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Toshiba to Help Djibouti with Geothermal Development Adapted from a Press Release by Toshiba Corporation Tosh ba Corporat on has conc uded a memorandum of understand ng (MOU) w th the Off ce Dj bout en de Déve oppement de 'Energ e Géotherm que (ODDEG), the government organ zat on respons b e for deve op ng the country s geotherma power capab t es. Under the terms of the MOU, ODDEG and Tosh ba w p r omo t e Dj bout 's extens ve geotherma resources and prov de tra n ng for those work- ng n the p ants. ODDEG was estab shed n 2014 and reports d rect y to the pres dent of Dj bout , n add t on to be ng respons b e for the ong-term geotherma resource deve opment. Work ng w th Tosh ba w a ow ODDEG to draw on Tosh ba's capab - t es as one of the wor d's argest prov ders of geotherma energy equ pment. The company w a so ass st w th the creat on of gu de nes for p ant operat on and management, the deve opment and supp y of generat on systems, and sup- port n tra n ng personne to operate p ants. Dj bout current y has an nsta ed generat on capac ty of 120 megawatts, most y from therma power, and has to supp ement th s w th power mports from Eth op a. However, many s tes n Dj bout are su tab e for geo- therma power generat on, and current p ans nc ude construct ng geotherma power stat ons w th a base capac ty of about 50 megawatts. S nce de ver ng Japan's f rst geotherma steam turb nes and generators n 1966, Tosh ba has advanced ts geotherma power generat on bus ness. The company has de vered 53 geotherma turb nes, w th a tota capac ty of 3400 megawatts, to p ants n the USA, the Ph pp nes, Ice and, and other countr es around the wor d. Th s represents approxmate y 23%, of the wor d's nsta ed geotherma capac ty, mak ng Tosh ba the wor d's top supp er. -/ +-/$ (,%-/+ 1(-, "-,1 "1 3$ "'2*$,!$/& + (*"-,1 "120 +44# -/& 7 444 +44# -/& -,1 , 1$/ $** /(**$/0 00-"( 1(-, -,3$,1(-, / #$ '-4 $! #(00-, -*-,( * -1$* 7 $*$, -,1 , $#,$0# 6 $!/2 /6 01 5'(!(1-/ ,# (*$,1 2"1(-, $1 2. /*6 $&(01/ 1(-, ,# -01$# -0.(1 *(16 --+ '2/0# 6 $!/2 /6 ,# $&(01/ 1(-, (*$,1 2"1(-, .$,0 .# 1$ " **'(,$6 $"12/$ ,,2 * $$1(,& ,# 2,"' / #$ '-4 +(,21$ ./-#2"1 0'-4" 0$ -..-/12,(1($0 -, 0'-4 %*--/ $3$/6 +(,21$0 -")1 (*0 2..$/ ,# (3$ 2"1(-, /(# 6 $!/2 /6 /# .# 1$0 -* / * 00 20(,$00 ( !(*(16 ,# ,02/ ,"$ 01 /$0(#$,10 $$1(,& ,# - /# -% (/$"1-/0 $$1(,& .$"( * #($0 /-&/ + $!/2 /6 ,# ,# /# 73 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® DECEMBER 2016 Dr. Kayad Moussa Ahmed and Mr. Toyoaki Fujita signed the memorandum of understanding. Dealmakers Francis Mailhot, president of MAXIDRILL of Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada, shakes hands with Normand Blondin (with his son Eric) for the acquisition of their second new Hardab water well drilling rig. MAXIDRILL Send your deals to: promotions@ worldwidedrillingresource.com