to a greater or lesser degree have been active and have established representation here, we must acknowledge and confirm that they are good cooperation partners. We can still not call ourselves an oil-producing [...] activity – and there still is. Eleven licenses are still active and hopefully some more will be awarded towards the end of the year, when the result of a third round becomes clear. Six wells have been drilled [...] among the oil-producing nations. Several may also have harboured some fear, regarding how these multinational companies, which now were to invade our country, would conduct themselves. As time has passed,

modest farmhouse, Danny, now 75, added: »You'll notice that I'm still farming.« »I would have been extremely wealthy today if we didn't have a Labour Government - which meant high taxes - at the time.« »I [...] directing Local Hero,« he said. »There are so many parallels between what happens in the film and what actually occurred on Flotta and the sense of humour that comes across is very Orcadian.« [...] to give Orkney a gift - and what better than a piano. Today, as the islands prepare to look back on 25 years of living with the oil industry, that Steinway grand piano is still being played. It?s not known

to another trait of the Faroese that I have found most intriguing. Surrounded by not much of anything except what their wits could claim from the sea, they have managed to produce a most remarkable society [...] task and over the years I have nurtured relationships with a variety of international business people, all of whom share a common vision in the potential of the Faroese and what could be their amazing destiny [...] Hawaii could be so enthusiastic about their rain-soaked country with its sodden economy. But I was indeed and the more I went about the country, and the more cups of coffee and sweet cakes I savored, the

leader. We may have been wrong as we cast our votes, but we were not that wrong. In these circum­stances Ben only has to explain where the Faroes are located; I have to try and explain my country’s entire foreign [...] next phase of our trip was to visit several of the world-famous Greek Isles. We have few friends from the United States who have enjoyed the cool white houses and bright blue waters of the isles, but we were [...] a number below 20. Bush in Greece After a few days of beaches and big meals we grew restless, and have since spent the last two weeks of travel staying with anyone who will take us in. Staying with locals

leaves with the best impressions of the host country. They will be wined and dined and strenuous efforts will be made to meet whatever individual wishes they have with regard to sightseeing and meeting eminent [...] way, the then Danish Foreign Minister, Uffe Elleman-Jensen observed that this encroachment would have enabled the inhabitants of Suðuroy (the southernmost of the Faroe Islands) to spit into British waters [...] an economic boycott who routinely smeared Faroese people as bloodthirsty barbarians. Yet they were still able to get representation on official UK delegations to the International Whaling Congress. As part

Aberdeen and the North-east of Scotland have reaped huge benefits from the oil and gas industry but there have been downsides. House prices have escalated, as have retail prices. Unemployment is the lowest [...] less 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 [...] prophetic and it was he who was called to douse the flames on what was left of Occidental?s Piper Alpha platform. It was a tragedy which was to have a world wide impact on safety. Even before Lord Cullen issued

if that ever happens. However, it is far too early to know what the real potential is, though figures like 1 billion barrels of crude have been bandied about ? manna to the Faroese business community [...] side-tracked. Again, it fell to Elttur to break the apparently disappointing news. ?Once again we have to state that the drilling operation did not yield the expected result. The Svinoy exploration well [...] the find is commercial. Challenging tasks lie ahead for all license holders on the Faroe Shelf ...? What the Marjun find achieved more than anything else was to remove all doubt about the existence of a