og villan grát á heystarnátt.? Hetta var sum Janus plagdi so melankolskt at taka til, long..long time ago. Men so er kanska ikki longur. Føroyskt kjak er meiri livandi enn nakrantíð. Bløð sum Dimmalætting [...] skemt. Upprunaligt moralskt Speisemi er eitt tekstaslag, ið vit kenna aftur til Jonathan Swiftsa A tale of a Tub, ið kom út í 1704. Hetta verk verður altíð mett um í sambandi við speisemi. Tað áhugaverda er [...] um ein samanber teirra atburð ella verumáta við almennar moralskar dygdir. Í The Penguin Dictionary of literary Terms and literary Theory stendur: ?(speihøvundurin)er eitt menniskja, ið hevur átikið sær

we were on the brink of a new industry in the Faroese context. Today we have three exploration wells behind us and a lot of experience which I am looking forward to hearing more of over the next days. There [...] parties involved, as they from time to time might seem to have opposite interests. I would like to thank the organisers for providing this opportunity to discuss the experience of the last 12 months. It is [...] demands of the oil industry. I know there have been difficulties in this cooperation, and if we are realistic, difficulties were to be expected when you combine the traditional working methods of the oil

facing the prospect of being bought particularly by American players. Sir Ian Wood, chairman and chief executive of the John Wood Group, has continued the remarkable programme of growth of the private company [...] the Gulf of Mexico. It received a boost in this with the award of a second multi-million pound design and development contract for the £650m BP Clair field west of Shetland. Bill Edgar, chairman of Wood Group [...] joining the »dash for gas« as the convergence of UK and continental European gas prices helped a revival of corporate interest in the UK gas market. This wave of new interest in an intensity not seen since

Faroese International Register of Ships (FAS) that came into force in the beginning of the 90?ies and the rules of taxation on crew?s wages that came into force in the second half of the 90?ies. As regards taxation [...] annual wages earned on board a foreign vessel of this type are reduced by a basic amount of 50,000 DDK and subsequently by 15% of the first 200,000 DDK and by 8% of the remainder, up to wage share up to 350 [...] and exploitation of hydrocarbons is divided into two groups. One group consists of income derived directly from exploitation of resources (Section 4 income) and the other group consists of »derivative income«

»Orkney learnt a lot of lessons from the Shetland experience,« he said. »It meant that we got many of the benefits of oil developments without many of the less acceptable aspects.« »One of the big advantages [...] islands. Islanders treasure the winter spectacle of the aurora borealis. But the source of this night time display is man made - and serves as a powerful symbol of the impact oil has had on the Orkney Islands [...] the creation of the terminal - so oil remains of crucial importance to the islands. »Oil has given a core of stability to the employment market in Orkney and pumped in a substantial amount of income,« added

discovery of oil led to the development of the modern international airport and bustling heliport, the busiest in Europe, which Aberdeen now boasts. Aberdeen has changed out of all recognition because of the [...] had been taken with the formation of the Oil and Gas Industry Task Force in 1998 which was part funded by the Department of Trade and Industry and marked the beginning of a closer working relationship between [...] appearing in the Faroes. At times when the ?vacancies? signs might be expected to be on display Faroese hotels are full of oilmen carried there on the increasingly frequent flights of the islands? own and highly

water, and four or five times the normal size used for exploration. As a result, the equipment required for this type of survey is far from standard, and, from a practical point of view, much more difficult [...] available for further surveys by the middle of next year. So, the next time you are disturbed by loud music from noisy neighbours, you might like to think of BLAST, and how understanding why the music sounds [...] possible to obtain reflections from beneath the basalt by using special sources that produce more of this type of energy. Unfortunately, implementing Professor Ziolkowski?s idea is far from easy ? especially

was gas and oil encountered over a gross payzone of 170 metres. However, the well, which was drilled to a total depth of 4246m in 950m of water instead of just 3800m as originally intended, was not tested [...] no longer be any doubt about the success of this year?s pioneering offshore drilling campaign, thanks to the determination of Amerada Hess and other members of the Faroes Consortium (BG, DONG and Atlantic [...] regarded as a dry hole, traces of hydrocarbons were found. Likewise, BP?s well was declared dry, albeit it too produced evidence of oil and gas. And then it was third time lucky ... for Amerada Hess. All

authorities, was in charge of the preparation and drilling of an exploratory well on the island of Suderø, financed by a number of international oil companies. The purpose of the well was to provide information [...] develop human resources both on the Faroe Islands and at DONG. »One of the main aims of our activities is to support the development of competence within the oil industry on the Faroe Islands,« says Jan [...] are a good way of developing good personal connections with the Faroe Islands and of gaining local anchorage and knowledge,« says Jan Terje Edvardsen. »We want as much of the activities as possible to

authorities, was in charge of the preparation and drilling of an exploratory well on the island of Suderø, financed by a number of international oil companies. The purpose of the well was to provide information [...] develop human resources both on the Faroe Islands and at DONG. »One of the main aims of our activities is to support the development of competence within the oil industry on the Faroe Islands,« says Jan [...] are a good way of developing good personal connections with the Faroe Islands and of gaining local anchorage and knowledge,« says Jan Terje Edvardsen. »We want as much of the activities as possible to