formed in 2000, did its first deal in June of that year buying TotalFinaElf?s 49% interest in the Caister gas field from operator Conoco. A second deal between the same two companies was completed in December [...] buying producing assets in the southern gas basin. In January 2001, Roots acquired a 50% stake in the Audrey gas field from Centrica for an undisclosed sum. The company?s aim is to be a very low cost base player [...] them. At Offshore Europe in Aberdeen in September the industry also discussed new types of ownership contracts to help release blockages in the current contract system and allow new ways of combining to extract
who also have a share in Supply Service, and through them we have access to a large amount of knowledge in this field, and this is a great advantage. If we are to establish ourselves in an oil industry [...] which come in addition to the international demands. – They have for example a special duty on NOX. This means that a maximum has been set for how much detrimental waste can come from a vessel. In practical [...] terms, this means that a badly polluting vessel must pay so much in duties, that it is not competitive, thereby excluding itself from working in a Norwegian oil industry. He says that in Norway this duty is
countries like the Faroe Islands can now become the focus of attention and therefore – in a way – become a new centre. A New Frontier There are still new frontiers to be discovered in the world – and the Faroe [...] burning question is: What role can a little nation like the Faroe Islands play in a globalised world? In my view information, communication and technology are creating a new reality. It’s the ‘levelled playing [...] experience in a radio programme in this way: »It’s a cosmic experience. The Faroe Islands is a country which is – and is not. It is in constant flux. It keeps disappearing: One moment it’s lost in the fog
Newfoundland has a much smaller economy than Norway. In population terms it is one tenth of the size, and in GDP terms even smaller. Accordingly, a relatively small scale of activity has had a large relative [...] (GDP), after decades of activity, recently peaked at about 25%. In Newfoundland, with just a single oilfield in production (a second field will start producing next month), the industry already contributes [...] has seen initial work in Faroese waters, but already such companies are beginning to look for opportunities in the UK sector and beyond. This is certainly the pattern we have seen in Newfoundland; local
our size, are resolute in our commitment to upholding this order. It ensures that might does not make right, and that all nations, regardless of size, have a voice and a stake in global governance. From [...] international stability. Not least in much of the Arctic and the North Atlantic. Dear friends In a world where uncertainty often breeds fear and division, we must remain steadfast in our commitment to the principles [...] technological change all contribute to a complex and unpredictable global reality that is impacting our region too. Because the Arctic does not, of course, exist in a vacuum. And we cannot be but concerned
today. Where a flag at half-mast marking the mourning of lost loved ones and unthinkable suffering can be countered by another flag in a different place that is raised to celebrate victory in the same context [...] But we all know that flags can symbolize something completely different. They can be symbols of quite the opposite. We can use our flags to oppress others. To say that my flag can only fly if yours is crushed [...] recognition. It is a public holiday and celebrations are held today all around the Faroes. In every Flag Day speech, in every village, on almost every island today, the role of Britain in our flag’s official
Sveinn Jónsson Iceland On the 11th of June in 1988 about six thousand peoplewere gathered together in a religious gathering by the Bethlehem church in Kawangware in Nairobi, Kenya. Mary Sinaida Akatsa was [...] people and waved their hands. A tall man in white clothes and having a beard suddenly stood among them. The man walked hand in hand with Mary towards the church building. In clear Swahili without any trace [...] bring a bucketful of blessings to you all" It took the gatering almost twenty minutes to calm down after the man had left in a car belonging to a mr. Gurnam Singh, who had offered to give the man a ride
will start life together in Klaksvik. After a week of marriage, we left my home in rural America, a place of big highways, big sky and a big family, to travel across the Balkans, a land of young countries [...] recite with a harsh American accent that makes him cringe. My biggest accomplishment so far has been with counting, and I can now tell Ben the price of something in Faroese so long as it is 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 is a great o
data major structures can be imaged beneath the basalts in certain parts of the Faroe Shelf. Hopefully, the work performed within the 9-year licenses and the SINDRI project can assist in maturing these structures [...] pitfalls. There is a need to approach exploration in the Faroes with an open mind in order not to preclude opportunities from ever being discovered, and this also implies that there is a need to look both [...] element when enhancing the geological understanding of a new area is the question of openness and data exchange. To a certain degree this also has happened in the Faroese region. The Faroese authorities appreciate
the Faroes a perfect society, yet. Oldest parliament in the World The social contract in the Faroes is strong, there is a strong culture and pride in having remained the Faroese language in spite of being [...] changes can get answers. In May the worlds leading experts in the field fetal programming and developmental toxicity met in the Faroes for the first international conference on the subject. It was in the Faroes [...] nature to go fishing and having sheeps in the mountains. All though most youngsters live a life similar to other young people in the western world, it still comes with a touch and respect of nature, and when
