DONG has three Faroe islanders on its permanent staff. Drilling know-how One of the areas in which DONG can contribute special know-how is cost-effective drilling of exploratory and production wells. As [...] of the 1980s. In 1995, DONG formed The Faroes Partnership together with Amerada Hess. Later on, British Gas and Atlantic Petroleum joined the group, which opened an office in Thorshavn in 1998. Traineeships [...] other companies in The Faroes Partnership offered some young Faroe islanders short-term employment ? so-called traineeships. »In that way, a number of young Faroese have been able to work for an oil and gas

Lerwick and would know everybody you met, to nowadays where you can often be on a bus or a plane and you do not know anybody. ?We have also become a much more outgoing community and I think for the better [...] better of it. People have been actually come to live in Shetland, build their homes and have their families here. They are a bonus to the islands, I believe.? [...] There were no difficulties in finding a job at that time and that was just great when my kids were leaving school.? Unique deal Council convener Sandy Cluness was involved in the negotiations with the oil