was exactly what was needed in a community that had depended so long on fishing and farming.« »It was also an opportunity for so many Orcadians, who had been forced to leave to find work, to come back [...] source of this night time display is man made - and serves as a powerful 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 [...] wrote and directed Local Hero, an American oil tycoon called Hammer - the legendary Dr Armand Hammer - had watched with pride as the British Government's Energy Minister officially opened the oil terminal on

rapidly increasing number of restaurants inn the city which had truly become cosmopolitan with American, French and Dutch schools opening. However it had become too dependent on oil and when in 1986, with no [...] Graema Smith Glasgow Once Aberdeen had a small, almost quaint airport, like Vagar, but that has long since gone. The discovery of oil led to the development of the modern international airport and bustling [...] years before the first oil was brought ashore from Hamilton?s Argyll Field and by 1978 production had reached a million barrels a day. Aberdeen was enjoying unprecedented prosperity with hotel rooms at

neighbours or errant teenagers? If so, did you notice that the music sounded »duller« than it would if you had been in the same room as where it was being played? In fact, the reason the music sounded dull is not [...] the deeper formations that hopefully contain valuable oil fields. As a result, seismic studies have had limited success, and this has discouraged oil companies from exploring the area more fully. However

the allocation of which was influenced by what the oil companies themselves had asked for. A total of 23 oil companies had submitted 13 nominations covering 108 whole and 26 part-blocks. 43 whole and [...] quantities in the future.? As for the Amerada Hess-operated 6004/16a-1 Marjun prospect wildcat well, there had been speculation for several days that the big semi-submersible Sovereign Explorer was on to something [...] uartered Dana Petroleum, which holds an option over 20% of FK?s shares and as a strategic partner Had FK been floated on the LSE as an oil junior ahead of the first drilling campaign, it is possible that

må sies å være et brukbart resultat av de aller føste brønnene i færøyske farvann. Selv om vi alle hadde håpet på olje. Naturen er imidlertid ikke enkel. Tverrsnittet over Gullhjørnet viser alle de mulige

Edvardsen from DONG. Together with the other companies in The Faroes Partnership, DONG has therefore had close cooperation and fruitful dialogue for many years with Faroese industry, the Faroese Government [...] on the Faroe Islands,« says Jan Terje Edvardsen. Knowledge concerning the Faroese subsoil DONG has had activities on the Faroe Islands since 1995, when the company, in cooperation with the Faroese authorities

Edvardsen from DONG. Together with the other companies in The Faroes Partnership, DONG has therefore had close cooperation and fruitful dialogue for many years with Faroese industry, the Faroese Government [...] on the Faroe Islands,« says Jan Terje Edvardsen. Knowledge concerning the Faroese subsoil DONG has had activities on the Faroe Islands since 1995, when the company, in cooperation with the Faroese authorities

of the size, and in GDP terms even smaller. Accordingly, a relatively small scale of activity has had a large relative effect on Newfoundland. In the Faroes, with less than one-tenth of the population

kulturelt, økonomisk og sosialt. Det er nok å tenke tilbake på vår situasjon fra 1970-årene da vi hadde arbeidskraft fra en lang rekke land både fra USA og Europa for øvrig. De første konsesjonene på Færøyene

Larsen Jeg kjenner mange dyktige oljegeologer, de tjener gode penger, men ingen av dem er blitt rike. Hadde derimot geologene visst hvor oljen var å finne... Etter to tørre brønner på færøysk sokkel, og én [...] får vi ny informasjon og øker vår forståelse, og for Nordsjøen trengte vi altså 33 borehull før vi hadde nok informasjon og erfaring til å kunne bore på det rette stedet. Vest for Shetland ble det boret