member of The Faroes Partnership, is participating in the drilling of the third exploratory well on Faroese territory. »It is easier to work together with others if all the parties involved have the same [...] develop human resources both on the Faroe Islands and at DONG. »One of the main aims of our activities is to support the development of competence within the oil industry on the Faroe Islands,« says Jan Terje [...] Knowledge concerning the Faroese subsoil DONG has had activities on the Faroe Islands since 1995, when the company, in cooperation with the Faroese authorities, was in charge of the preparation and drilling

challenge for the authorities, the oil companies and the local industry. The large quantities of data which has been collected from the drillings this summer will be subjected to intense studies over the coming [...] were to be expected when you combine the traditional working methods of the oil industry with the stipulations of the hydrocarbon law and the expectations of the local business community. Let me first [...] countries is the need for evaluating the activities as we progress. There have been two meetings recently where lessons learned were on the agenda. In addition the Ministry of Petroleum will meet with the oil companies

island groups, the Faroes were, in the Middle Ages, dependencies or tax lands of the Kingdom of Norway. However, while Shetland and the Orkneys fell under the harsh dominion of the Scots, the Faroes eventually [...] country in the Middle East? So, in addition to honesty, humility and the revival of the principles of true humanity, the world seems to be in need of the wisdom of professional statesmen. Quoting the poet Frank [...] partly through the agency of the Nordic House, which opened here in 1983. But our cultural connection to Sweden is older, being rooted in the pan-Scandinavian outlook of the second half of the nineteenth century

(i.e. both the oil companies and the whole of the service-industry attached to the hydrocarbon activities). On the contrary, the Faroese Hydrocarbon Activities Act, and ? presumably ? the specific licenses [...] information sheets to the oil companies of the developments in the Faroese legislative process regarding the hydrocarbon legislation and of the developments in the negotiations in the boundary dispute with [...] Dania Law Firm One of the great concerns of the Faroese society, including the Faroese political and administrative system, in connection with the preparation of the Faroese oil era, has been to ensure

this tiny country, the situation had changed. The last couple of months he had noticed that the islands were on the front page of several travel sections in major American newspapers. The Faroese newspaper [...] newspaper, Sosialurin, brought the story in connection with a portrait of the composer, but the reason why the Faroe Islands suddenly had become a subject of interest was unknown to the journalist. Of course nothing [...] in our stories about the Faroe Islands as a Tolkien-like country and about the boy who found a watch that had travelled all the way from the North Pole. But in order to sell the Faroes to his editors

dissenting voice was heard when the Faroese parliament debated the terms of the agreement means the deal must have been fair to the fishing industry. It it was not, the fishery lobby would have put paid to an [...] located in the deeps of the Faroe-Shetland Channel that may straddle the agreed median line? Greenpeace and other members of the environmental lobby permitting. (Greenpeace has been given leave by the High Court [...] 26. Wood Mackenzie says of the quest: »The operator is believed to be targetting a sizeable gas structure to the north of the block, close to the limit of UK designated acreage«. Mobil will doubtless play

had in them The ready listening ear, the comforting hand on the shoulder The willingness to listen to another?s distress and the care you gave The principled way in which you treated people The gentleman [...] The sound of your voice as you spoke on the phone The bundle of papers under your arm The ever half-filled coffee cup in front of you The concentrated look on your face as you studied some paper With your [...] all a part of you. The light step, the twinkling eyes The charming smile as you spoke to someone The laughter in your voice as you shared a joke at a party Your actions as you read the story from tarvafelagi_

with the Faroese. At least we are clear about which of the wells to date have essentially failed ? all but the Marjan probe drilled by Amerada Hess. The failure of the only well drilled during the 2003 [...] last drilled offshore Ireland on the Sarsfield prospect in the Porcupine Basin in 2001. But it was a duster. Prior to that, in the late 1990's, the company participated in the Connemara field appraisal programme [...] CRESSWELL Short of heading for West Africa, the greatest successes are currently being scored in the NW African state of Mauritania while, on the west side, the Canadian quest plods along unspectacularly

to come anyhow, and the more we could control and be part of the development, the more money we could keep in the community and create the facilities for the future.? Subsequently, the council?s representatives [...] Marter Since the first oil was pumped ashore, on the 25th November, 1978, from the new oil fields in the East Shetland Basin, almost 7.5 billion barrels of crude have been exported from the four loading [...] Britain can only dream of. With the massive Clair oil field, 50 miles to the west of Shetland, coming on stream towards the end of next year, the BP led management at the oil terminal is confident that

drill in the far north east of the UK northern North Sea on the Ben Nevis prospect, showing that the appetite for drilling the regional hotspot is undiminished. Drilling in 2002 has not produced the breakthrough [...] As exploration success has eluded the explorers in the southeast corner of the island?s offshore waters, it is likely that attention will turn to the northeast. The west of Shetlands region is vying for [...] recent research carried out by the group, ?indicates that the UKCS is at a critical point in terms of its international competitiveness because of the maturity of the basin.? The report also noted that increased