reversed by oil.« One of the 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 [...] 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 over the first 70 years of the 20th century.« To date, more than [...] it is difficult to envisage the excitement of residents - particularly those living on the tiny island of Flotta - when news broke that Orkney was to benefit from a massive oil boom. To taste a flavour

important to get the best deal possible. He said: ?Nobody was particular keen to have oil here because we had lived a certain kind of lifestyle for many years and oil seemed to be too disruptive to be good [...] travelled to Shetland to carry out the opening ceremony. While a consortium of oil companies build the facility costing almost £1.2 billion (in 70?s money), the oil industry became obliged to pay an annual [...] stream of income, which is used to boost the economy and to finance amenities other local authorities in Britain can only dream of. With the massive Clair oil field, 50 miles to the west of Shetland, coming

company is expected to float on the London Stock Exchange early next year in a bid to raise £10-20million to finance its participation in the great, slow-pace Faroese oil race. ?We?re ready to go ? waiting for [...] Commission in 1993, provides a clue as to how events were being watched at the time. Referring to the decision by Copenhagen in 1992 to cede mineral resources rights to the Faroese Home Rule government, Olafsson [...] . the decision by Denmark to surrender all rights to ?minerals in the subsoil? to Faroese control, and therefore the right to determine the course of the possible future oil and gas extraction industry

Ziolkowski is continuing to refine his ideas, and Veritas is trying to make an even better low-frequency source using novel airgun designs. If everything proceeds according to plan, the new source will [...] sounds from penetrating to 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 [...] loud music from noisy neighbours, you might like to think of BLAST, and how understanding why the music sounds the way it does is helping discover new oil fields. It is just another form of rock music!

since oil exploration efforts begun seven years ago It pays to explore for oil. This is absolutely clear if you look at the income made by the Faroe society, linked to oil exploration in one way or another [...] which is a fund established by oil companies in the year 2000, and which objective is to support scientific research within the oil industry, included in the overview. It has to be said that several of these [...] therefore it is difficult to evaluate how large a part of the money flows through the Faroe economy. -“Sindri is of a special nature, which possibly can be compared to the work done by the oil companies in connection

so if we are to continue to work in the Faroes, it will be necessary to resolve the “basalt problem”. The great challenge with basalt can be divided into two separate parts. The first is to “see” properly [...] big way? -“As a partner to the realm, we are hearing much about Greenland and the oil there. Various geological institutions have estimated that substantial quantities of oil are to be found in Greenland [...] not walking in small shoes when it comes to oil exploration in the Faroes. Even if the company has been the operating company for two dry wells, they are prepared to spend D.kr. 300 million on seismic surveys

thought of Faroese food makes my mouth water”, says Mr Kjell Ursin Smith, who among other posts, is the CEO for ONS, when discussing Faroe participation in an oil industry and at ONS. Oil industry -“Faroese [...] seeing the work Faroese have done to increase the knowledge on Faroe activities, and it has impressed me”, says Mr Smith, commenting on Faroese participation in an oil industry in general. He is also of [...] interested is seeing the Faroe stand, in particular the good food on offer to visiting guests. -“Just the thought of Faroe food makes my mouth water”, says Mr Kjell Ursin Smith. Large diversification ONS has

of the Atlantic to the North Sea, the story of oil has also been slow to unfold, though the potential of Eastern Canada is said to be considerable. And, in Greenland, there is nothing to show for efforts [...] subsea production facilities tied back to the nearby Snadd and Grasel fields and produce to an FPSO. BP estimates Skarv reserves to be some 110million barrels of oil and 67billion cu.m of gas. It is still [...] CRESSWELL One word sums up the hunt for oil and gas on the Eastern Atlantic Frontier ? from Portugal to Lofoten off Norway ? slow. There are few commercial discoveries to show for the enormous effort made,

with much reduced payments to the SIC in the light of declining North Sea oil expectations. However, due to improve oil recovery techniques and the development of oil fields to the West of Shetland, the [...] mounting to what extent the islands? massive oil terminal at Sullom Voe will be able to handle oil extracted from Faroese wells. A simple look at a map of the North East Atlantic reveals how close the [...] Shetlends?s 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

that we are so used to Now you can feel on your own skin how it is to be in our stead (shoes) ALWAYS to be wrongest be humiliated be the underdog Also, we saw you praying to God to bless America. Had it [...] given their opinion on (about) how to prohibit such horrors to take place in the future All readily agree in: PERSECUTION INVASION BOMBS REVENGE It does not seem to OCCUR TO ANYBODY that there are other [...] I was lucky to watch you on the TV screen when you delivered your address to the American nation, but it was also to me and all peoples and to everybody in the whole world, because the deed was not only