{"id":493,"date":"2018-11-16T09:59:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T06:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/?p=493"},"modified":"2022-10-11T10:38:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T07:38:42","slug":"uganda-seeks-gdcs-technical-assistance-in-geothermal-capacity-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/uganda-seeks-gdcs-technical-assistance-in-geothermal-capacity-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda seeks GDC\u2019s technical assistance in geothermal capacity building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officials from the Uganda Geothermal Project&nbsp;under the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD), visited GDC Kawi House offices to discuss areas of collaboration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GDC received a request from the Uganda Geothermal Project team to visit GDC training facilities. This follows GDC&rsquo;s response to a request for a proposal (RFP) to facilitate capacity building in Geothermal <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Drilling&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;Drilling is the process of making a hole from the ground surface through a predetermined trajectory to a predetermined depth where a desired resource is found. The desired resource can either be oil, gas or steam.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;Drilling can be done for the purposes of exploration, appraisal or development of a resource field. It is also done for well control, that is, to prevent formation fluid from getting into the well bore due to surrounding pressure. &amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/glossary\/drilling\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>Drilling<\/a> from Uganda&rsquo;s Ministry of Energy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The visit is part of the due-diligence for the procuring entity for the services sought. The team comprised of three experts led by team leader Mr. Vincent Kato. Others were Ms. Specioza Mukazi and Kefa Odongo&nbsp;from&nbsp;Mineral Development (MEMD) of Uganda through the Africa Geothermal Centre of Excellence (AGCE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_7719-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_7719-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_7719-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_7719-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Chief Officer, Geothermal Center of Excellence Ms. Grace Kiplagat (right) with Ms. Specioza Mukazi from the Uganda Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials from the Uganda Geothermal Project&nbsp;under the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD), visited GDC Kawi House offices to discuss areas of collaboration. GDC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-geothermal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1270,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions\/1270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}