simply seemed too big to grasp fully, mysterious in some ways, and maybe even a little dangerous. The usual reaction I get when talking to people at home about studying in the U.S. is something like this: [...] become completely demystified. This is not a dream, but real life – and I can’t do anything but love it. Rather than being intimidating, the size of the country is what makes it so full of opportunities [...] shape life as he or she pleases. And coming in as an outsider is no barrier to fitting in and utilizing what the country has to offer. It is made easy by the astonishing openness that the people has been

course, have to have effective strategies. This is a very small country and our budgets are equally small – so we must know how to get attention in a way that is not too costly. We have to rely heavily on editorial [...] do the Faroe Islands have as a travel destination? The fact that our country is a small archipelago in the middle of the big ocean in the periphery of western society makes us quite unique and special. [...] rather than the south. Maybe it is because people feel safer travelling north than south these days. And since the northern countries have seen far less of mass tourism, there is more unspoiled territory to

least abroad. It is no big secret however, that both patience and professionalism is required if a contract is to be established with a large oil company. The beau racy is immense and it is all important [...] area, and therefore it is sensible to cooperate with a telecommuni­cations company capable of delivering such a service. This is where Føroya Tele comes into the picture, as it is capable of delivering [...] in September The question is also what other services could come in the wake of this cooperation. For example, broadband and other wireless services. A futuristic question is how a company like Føroya Tele

deepwater Nigeria, it is hardly surprising that the North-west European effort is so low key. And, as rigs gradually but inexorably migrate out of the North Sea, the more difficult it is likely to become in [...] exploration effort, there are conflicting reports about the Dooish discovery. Is it potentially commercial or is it not? That is the question being asked in the wake of conflicting reports. The 12/2-1z Rockall [...] Mauritania while, on the west side, the Canadian quest plods along unspectacularly, but is delivering modest results. There is no doubt about where the exploration dollars are being spent ? West Africa. With

"Cause cheap is how I feel" vísir, at tey hava talent fyri at skriva góðar tekstir. Eitt brot er : "Half moon in the sky tonight, bright enough to come up with an answer to the question why is it that every [...] churning, feeling like a lie about to be revealed, but I'll horde all this to myself cause cheap is how I feel". Michael Timmins skrivar næstan allar tekstirnar, men onkuntíð er tað Margo. Hon hevur eitt [...] ella síggja lík liggja og flóta í gøtunum, men er tað á filmi, nei, so gongur tað ikki. So traðkar "Big Brother" frælsi til at velja niður. Ikki fyrr enn á triðju fløguni taka tey seg saman og skriva næstan

Oil Experience Hans J. Marter Shetland is ready for the Faroese oil industry to take off and is confident that both island groups will benefit hugely once oil is discovered in the Faroese sector. Already [...] simple look at a map of 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 [...] the whole region is already benefiting from increased activity. »The harbour has recently been very, very busy with oil related ships. Our income this year is well up, and much of that is thanks to oil-related

can be seen on clear nights from the Scottish mainland and is generated from waste gases produced as crude oil delivered by seabed pipeline is processed at the terminal. North Sea oil abruptly arrested [...] oil era, and one often overlooked, is the way it restored confidence in the people of Orkney,« he said. »Until the 1970s, people across the islands were wondering how long they could hang on and when they'd [...] economy by paying people big salaries they in turn spent on local goods and services. Under new management determined to cut costs to keep the ageing plant viable, the story is different today and the workforce

the Agip and Foroya Kolvetni (FK) partnership. This is a particularly important time for FK in that, though it is largely owned by Faroese, the company is expected to float on the London Stock Exchange early [...] exploration wells drilled, the success rate 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 [...] projects and guarantee the islands a place among the world?s oil and gas nations. Quite how this will be achieved is a question that will occupy many minds this winter as oil company geologists and others

That is at any rate the view held by the Danish company DONG, which, as a member of The Faroes Partnership, is participating in the drilling of the third exploratory well on Faroese territory. »It is easier [...] the activities as possible to benefit Faroese society, partly because it is natural to exchange know-how, but also because it is, after all, the Faroe islanders' resources we are using.« Nine Faroe islanders [...] DONG has three Faroe islanders on its permanent staff. Drilling know-how One of the areas in which DONG can contribute special know-how is cost-effective drilling of exploratory and production wells. As something

That is at any rate the view held by the Danish company DONG, which, as a member of The Faroes Partnership, is participating in the drilling of the third exploratory well on Faroese territory. »It is easier [...] the activities as possible to benefit Faroese society, partly because it is natural to exchange know-how, but also because it is, after all, the Faroe islanders' resources we are using.« Nine Faroe islanders [...] DONG has three Faroe islanders on its permanent staff. Drilling know-how One of the areas in which DONG can contribute special know-how is cost-effective drilling of exploratory and production wells. As something