glow for the past 25 years - a sight as familiar to residents as the stars that fill the clear skies above the islands. Islanders treasure the winter spectacle of the aurora borealis. But the source of [...] calculate. The sums involve the wages paid to staff and contractors over the years, the service industries that benefit from oil-related work and the dues Orkney?s Harbours Department charges the tankers [...] many of the benefits of oil developments without many of the less acceptable aspects.« »One of the big advantages here was the creation of the terminal on Flotta, a small island well away from the main centres

strongly believes in the possibilities on the Norwegian continental shelf, but can at the same time see clouds in the horizon. – There are a lot of exciting areas, but at the same time the costs are increasing [...] operator on the Norwegian sector, and in addition the Faroe team is applying significant effort in preparing for licence applications in the 20th Norway licensing round. The activity is high and the ambitions [...] in complicated geological areas in the Atlantic margin makes the company well equipped to participate in the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea, says Helge Hammer. The company has a high level of competence

be a sealing mechanism to contain the hoped for prize? The Marjun success represents a one in three hit rate for the Faroes. This is good for the European sector of the Atlantic Frontier, especially when [...] that, there is the West Africa bonanza, which for now seems unstoppable. On the opposite side of the Atlantic to the North Sea, the story of oil has also been slow to unfold, though the potential of Eastern [...] water, close to the UK/Faroe boundary in the White Zone, the well was drilled to a total depth of 4275m in a deepening operation, after reaching the commitment depth of 3830m. While the other two wells

and the problem with the collation of knowledge is very often that the registration method is too complicated for the common user. The Keel Solution system is quite user-friendly. For example, the system [...] advantages, but the danger is that the market is not familiar with the product. Experience shows however, that if we are presented with the opportunity to explain/demonstrate the system, the interest is large [...] knowledge in the various ventures be utilised in the most effective manner. -Drilling platforms can use over 60.000 various components in their construction. The people who build the platform are not the same

after a whale-hunt the townfólk gather in the dance-hall and around the harbour-head, and celebrate their good fortune by joining in the national dance. The origin of the curious chaindance which they perform [...] Officer with the British Trust for Ornitology. Fellow of the Royal Society Edinburgh. In 1948 he authored the book The Atlantic Islands, a Study of the Faroe Life and Scene. (Wikipedia) The Faroe Islands [...] observing the mass-slaughter in the East Harbour in Tórshavn. There´s no comparison between the bayonet lessons and the whales-slaughter: The kapokdummy was not bleeding and no bowels. In 1944 the Lovat Scouts

dissenting voice was heard when the Faroese parliament debated the terms of the agreement means the deal must have been fair to the fishing industry. It it was not, the fishery lobby would have put paid to an [...] located in the deeps of the Faroe-Shetland Channel that may straddle the agreed median line? Greenpeace and other members of the environmental lobby permitting. (Greenpeace has been given leave by the High Court [...] 26. Wood Mackenzie says of the quest: »The operator is believed to be targetting a sizeable gas structure to the north of the block, close to the limit of UK designated acreage«. Mobil will doubtless play

Sovereign Explorer was on to something good. The bets were on gas with condensate or gas with oil. In the event, Minister Elttur announced the good news ? it was gas and oil encountered over a gross payzone of [...] Then followed the long grind to get legislation finalised and onto the statute book, the decades-long boundary dispute with the UK settled, and the first licensing round launched. The last mentioned and [...] achieved in the first |Faroes campaign is smack on the global average. The trick now is to multiply that success several times over during the next two to three years, convert the discoveries into commercial

that the Norwegian StatoilHydro is the most active oil company in Faroe territory. StatoilHydro has been the pioneer in several areas in the Faroes and was the first operating company to drill in the Faroes [...] in the Faroes? -“The Brugdan drilling was the very first so-called basalt drilling in the Faroes. Approximately 90 % of the Faroe area is covered by basalt, so if we are to continue to work in the Faroes [...] StatoilHydro is either the operating company (licenses no’s. 6, 9, 10 and 11) or is a participant (license no. 8). The map also shows some of the discoveries on the UK side of the border. Quote: -“We have

around 40% of the produced electrical power. The great opportunity seams to be in utilizing the power from the sea. The idea is to use the power waves give when they reach the shore, a process the company Sewave [...] polity close to the North Pole into to being a strong, dynamic polity in the middle of the North Atlantic taking the advantage of the new opportunities The task for the Faroes is to bring home the Faroes brainware [...] y. The Faroes not only have the oldest parliament in the world, but the heart of political power is still at the same place. The Faroes has been a very remote society without much contact with the world

útgávuni On The Beach. Eitt nú á lagnum Walk On: »Oh baby it´s so hard to change/I can´t tell them how to feel/Some get strong, some get strange/ Sooner or later it all gets real/Walk on« Og lagnum On The Beach [...] Beach syngur Young: »The world is turning, I hope I don?t turn away/All my pictures are falling from the wall where I placed them yesterday/The world is turning, I hope I don?t turn away« Neil Young heldur [...] s easy to ger buried in the past/When you try to make a good thing last« Og hví ikki enda við at endurgeva við hansara beisku boðum til okkum øll: »You?re all just pissing in the wind/You don?t know it