sett av Jørgeni Niclasen, landsstýrimanni í fiskivinnumálum. Evnini, sum verða viðgjørd, eru hesi: Trace Fish standardurin fyri alifisk (Jostein Storøy frá SINTEF í Noregi, sum var formaður í arbeiðsbólkinum

Channel is a step into the partially unknown. Broadly speaking, the first well encountered only traces of hydrocarbons; the second well demonstrated the presence of both oil and gas, although in non-

this summer, the only known traces of hydrocarbons in the Faroes area were found on land and comprise coal deposits, organic waxes found in basalt, and inconclusive traces of oil mixed with water in the [...] the UK sector. It was Statoil that drilled the first well and, while it is regarded as a dry hole, traces of hydrocarbons were found. Likewise, BP?s well was declared dry, albeit it too produced evidence [...] result: ?Obviously it is disappointing that Statoil did not find commercial oil. However, identifying traces of hydrocarbons in the first well must be considered encouraging for future work in the area.? S