already is, a priority for Faroese tourism in the future. All in all – we can expect a great increase in the number of tourists over the next few years, so we must prepare. That is exactly what we’re trying [...] how to get attention in a way that is not too costly. We have to rely heavily on editorial mentioning, so we work very hard to build up a contact network with journalists all over the world that might be [...] of the organisation. Unspoiled Territory to Explore What advantages do the Faroe Islands have as a travel destination? The fact that our country is a small archipelago in the middle of the big ocean in
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, local [...] told us earnestly as we visited and watched the sun set over the city. It is not a bad point, but as the only American within 500 miles, and with a husband claiming Faroese citizenship, I felt it was my [...] 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
The question is being asked 'why is Statoil remaining in the Faroes for hydrocarbon exploration after drilling two dry wells?' Statoil answers this on several fronts. First it is a 30% partner in the exciting [...] undergoing a three well appraisal programme. As the latest press release indicates the field's third well (205/1-1) has just been tested and produced hydrocarbons at the rate of 6,000 barrels a day. In addition [...] in the Faroes offshore, an unexplored frontier area, a large area remains more speculative between these data points. To gain better insight to what these areas may contain, Statoil, Jardfeingi and other
There is no offer of a membership in any of your unions. I think this is highly inappropriate and embarrassing to witness - as a Faroese citizen. I feel that with this campaign you are creating a division [...] received a job offer in the Faroe Islands, and who are coming here in good faith. In my opinion the ad is repulsive. In the text, you try to make it sound like you are doing the foreigners a favor by providing [...] providing some basic information about the labor market. However, what is blatantly obvious to the reader is that the foreign workers are not welcome. By this, I think that you are crossing the limits
on of the Sullom Voe Oil Terminal much beyond what we have originally envisaged. It is the first piece of fixed infrastructure going out west. There is a lot of exploration going on to the West of Shetland [...] the Terminal is operated by BP Amoco on behalf of 30 oil company partners, ? An annual rent is paid to Shetland by the oil industry for the land on which the oil terminal is situated, ? A Shetland Islands [...] considerably higher than what they are on the Scottish mainland, ? Shetland has a drug and alcohol abuse problem, evidence of a society where the almost unlimited access to wealth is turning against its citizens
uneconomic are now almost routine. The North Sea is a mature province but the message the industry is struggling to transmit, particularly to the young, is that it has a long and valuable future and offers excellent [...] Argyll Field and by 1978 production had reached a million barrels a day. Aberdeen was enjoying unprecedented prosperity with hotel rooms at a premium and hardly a seat available in the rapidly increasing number [...] Rear window stickers appeared in cars all over the city pleading with the Almighty for a second oil boom and promising, in less than reverend terms, not to waste a second opportunity. The second boom, albeit
exploration is a long term activity with great uncertainties. Sosialurin has been following this activity for about 30 years and it is our hope that there will be plenty for us to cover over the next 30 [...] with Statoil as the operating company, was a dry hole. The William Prospect with BP as operator is set to spod later this year. It will be interesting to see what the William well might uncover. In the meantime [...] Faroese Shelf. Sosialurin, founded in 1927, is the biggest newspaper in the Faroe Islands. Sosialurin has focused on the Oil and Gas industry for the last 30 years and is therefore the leading distributor of
October. Drilled to a total depth of 4275m, the well encountered hydrocarbons but not in sufficient quantities to justify a drill stem test and so was a disappointment. Just now, Agip is drilling the 164/27-1 [...] frontier concessions awarded in the recent 17th licensing round is a prospect known as Fles Nord. This is thought to harbour large gas resources and is therefore of particular interest to Norsk Hydro, which also [...] wasted a considerable amount of shareholders? money as a member of a partnership lead by Mohave that drilled the Lusitania Basin - Aljubarrota prospect in 2000 and again in 2001. The adventure proved a commercial
This paints him as a rather atypical young man with ambitions in a country where a military career often is a gateway into the halls of political power. He was determined to rule what is the only empire of [...] landing at Vágar airport in just a few hours. What does he want and what good does a visit by a retired president do us? Of course we are all very excited to hear what a man, who has had the ultimate r [...] Islands. He will be paid a few dollars for it, well then, but considering his laden wallet that petty change is probably not why he is visiting. He has a story to tell. And a man who has been sparring
conditions. A cautious Elttur said: ?The success of this well is very important for the Faroe Islands as a future oil province, even if we do not at this moment of time know whether the find is commercial [...] make a real difference to the next year?s campaign by other consortia, including the Agip and Foroya Kolvetni (FK) partnership. This is a particularly important time for FK in that, though it is largely [...] average. The trick now is to multiply that success several times over during the next two to three years, convert the discoveries into commercial projects and guarantee the islands a place among the world
