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News: 2013
Norway to participate in the third licence
Norway has decided that Petoro, the state oil company of Norway, will participate in a 25 % share of the third licence for exploration and production in the Dreki Area.
Read morePotential participation by the Norwegian state in a new licence for exploration and production of hydrocarbons
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Successful seafloor sampling in Skjálfandi Bay
Orkustofnun recently collected cores from the seafloor of Skjálfandi Bay in order to seek thermogenic gas in the sediments.
Read moreReport on Sediment Cores from the Dreki Area.
Orkustofnun publishes a report with preliminary results on the litho- and biostratigraphy of sediment cores from the Dreki area.
Read moreResearch project on the roots of geothermal systems
A Chinese oil company will participate in the application by Eykon Energy
The third licence in the Dreki Area in progress
Lecture on MSc project
Sigríður Magnúsdóttir, MSc-student in geophysics, will give a lecture on her MSc-project on Monday, April 22 at 14:00 in Askja, room 132. The title of the project is: "Post‐glacial tectonics of the Skjálfandadjúp Basin, Tjörnes Fracture Zone, N‐Iceland". The project was supported by Orkustofnun.
Annual meeting of Orkustofnun
The annual meeting of Orkustofnun will be held next Friday from 14:00 - 17:00 in Nauthóll. Orkustofnun has invited two speakers from Norway, Øyvind Tuntland and Finn Carlsen from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority. The presentations by the Norwegians will be given in English, but otherwise the language of the meeting will be Icelandic.
Read moreSpecialist/project manager in monitoring and surveillance of exploration and production of hydrocarbons
Orkustofnun, the national energy authority of Iceland, advertises the position of a specialist/project manager in monitoring and surveillance of exploration and production of hydrocarbons.
Read moreUNU - GTP DIRECTOR
UNU Geothermal Training Program is seeking new Managing Director. An independent committee will evaluate the qualifications of applicants.
Read moreThe first PhD student from the UNU - GTP is defending her doctoral thesis today
will defend her doctoral thesis:The power to change: creating lifeline and mitigation-adaptation opportunities through geothermal energy utilization today at 14:00-16:00 in the main building of University of Iceland,
Exploration and Production Licences in the Iceland Continental Shelf Portal
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Renewable energy as a driver for economic and sustainable growth – The Icelandic Perspective
Economic growth and development of the nation into a modern community with a relatively high standard of living goes hand in hand with its exploitation of sustainable natural energy resources says Guðni A. Jóhannesson, Director General at Orkustofnun in an article published in Future Perfect.
Read moreIceland issues the first licenses for exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Dreki Area.

Orkustofnun has today, in the presene of the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Ola Borten Moe, and Minister of Industries and Innovation, Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, issued two licences for exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Dreki Area.
Read morePress conference regarding the granting of the first licences in the Dreki Area
Orkustofnun will issue two licenses for exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Dreki Area on Friday, January 4, 2013. Licenses will be granted to Faroe Petroleum Norge AS, Branch in Iceland, Iceland Petroleum ehf. and Petoro Iceland AS, on the one hand, and Valiant Petroleum ehf., Kolvetni ehf. and Petoro Iceland AS on the other.
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