of seeing the work Faroese have done to increase the knowledge on Faroe activities, and it has impressed me”, says Mr Smith, commenting on Faroese participation in an oil industry in general. He is also [...] area and adds that he is always very interested is seeing the Faroe stand, in particular the good food on offer to visiting guests. -“Just the thought of Faroe food makes my mouth water”, says Mr Kjell Ursin [...] particularly proud of the diversification we have at the exhibition this year. The ONS festival is on the Stavanger harbour and is also an aspect I am especially proud of, as it is a special event, with

Town Council will cooperate with the Rúnavík Town Council regarding a presentation in the pavilion on the harbour in Bergen. The harbour environment is intended for those who are interested in continuing [...] a Faroese designer based in Denmark. Her company, with the same name, creates Nordic clothing based on a conceptual approach to the process, where experiments with forms provide the setting for the visual

goods and services for the exploration and production on the shelves around us. In addition to this, our location is important for the shipping industry on its route between Northern Europe and North America [...] with oil companies – also those involved in the drilling activities on the Faroe Shelf. Many of them are already competitive players on foreign markets – building areas of expertise, which will be of great [...] consensus that they are likely to yield significant discoveries in the years to come. The successes on the UK side of the Faroe-Shetland channel, most notably the Rosebank discovery, have created optimism

of Tórshavn and their former participation at ONS is largely to support the companies participating on behalf of the Faroes. Another objective is also to market Tórshavn as a town and a supply base, without [...] from Rúnavík, which is the permanent offshore supply base port. The Tórshavn Harbour office is located on the eastern harbour arm in Tórshavn and has thirteen full-time employees, who apart from the whole [...] Tórshavn and 680.000 tons of cargo, pass over its quayside. In general, it may be said that activity on the municipal Port of Tórshavn quayside is the transport of cargo and people, both internally and

twelve on each shift. On top of this, the company’s administration will have to be increased, so the number of staff could very soon reach the 100 mark. Optimistic Two of the vessels are already on long-term [...] vessels. They should be delivered in January, April and July, respectively. Two of them are already on long-term contracts”, says Mr Tummas Justinussen, CEO for Supply Service company. Oil industry Currently

wells is Marsvin –on the southern Norwegian shelf, bordering Denmark – where they are expected to start drilling in September. Helge Hammer strongly believes in the possibilities on the Norwegian continental [...] scheduled to drill at least six wells on the Norwegian shelf and shoot seismic over several licences. The company is also in the process of becoming pre-qualified as an operator on the Norwegian sector, and in [...] the Atlantic margin, Faroe Petroleum has a lot to offer as a license partner. After only two years on the Norwegian Continental shelf the company has already managed to become a respected player, with

Sales and Marketing manager, Mr Hans Jacob Poulsen explains that the company is growing ever larger on the international market and today the company employs app. 350 people, whereof 50 are abroad. The [...] exhibition. They intend to expand their activity, particularly within maintenance and vessel repairs on the whole north Atlantic area. They are well endowed technically and are also competitive price wise

with the oil industry, through operating the oil industry supply base in Rúnavík. The ASB head office on the Runavikar town council’s quayside area, Kongshavn no. 6 in Saltangará, and they employ staff according [...] to use this in a plan to present the company as an offshore subcontractor to oil companies working on the UK side of the border. This certification requires among other aspects, a customer satisfaction [...] satisfied clients and therefore we can use these recommendations to improve our services even more. On top of this Rúnavik is the best natural haven in the Faroes, with its large backup/storage area for

Faroese as well as foreign, get the opportunity to strengthen their company on a global level. The Partenariat is mainly focusing on small and medium sized companies within the following industries: aguaculture [...] in a sports hall in Runavík. In addition to the partenariat an exiting and interesting conference is on the programme. The Faroexpo Conference starts Tuesday 21 October at 1 p.m. This year’s the topic is [...] is open to the public and will take place in a modern conference hall in Skálafjørður. See programme on www.faroexpo.fo. Parallel to the partenariat and conference the Municipality of Runavík arranges a

sole supply base for the oil companies, which have been active in the Faroes. This contract expired on the 14th of April of 2008, so new challenges lie ahead for the Rúnavík Town Council. Largest ever Although [...] the exhibition, the Council has – together with the Tórshavn Town Council – a large cultural event on the quayside in Stavanger, which hopefully will be an eye-opener for a larger number of people regarding [...] own oil consumption. This could soon become an advantage for the Port of Rúnavík. -“From oilfields on the Norwegian side of the border, it takes six hours less to sail to Rúnavík compared to Aberdeen -