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 way. If you turn it around this way – ‘bad weather’ might [...] experience in a radio programme in this way: »It’s a cosmic experience. The Faroe Islands is a country which is – and is not. It is in constant flux. It keeps disappearing: One moment it’s lost in the fog [...] ly.« This is – in my view – a beautiful poetic description of The Faroes. And let’s stay in the poetic corner. Danish author and jazz singer Suzanne Brøgger, who visited the islands in March this year

hydrocarbons in the Faroes area were found on land and comprise coal deposits, organic waxes found in basalt, and inconclusive traces of oil mixed with water in the Lopra-1 experimental well drilled in the early [...] (6005/15-1) was drilled this summer in licence area 003, 130km southeast of Faroes to a total depth of 4000m, terminating in Paleocene sediments. Rolf Magne Larsen, who is in charge of the Norwegian company [...] commercial oil. However, identifying traces of hydrocarbons in the first well must be considered encouraging for future work in the area.? Stakeholders in the Longan well are operator Statoil (35%); Phillips

Aljubarrota prospect in 2000 and again in 2001. The adventure proved a commercial failure and resulted in Desire backing away. In its 2001 annual report, Desire said prospects identified in the Lusitania Basin [...] interval of approximately 170m in Palaeocene sediments. Located in 950m of 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 [...] (12/2-1) is located 125 km northwest of Donegal in the Rockall Basin, in 1478m of water. This is the second deepest water depth in which a well has ever been drilled in Irish waters. It sits midway between the