Faroese Petroleum Administration: Second licensing round in the Faroe Islands launched
Posted: 17 August 2004
Following the passing of Parliamentary Act on the Second Licensing Round this spring, the Minister of Trade and Industry today launched the second licensing round on the Faroese Continental Shelf.
The objective of launching the second licensing round is to continue the exploration activities that began under the First Licensing Round in order to establish the existence of commercially exploitable hydrocarbon reserves in the Faroese subsoil.
When awarding exploration licenses, emphasis will be placed on the work programmes that the applicants are willing to undertake. In addition, it is important that Faroese industry is given an opportunity to participate in the activities to allow hydrocarbon exploration and production to contribute to a more diversified business community.
The Minister of Trade and Industry Bjarni Djurholm says “The Second Licensing Round shall be seen as a natural step in the strategy of finding commercial quantities of hydrocarbons on the Faroe Shelf. We want to draw attention to the many opportunities still unexplored and in particular the chances of discovering substantial hydrocarbon accumulations in the Faroese area.”
The area offered for licensing lies to the east and the south of the Faroe Islands . It covers approx. 19,000 square kilometres, divided into 83 whole blocks and 39 part-blocks.
Applications must be submitted to the Faroese Petroleum Administration by 17 November 2004 at 12 noon .
The Minister of Trade and Industry plans to award licenses in January 2005.
The licensing material and the Parliamentary Act on the Second Licensing Round can be requested from the Petroleum Administration and are also available at the Petroleum Administration’s web site, www.ofs.fo
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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