síðsta árið, - serliga aftaná 11. september 2001. Til Grammy Awards 2000 var vanligi tátturin "Song of the year" (ársins sangur), eisini við. Vinnararnir av hesum bólkum gjørdist, nr 1: Backstreet Boys [...] framleitt nøkur av teimum størstu hittunum í gjøgnum seinastu tjúgu árini. Nevnast kunnu t.d. "I was made for loving you" (Kiss), "Dude looks like a lady" og "Crazy" (Aerosmith), "I hate myself for loving

west of Shetland reserves now fall a long way short of early estimates. In its 1990 Brown Book, the UK Department of Trade and Industry gave high-end reserves estimates of 730million tonnes of oil and [...] sector of the Atlantic Frontier, especially when set against UK west of Shetland, where less than a handful of fields are producing or under development (namely Foinaven and Schiehallion/Loyal, with Clair [...] discovery on the Bon Maritime permit (Bay of Biscay). But Elf ditched it because of poor reservoir quality, unacceptable oil prices and high cost of extracting oil from such a remote location. But hope springs

main challenge of petroleum exploration in the Faroe Islands is not one of bathymetry but one of geology. Geology and proximity to the West of Shetland oil fields have dictated the location of the first e [...] a gradual transfer of activity from the existing licenses in the southeast to the shallower and basalt covered parts of the Faroe Platform itself. Results from the first 2 years of exploration Two years [...] point of departure was quite naturally the experience from West of Shetland, where oil in large quantities has been discovered in certain geological formations, notably Paleocene sections. One of the e

dependent upon the outcome of the parcelling out of the Hatton-Rockall Plateau. It is always an issue of timing when deciding upon the launch of a licensing round. With large parts of the Faroe Shelf being [...] any licensing round a careful assessment of the maturity of a region with respect to exploration has to be performed in order to obtain an informed and realistic opinion on possible work commitments in future [...] the Minister of Petroleum has told the administration to start planning for a second licensing round. Acting upon this message it is likely that the Ministry of Petroleum will consult with the industry

intends to work very closely with BP and other agencies to minimise the impact and retain the skilled workforce in the local economy." Warnings of the decision were made last month when the energy supermajor [...] 300 staff, with about 75 directly affected by this round of job losses. BP staff and contractors are being offered voluntary redundancy. Decisions will be finalised by next March. Hundreds of contractors [...] proposed job losses, Ann Black, Deputy Chief Executive of Shetland Enterprise, told Sosialurin: "We are obviously very concerned at the potential impact of the proposed job losses, these are highly skilled

. great kings of men. Sauron gave to them Nine Rings of power and with them the promise of ethernal rule . . .unending life" Strider. Seinasta ár sóu vit fyrra partin: "The Fellowship of the Ring", og [...] "The Ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom only there can it be unmade. It must be taken deep into Mordor, and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came" Elrond frá "Ringanna Harri" um Ringin [...] arbeiðið við "Silmarillion", ið er um fyrstu tíðina, t.v.s. áðrenn tíðina í Lord of the Rings. Í 1954 og 1955 komu bøkurnar "Lord of the Rings" og hetta arbeiðið eyðnaðist sera væl. Serliga eftir 1965 kom ferð

upplýsingum um hesa vøkru oyggj. Rithøvundin Mark Twain segði, at: "God created Mauritius and then made a copy of it to create paradise", ið fortelur okkum eitt sindur um vakurleikan á oynni. Sum sagt er hetta

Heralvur Joensen were of necessity more technical. These together with the film gave everyone an appreciation of the mechanics of Oil exploration and exactly what progress has been made in Faroese waters. [...] impression of people collectively celebrating their identity and culture right in the middle of the great World City of London. And there was a quiet pride in seeing that there is now a new generation of young [...] Minister set the tone for the evening with a fascinating wide-ranging speech which included elements of history, philosophy, poetry as well as the spiritual. Delivered with his customary charm it had the audience

southern area of the field, with estimated oil in place of approximately 1.75billion barrels of which 287million might be recoverable over a 24-year period. Depending on how Phase-1 works out, further development [...] possible, with a recoverables target of 400mmb, though there is informal talk of more than 500mmb. Clair development is based on a single large, steel jacket platform located in 165m of water, with output [...] next year, but the decision was made to install it summer 2003, in case 2004 turns out to be a bad weather year west of Shetland. Platform fabrication is in the hands of Aker Kværner (jacket) and Amec

and eighties and, of course, these were mainly people who came in from the outside. ?Shetland has changed to a different kind of community from days when you walked down the streets of Lerwick and would [...] 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 jetties at the terminal, 30 miles to the north of Lerwick. Shetland [...] steady 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