behalf of the Government and People of the Faroe Islands, I would like to send our warmest and most heartfelt congratulations to you on the occasion of your 90th Birthday. As in so many other places in the world [...] world, the people of our small country in the North Atlantic Ocean have been touched and inspired by your unique achievements. At great personal cost, you battled for justice when the odds seemed impossible [...] blessing for the world. And we are further inspired by your continuing commitment to improving the lot of deprived children and HIV/Aids victims. Wishing you the happiest of Birthdays and Many, Many Happy Returns

suitable time frame is negotiated between the license holders and the Faroe Petroleum authorities. In addition, the annual acreage payment, which is a fee the license holders have to pay for the licensed area [...] ensure the work is conducted in a sensible manner – both from a public viewpoint and from the viewpoint of the license holders. We must continually remind ourselves that the Faroe society and the oil industry [...] succeeded in becoming part of the international oil industry. As this oil exhibition gets off the ground in Stavanger, Faroe industry is a part of the exhibition and are offering their services. From the authority’s

swift. The company has today ten people employed. Five in the Faroes and five in London. The company is also a partner in several licenses in UK waters, whereof some are already producing oil. The company [...] –“This is without doubt very important for the company”, says Mr Wilhelm Petersen, CEO. The largest oil company y in the Faroes, Atlantic Petroleum is truly flying once again. On Friday, the company announced [...] important for the shareholders and those who have invested in the company. Among them are large companies and the banks in the Faroes and this discovery will be very important for them. The ring affect from

and the problem with the collation of knowledge is very often that the registration method is too complicated for the common user. The Keel Solution system is quite user-friendly. For example, the system [...] blog - something everyone is familiar with. -The blog is the pocketbook of the employees. Instead of staff writing everything down in a pocketbook, the information is registered in a web-based system and [...] advantages, but the danger is that the market is not familiar with the product. Experience shows however, that if we are presented with the opportunity to explain/demonstrate the system, the interest is large,

participation in an oil industry in general. He is also of the opinion that Faroese are good at making themselves visible, by for example having a stand in the festival area and adds that he is always very [...] professional, are visible and are present in the industry. This is very good. I have personally had the pleasure of seeing the work Faroese have done to increase the knowledge on Faroe activities, and it has [...] festival is on the Stavanger harbour and is also an aspect I am especially proud of, as it is a special event, with many stands and artists”, says Mr Smith. In size, the largest participating companies

participate in the oil exhibition ONS. This time the Tórshavn Town Council will cooperate with the Rúnavík Town Council regarding a presentation in the pavilion on the harbour in Bergen. The harbour environment [...] It is not just a Faroe oil industry participating at ONS in Bergen. The international oil world will also be given the opportunity to experience Faroese culture. For the third time in secession the Tórshavn [...] with the same name, creates Nordic clothing based on a conceptual approach to the process, where experiments with forms provide the setting for the visual motive in the design. Malan á Lofti is a young

The main organiser behind the Faroese National Stand at Offshore Northern Seas 2008 (ONS) is the public organisation SamVit – Faroe Islands Enterprise, which is a new organisation resulting from the merger [...] merger between the former Tourist Board and the Trade Council. SamVit is to carry out the chosen national trade policy. The main functions of the organisation are to encourage innovation and enterprise [...] colleagues at the stand as well. Faroe Islands is in an excellent geographic location to become a natural supplier of goods and services for the exploration and production on the shelves around us. In addition

knowledge in, says Mr Ólavur Gregersen, the Bitland CEO. Bitland and the oil industry This is the first time the Bitland Consulting Group is participating in an oil industry exhibition. -“The reason for [...] analysis for the Faroe Stock Market. Of other tasks worth mentioning is the coordination of the “Jobmatch” project, which is intended to help resolve the problem of the non-return of Faroese to the islands [...] The Bitland Consulting Group is a new advisory group. The reasons for establishing the company, was the opportunity of creating a powerful team, which with its well-educated people are in a position to

for our service is that the oil companies working in the Faroes can turn to a single subcontractor, who is in a position to deliver everything they require and want. This eliminates the need for companies [...] long as the drillings are only exploratory the level of activity we can expect to see will be limited”, says Mr Berg. In spite of this situation, Mr Berg is optimistic and says the company is ready for [...] Beras has only existed since 2001, the mother company P/F Teymavirkið in Rúnavík, has been delivering equipment to the Faroe fishing industry since 1961. The goal of Beras is to deliver all perishables and

forty percent of the people in the Faroes. Oil industry activities The objective for the participation of the Port of Tórshavn and their former participation at ONS is largely to support the companies par [...] The Port of Tórshavn is once again a participant at ONS this year, as was the case the foregoing years. They will represent both Tórshavn as a town and as the Port of Tórshavn, which is the direct gateway [...] office is located on the eastern harbour arm in Tórshavn and has thirteen full-time employees, who apart from the whole harbour area in Tórshavn, also are responsible for large harbour areas in the villages