Islands as a future oil province, even if we do not at this moment of time know whether the find is commercial. Challenging tasks lie ahead for all license holders on the Faroe Shelf ...? What the Marjun find [...] to a much greater depth than was originally planned. With one clear discovery notched up out of three exploration wells drilled, the success rate achieved in the first |Faroes campaign is smack on the global [...] Round announced in August 2000. However, while we know that one of the three wells drilled this year was successful, the amount of public domain information about the early drilling results achieved by Amerada

Barnett, one of the islanders who gladly sold land for inflated prices. »We couldn't see much of a future for small farms like mine so we didn't mind that Flotta became known as Treasure Island,« he told me [...] They have funded many economic and social projects and continue to do so. A new cheese factory is about to open and work will soon begin on a modern new library in the Orkney capital, Kirkwall. Funding for [...] symbol of the impact oil has had on the Orkney Islands. A huge orange flame has blazed above the Flotta Oil terminal for almost a quarter of a century now. It can be seen on clear nights from the Scottish

received a major £50 million overhaul this summer. Talking about the future, Mr Grant said earlier this year: »We have the confidence that we can deliver the services required by the East and the West [...] what Mr Goodlad?s thoughts are, when he comments: »We hope the Clair development will mean continuation of the Sullom Voe Oil Terminal much beyond what we have originally envisaged. It is the first piece [...] the North East Atlantic reveals how close the infrastructure, which is being developed in the North and West of Shetland, is located to the prospective oil province on the other site of the border between

country on the world map. Without doubt leading political men will tell you about the aspiration of the Faroes to find its own place, construe its own level of competition and its future welfare on the i [...] Even more interesting however, is how the »cocktail« Angela Merkel – Hillary R. Clinton will impact the global situation. To see if a lower level of testosterone on the power pinnacles of the world will [...] just small group have the opportunity to hear them in the Nordic House. Personally, I »met« Mr Clinton on the 2nd of November 1999, at a Remembrance Day in Oslo – the fourth anniversary for the killing of

of course, as well as books in various languages on agriculture and navigation and, given his connection to Holland, not surprisingly, a book on how to build a windmill. Apparently for years it was the [...] that someone from Hawaii could be so enthusiastic about their rain-soaked country with its sodden economy. But I was indeed and the more I went about the country, and the more cups of coffee and sweet [...] oozing about. I remember sitting in a remote farmhouse one evening enjoying the pleasant company of a farmer and his artist wife, as they graciously listened to my endless tales of growing up on a Colorado

Anxious for the next leg of the trip, we happily set out for Prishtina, the capital of Kosovo, on the green velveteen seats of a Soviet-era train. When we arrived we saw something jarringly out of place [...] (Europe, ed.) taught my husband and I on our month-long honeymoon trip en route to the Faroe Islands where we will start life together in Klaksvik. After a week of marriage, we left my home in rural America, [...] American is not as valuable on this side of the Atlantic. The next phase of our trip was to visit several of the world-famous Greek Isles. We have few friends from the United States who have enjoyed the cool

democracy?” This usually happens after I tell people about the Faroese tax system, from which people infer we are some kind of communist satellite state. And, call me arrogant, but it does seem like an u [...] become much better known than his first-rate public policies and most everything else he has done, there is something very sympathetic, yet brilliant about the man. Even now, when the spotlight is on his [...] then just face value as a great political figure. Much can be gleaned from a man whose self-awareness has allowed him to take on the world and come out on top. Now, he has even come as far as the Faroe Islands

coverage as well and more Internet users per capita than the United States. Admittedly, we experience more cloudy days than a typical region in the United States, but we actually have more sunny days than Cold [...] culture. We welcome this opportunity to share our beautiful land and our culture with two such remarkable men. We are a small country by international standards, only some 540 square miles, but we do have [...] the Faroe Islands to become on of the most progressive countries in the world. There is much to be done, without question. The path before us is indeed a difficult climb. But we are a tenacious and gifted

enormous impact on the development of the Faroese youth. Today we are facing a new challenge and we should seize this opportunity, now that the whole world’s projectors will be focusing on this little m [...] a magnitude hard to grasp on our latitudes where the social safety net is supposed to catch everyone and ensure that we all get the same opportunities in life. This is not how the American system works [...] is barely even visible on the globe and completely unknown to virtually all Americans. Faroese tourism and industry on a whole should benefit greatly from this. It will be much easier to establish relations

round. This is license no.11, where we are currently shooting 3D seismic and we will thereafter proceed to shoot seismic in license no. 9. So we are engaged in much activity in the Faroe area this summer” [...] Hansen and he continues: -“We have to say that we were successful. Particularly the drilling aspect. Today the Brugdan is an excellent reference well in the basalt area, and we do not regard drilling through [...] corner of Greenland. We ask Mr Hansen what tangible plans StatoilHydro has in Greenland? Are they getting involved in a big way? -“As a partner to the realm, we are hearing much about Greenland and the oil