also typifies the trend in a way. The company sold off its North Sea interests in 1988 but returned to the province by buying half of Shell?s 4.357% interest in the Elgin/Franklin fields. The number of niche [...] acquired than be bought over. The record of expansion saw the share price double in a year prior to the post-September 11 volatility in the market. In October Abbot completed the acquisition of Deutag of Germany [...] increases in the level of tax levied. While these new entrants have been buying up acreage, a number of key participants in the energy services sector based in Scotland are looking around the world for where

30,000 in 1901 to just 17,000 in 1971. »One of the most important benefits of the oil era, and one often overlooked, is the way it restored confidence in the people of Orkney,« he said. »Until the 1970s [...] Orkney long after the day when the oil terminal finally closes. But the down turn in world trade since the terrorist attacks on September 11 could delay the creation of the terminal - so oil remains of [...] glow for the past 25 years - a sight as familiar to residents as the stars that fill the clear skies above the islands. Islanders treasure the winter spectacle of the aurora borealis. But the source of

of the islands. The first gas was discovered in the North Sea by BP in their West Sole Field in 1965 and two years later Amoco found the first oil in the Arbroath field. It was 10 years before the first [...] choose to make their homes in the Faroe Islands and push up the prices in the same way as happened in Aberdeen forcing them beyond the reach of most of those not involved in the industry which, although [...] because of the oil industry and the challenge for the Faroes, if oil is discovered in its waters, will be to capitalise on the opportunity yet retain the unique charm of the islands. Aberdeen and the North-east

inconclusive traces of oil mixed with water in the Lopra-1 experimental well drilled in the early 1980s. Geological mapping of the islands started in 1938 and, among the very earliest surveys known to have been [...] followed the long grind to get legislation finalised and onto the statute book, the decades-long boundary dispute with the UK settled, and the first licensing round launched. The last mentioned and, in practical [...] 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, convert the discoveries into commercial

conference in Torshavn, to compare the effects on Norway and Newfoundland. In Norway, the contribution of the petroleum industry to the national gross domestic product (GDP), after decades of activity, recently [...] to contrast developments in Newfoundland and Shetland. Much has been achieved in the latter, including the way in which an innovative legislative initiative has resulted in significant government revenues [...] reflect the size of our petroleum industry (it is still very small) so much as the fact that Newfoundland has a much smaller economy than Norway. In population terms it is one tenth of the size, and in GDP

example, while the main derrick is drilling, the auxiliary derrick can prepare for the next drilling operation. This reduces the halts in the drilling operations and is expected to increase the drilling efficiency [...] several oil companies since delivery in Feburary 2000 and has experience from some of the most sensitive and harsh environment areas in the world. The vessel has worked in a range of water depths from app [...] from drilling operations in the Noth Sea and surrounding harsh environment areas in the north. The company includes approximately 3000 highly skilled and experienced employees. West Navion has been employed

hesum orðum úr Cymbeline eftir William Shakespeare, lisnum av Hughes sjálvum: Fear no more the heat of the sun, Nor the furious winter´s rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone and ta´en thy wages; [...] sjóndæmdur, eyðkendur av onkrum slag av speiskum intellektualiteti. Tann fyrsta bókin hjá Hughes æt Hawk in the Rain. Við henni ringdi hann inn eitt nýtt tíðarskeið í enskum skaldskapi, eitt andsvar frá bygdini [...] til hansara skaldskap renna. Millum tey verk, sum fingu týdning fyri hann, vóru The Golden Bough eftir Sir James Frazer og The White Goddess eftir Robert Graves. Sylvia Plath Fyrst í oktober 1955 kom Sylvia

Reptile?, sum sagt eitt deiliga hugnaligt og innleiðandi lag, teir kendu ?Tears in Heaven?, ?Fathers Eyes?, ?Change the World?og eisini blues-løg av nýggju fløguni; t.d. eitt lag hjá James Taylor ?Don´t let [...] friðsælt, ?Sally & Son?. Sjálvandi kravdu áhoyrarnir ?et extra-nummer?; og tann idyliski ?Somewhere over the Rainbow ? varð spældur. Eitt deiligt kvøld við góðum og væl spældum tónleiki. Tó so vórðu løtur, har [...] Tá tað verður sagt um onkran ?a Reptile? so merkir hetta, í Surrey Onglandi, at ein er partur av ?the gang? ella góðkendur av klikuni. Hetta skrivar Eric Clapton í fløgubóklinginum í sambandi við sín heldur

kendum gospelslagarum, sum t.d.: »Everywhere You go«, »It is well with my soul«, »He´s got the whole world in his hand«, »This little light of mine«, og so nakrar negro-spirituals, sum t.d. »Motherless [...] give You the praise«. Her slapp frálíki Heini Lützen framat og sum altíð, so megnaði hann hesa uppgávu av tí allar besta. Aftaná stuttan steðg var aftur sett í gongd, og her fingu vit »I saw the light«, [...] »Give Him all the praise«, »Let´s magnify the Lord«, »You are welcome to this place«. Her sá tað so út til at konsertin var at enda komin, men nei, fjøldin vildi hava meir og tað fekk hon. Aftaná blómu-

How in the World do students read? Haag: IEA 2000 Gabrielsen, E Slik leser voksne i Norge Stavanger: Senter for leseforskning 1992 Lundberg, I Linnakyla, P The teaching of reading around the world Haag: [...] Haag: IEA 2000 OECD and Statistics Canada Literacy in the information age: Final report of the Adult Literacy survey Paris: OECD Eg havi sjálv gjørt eina lesikanning við umleið 150 børnum úr 3. flokkum kring