Gcm/Phuburi mentioned in press29 Jan 2017 20:56
Posted by our good colleague on GCM
http://www.daily-sun.com/post/201780/Pivotal-Role-of-Skill-Development-in-Enhancing-Energy-Availability-
"For instance, different results reveal that, it is expected that at the current usage rate and provided no new reserves are discovered, the natural gas reserve in Bangladesh will be exhausted by 2031. Thus skill development to create technologically adept manpower aimed at operating in the energy sector is extremely important. Similarly, in spite of having vast amount or energy reserve in the form of coal, the promising Phulbari coal project namely had to be called-off depriving the nation from potential electricity generation. The project, as reported by GCM, a London-based resource exploration and development company, was set to make use of 572 million metric tons of superior quality coal to add about 4,000 MW of electricity in the national grid. Furthermore, the project could have potentially contributed to an amount equal to about 1% of the GDP and could also have generated as many as 17,000 jobs. However, inadequate local technical expertise and absence of good governance led to termination of this aspiring project"