gas (CSG) plete. The drilling contractors had left the site.
Project in the South Gobi Basin in Mongolia, the The advancement of the pilot well programme
company said in a filing with the stock exchange. and the meticulous planning and logistics nec-
Snow Leopard - 05R (SL-05R), the fifth and essary to deliver the project’s proof-of-concept
final exploration well, encountered 69 metres of stage, which will be to produce the first gas to the
coal in total, TMK said. Five wells were initially surface, would now take centre-stage, said TMK.
drilled by TMK, with a fifth added later. The Gurvantes Project is wholly owned by
TMK added that early results from desorp- TMK. Australian energy company Talon Energy
tion samples showed that all coal mined to a is taking a 33%-working interest in the project
depth of more than 200 metres showed a mod- through a two-stage farm-out agreement.
erate to high amount of gas.
NYK to develop offshore
wind education
JAPAN NIPPON Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Nippon collaboration with local governments and edu-
Marine Enterprises are to establish a training cational institutions.
centre for offshore wind power generation in The training centre, planned to be completed
Akita Prefecture, Japan. around 2024, will utilise facilities on the premises
The consortium was selected in a public of Akita Prefectural Oga Marine High School, in
offering for subsidised projects in the 2022 addition to neighbouring facilities, and will be
Subsidy for Offshore Wind Power Human linked with onshore wind turbine maintenance
Resource Development project administered by training provided in Akita City by partner com-
the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, pany Tohoku Electric Power RENES.
which is part of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, The target number of trainees to complete
Trade and Industry (METI). the training course every year is expected to be
The partners will establish a training centre approximately 1,000.
where they will focus on training and human Offshore wind power generation in the areas
resource development related to offshore wind of Akita and Noshiro ports is anticipated to start
power generation. commercial operation within 2022 and accord-
The two companies will provide training for ing to NYK, the offshore wind market is one of
specialised workers and workboat crews and the fields that is likely to expand in the future.
also engage in human resource development in
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