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4 days ago
- Entertainment
Japan's Emperor, Empress Watch Mongolian Horse Race
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 12 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako watched a horse race in Mongolia held as part of the country's traditional Naadam festival on Saturday morning. At the Khui Doloon Khudag horse race venue approximately 40 kilometers west of the city center of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, the Japanese Imperial couple were welcomed by Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh and his wife. They chatted inside a ger, a Mongolian portable home, before coming outside to watch the race of 5-year-old horses in the open grass field. Over 100 horses mounted by children competed in the roughly 22-kilometer race. The Emperor and the Empress used binoculars to watch the horses dashing through the grassland. In the afternoon, Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited Hustai National Park, located about 100 kilometers west of central Ulaanbaatar. The park is home to the Przewalski's horse, a Mongolian wild horse. [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
Asahi Shimbun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Asahi Shimbun
Imperial couple watch ‘wild' horse race on Mongolia prairie
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako meet Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh and first lady Luvsandorj Bolortsetseg on July 12 on the outskirts of Ulan Bator to watch the horse racing event of the Naadam festival. (Pool) ULAN BATOR--Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako watched how Mongolians race horses in a wild prairie setting on July 12 during a traditional festival to showcase the country's nomadic sports and arts culture. The Naadam national festival also features Mongolian wrestling and archery. One event involves throwing the shagai, or a sheep's ankle bone, to hit a target. The winners are treated as national heroes. Naruhito and Masako were welcomed to the venue on the outskirts of the Mongolian capital by Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh and first lady Luvsandorj Bolortsetseg. They spent time in a traditional Mongolian ger and exchanged pleasantries. They then moved on to view the race of 5-year-old horses. More than 100 horses were entered in the event and children rode the animals for a distance of about 20 kilometers. The imperial couple used binoculars to follow the horses over the finish line and Naruhito could be seen taking photographs. The imperial couple attended the Naadam opening ceremony on the previous day.
West Australian
08-07-2025
- Business
- West Australian
TMK contracts rig for final Mongolian pilot production well
TMK Energy has signed a contract with Major Drilling Group to drill its latest and likely final pilot production well at TMK's Lucky Fox well complex in the company's Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project in Mongolia. The Canadian-listed international drilling company has drilled TMK's previous six pilot wells for the project. The company flagged the imminent signing of the contract at the end of June, while also indicating that it expected the new Nariin Sukhait Lucky Fox LF-07 well would be spud in the coming weeks. That timing places the start of drilling in the second half of July, following Mongolia's main annual holiday break, known as the Naadam festival. For the first time, the company is employing a bigger and more powerful TXD200 drill rig than those used previously, which includes a more advanced mud system expected to improve drilling efficiencies. The LF-07 well will complement the six existing pilot production wells at Nariin Sukhait, where recent pressure build-up tests on wells LF-01, LF-02 and LF-03 have shown that the well-field has significantly reduced the reservoir pressure over the past two years. The latest well has been selected to infill the existing pilot well pattern and to optimise data gathering and gas production rates from the pilot project. Being located up-dip from well LF-05 and on-strike east and west, respectively, from wells LF-01 and LF-02, the latest well will reveal if the pressure drop observed in LF-01 and LF-02 is also evident at LF-07. If a comparable pressure drop is reflected in LF-07 tests, it will support inferred continuity of gas flow towards the favourable up-dip position, making LF-07 a likely early gas producer. In the current pilot well project, the vertical production wells are the company's primary focus as it seeks to prove that commercial gas flows can be achieved from the upper coal seam. After completing LF-07, the company plans to drill up to five exploration wells in a highly prospective area, about 60 kilometres east of Nariin Sukhait. The 2025 exploration drilling program is considered relatively low-cost but could have a big impact on building the company's significant 2C contingent resources in the region. Together with LF-07, the proposed drilling program meets the minimum 2025 work program commitment under TMK's production sharing contract. Management says finishing its LF-07 drilling will mark a significant milestone for TMK. Is your ASX-listed company doing something interesting? Contact:
Sydney Morning Herald
08-07-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
TMK contracts rig for final Mongolian pilot production well
TMK Energy has signed a contract with Major Drilling Group to drill its latest and likely final pilot production well at TMK's Lucky Fox well complex in the company's Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project in Mongolia. The Canadian-listed international drilling company has drilled TMK's previous six pilot wells for the project. The company flagged the imminent signing of the contract at the end of June, while also indicating that it expected the new Nariin Sukhait Lucky Fox LF-07 well would be spud in the coming weeks. That timing places the start of drilling in the second half of July, following Mongolia's main annual holiday break, known as the Naadam festival. For the first time, the company is employing a bigger and more powerful TXD200 drill rig than those used previously, which includes a more advanced mud system expected to improve drilling efficiencies. 'Major has continually demonstrated that it can execute our drilling programs safely, efficiently and cost-effectively, and is one of our key service providers in the country.' TMK Energy chief executive officer Dougal Ferguson The LF-07 well will complement the six existing pilot production wells at Nariin Sukhait, where recent pressure build-up tests on wells LF-01, LF-02 and LF-03 have shown that the well-field has significantly reduced the reservoir pressure over the past two years. The latest well has been selected to infill the existing pilot well pattern and to optimise data gathering and gas production rates from the pilot project. Being located up-dip from well LF-05 and on-strike east and west, respectively, from wells LF-01 and LF-02, the latest well will reveal if the pressure drop observed in LF-01 and LF-02 is also evident at LF-07.
The Age
08-07-2025
- Business
- The Age
TMK contracts rig for final Mongolian pilot production well
TMK Energy has signed a contract with Major Drilling Group to drill its latest and likely final pilot production well at TMK's Lucky Fox well complex in the company's Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project in Mongolia. The Canadian-listed international drilling company has drilled TMK's previous six pilot wells for the project. The company flagged the imminent signing of the contract at the end of June, while also indicating that it expected the new Nariin Sukhait Lucky Fox LF-07 well would be spud in the coming weeks. That timing places the start of drilling in the second half of July, following Mongolia's main annual holiday break, known as the Naadam festival. For the first time, the company is employing a bigger and more powerful TXD200 drill rig than those used previously, which includes a more advanced mud system expected to improve drilling efficiencies. 'Major has continually demonstrated that it can execute our drilling programs safely, efficiently and cost-effectively, and is one of our key service providers in the country.' TMK Energy chief executive officer Dougal Ferguson The LF-07 well will complement the six existing pilot production wells at Nariin Sukhait, where recent pressure build-up tests on wells LF-01, LF-02 and LF-03 have shown that the well-field has significantly reduced the reservoir pressure over the past two years. The latest well has been selected to infill the existing pilot well pattern and to optimise data gathering and gas production rates from the pilot project. Being located up-dip from well LF-05 and on-strike east and west, respectively, from wells LF-01 and LF-02, the latest well will reveal if the pressure drop observed in LF-01 and LF-02 is also evident at LF-07.
