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In the Government of Chukotka, a meeting with representatives of the Australian energy company «Linc Energy»
In the Government of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, a meeting of the Deputy Governor, the Chief of the Department of Industrial Policy, Construction and Housing Ilya Davydenko with representatives of the Australian company «Linc Energy».

During the conversation was discussion of the purpose of the visit of representatives of energy companies in the Chukotka Autonomous District, as well as the prospects for cooperation.

The Australian company will explore the possibility of using the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug technologies of underground coal gasification followed by liquefied petroleum gas. The gas is planned to produce with the help of deep-lying coal gasification with subsequent processing into liquid fuel. According to experts, the use of fuel derived using such technology, will reduce the energy dependence of the county, as well as significantly reduce the financial costs of the delivery of fuel oil from other regions of the country.

During the visit the delegation «Linc Energy» visit the coal mine "coal" and "Sermon" located in Anadyr region in order to identify a suitable site for the underground gasification.

At the end of his visit, the Australian energy company «Linc Energy» will present the Governor Roman Kopin presentation of their project about the prospects for coal gasification in the Chukotka Autonomous District.

Australian energy company «Linc Energy» was founded in 1996. «Linc Energy» is considered a world leader in the technology of underground coal gasification, through which coal seam with oxygen is converted into combustible gas directly into the bowels of the earth. Representation «Linc Energy» work in Australia, the UK, Poland, South Africa, China, Vietnam and Uzbekistan.