with Faroese connections to a function at the Danish Embassy in London where he is based. A chance for John to meet members of the Faroese community and also for them to get to know him. A wonderfully varied [...] in Aberdeen to hand over to John. He became established almost as a towering landmark on the North East Coast of Scotland to whom Faroese people could turn for help, advice and assistance. But times change [...] be informative for everyone. The talks and film about the future Oil Industry in the Faroe Islands certainly gave everyone food for thought. Eyðun Eltor the Oil Minister set the tone for the evening with

farming.« »It was also an opportunity for so many Orcadians, who had been forced to leave to find work, to come back to the islands. And that reversed the trend which had seen the Orkney population decline [...] important reasons for creating the oil reserves was to ensure money was available to help the islands cope with the eventual closure of the oil terminal - now projected to happen in 2020. But Councillor Ha [...] their homes for oil dollars and argue over the rival merits of owning a Rolls Royce or a Maserati On Flotta, big money was paid for the farm land Occidental - Dr Hammer's consortium - bought up to make way

hold and the century ended with a year in which the price was down to under $10 a barrel at the beginning at up to more than $26 by the end but hopes were high that the new Millennium would bring new [...] airport, like Vagar, but that has long since gone. The discovery of oil led to the development of the modern international airport and bustling heliport, the busiest in Europe, which Aberdeen now boasts [...] dramatic, has arrived, the promises have been kept and great care has been taken this time to try to avoid any more boom to burst scenarios. Companies have expanded their horizons and diversified so their fortunes