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, in practical [...] 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 [...] drill under the four six-year licences awarded in the First Faroe Islands Offshore Licensing Round announced in August 2000. However, while we know that one of the three wells drilled this year was successful

Halcro-Johnston. »But I think the deal was fair. It was within what the industry could afford and it has brought huge benefits to Orkney.« Until the terminal opened, the population of the islands had fallen steadily [...] 30,000 in 1901 to just 17,000 in 1971. »One of the most important benefits of the oil era, and one often overlooked, is the way it restored confidence in the people of Orkney,« he said. »Until the 1970s [...] 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

probably began in 2001, when drilling started upon the first exploration well in south western part of the Faroe plateau. Drillings continued until 2002, when the last drilling from the first round was completed [...] an income for the Faroe society. It is all a question of definition”, Mr Joensen points out. He stresses that the overview is only intended to highlight what incomes the various posts in the overview have [...] 2006, some of the oil revenues had reached 200 million kroner. In the overview, it is stressed that these are not all the oil revenues, but just some and the period is to end of 2006. The actual income

exploration potential in the Faroes. In 2006 Statoil and its partners did drill the Brugdan prospect in the Faroes (well 6104/21-1); an analogous structure to Rosebank. The well was abandoned due to bottom­hole [...] The question is being asked 'why is Statoil remaining in the Faroes for hydrocarbon exploration after drilling two dry wells?' Statoil answers this on several fronts. First it is a 30% partner in the exciting [...] hydrocarbons at the rate of 6,000 barrels a day. In addition and importantly, the structure of the Rosebank-Lochnagar field is similar to large structures mapped by Statoil and its partners in the Faroes offshore

by rainwater. The Best Fish Products in the World The waters around the Faroe Islands are said to be the cleanest in the world. The perfect mix of the warm Gulf Stream from the south and the Arctic waters [...] to the point of lost identity, things have actually combined in favour of the Faroese. In that sense bad weather has formed the surroundings, the skills and the very soul of the Faroese in a favourable [...] villages by the seaside with closely-packed houses in all colours of the rainbow, where people live together in peace, feeling content and safe. The crime rate here is among the lowest in the world, the average

get answers. In May the worlds leading experts in the field fetal programming and developmental toxicity met in the Faroes for the first international conference on the subject. It was in the Faroes because [...] place to study the stability and changes of the current and we have one of the most respected scientists in the field, Bogi Hansen, here in the Faroes. Maybe this is where the question of climate changes [...] 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

basked with us on the beaches. Free from a daily schedule for the first time in months, Ben began to teach me essential Faro­ese. Unfortunately, as he spent most of his youth living in the Phi­lippines his [...] only the increasingly devalued U.S. dollar to spend. On the island of Samos, within sight of the Turkish coast, we stayed with a lovely pair of English teachers who treated us to the only bed in the apartment [...] Statue of Liberty boldly rising above the city atop Hotel Victory. Our reception in Kosovo as Americans was pleasant and unexpected. It is the only group of people in the world who are able to reconcile Cinton

g, the size of the country is what makes it so full of opportunities for a person to shape life as he or she pleases. And coming in as an outsider is no barrier to fitting in and utilizing what the country [...] it’s just too far away, and isn’t the crime rate pretty high over there? Oh, but it’s great that you’re doing it! Living the American Dream!” In the reality of what is the United States, I have not yet e [...] new chapter of my life in their country, I was utterly convinced that very few Americans were normal according to the standards on which I usually judge people. In addition, the country simply seemed too

great pleasure the mounting interest in our fair isles and the growing collaboration between the Faroese business community and the world at large, especially with the United States. The arrival of such [...] to be known as Vision 2015. The goal is to enable 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 [...] crossroads. Our wealth has flowed from the bounty of the sea for centuries. Ever since our first fishing schooners took to the seas in the 1870s, we have provided the world with nutritious food from our pristine

decades. The world needs to know what is happening in the Faeroes and just as we brought the horror of the Taiji dolphin slaughter to the attention of the world with the Academy Award-winning film The Cove [...] welcome to discuss the “grind” in the Faeroes because they were open to understanding the culture and traditions of the Faeroese that lie behind the continuation of the slaughter of the whales. We were told [...] our ship in Torshavn in Saturday, August 13 to invite people onboard for discussion with the Captain and crew. In the meantime, for anyone in the Faeroes who wants to know why we are here, the letter below