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News
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.
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- The first PhD student from the UNU - GTP is defending her doctoral thesis today
- Exploration and Production Licences in the Iceland Continental Shelf Portal
- Renewable energy as a driver for economic and sustainable growth – The Icelandic Perspective
- Iceland issues the first licenses for exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Dreki Area.
- Press conference regarding the granting of the first licences in the Dreki Area
- Norway participates in exploration for oil and gas in Iceland through Petoro
- The National Energy Authority sends drafts of licences for exploration and production of hydrocarbons
- Numerical models and design of energy systems - Nordic conference in Reykjavik
- The United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme and Orkustofnun publish a brochure
- The National Energy Authority, Rannís and eight European Energy Agencies receive a grant of 2 million Euros.
- A Power Rush
- The National Energy Authority received three applications in the second licensing round
- New seabed samples reveal active Jurassic oil seeps and Mesozoic sedimentary sequences on the Jan Mayen Ridge
- The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) Presented Important new Research Results in the Dreki Area
- Release of InSeis seismic from 2001
- The National Energy Authority of Iceland will participate in the 30th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting in Reykjavík from 9th to 12th of January
- New knowledge reinforces the belief that there could be petroleum in the Jan Mayen area
- The Second Licensing Round for Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Licences on the Icelandic Continental Shelf
- The National Energy Authority grants TGS-NOPEC a license to prospect for hydrocarbons
- Changes to the Act on Taxation of Hydrocarbon Extraction and the Hydrocabons Act approved by Althingi
- Two cruises by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate on the Jan Mayen Ridge, including the Dreki Area
- Licensing Round postponed by two months.
- Short Course VI on Exploration for Geothermal Resources to be held in Kenya in October and November 2011
- Programme for Dreki Area Pre-Round Introduction in Stavanger
- Place names around Iceland in the Iceland Continental Shelf Portal
- Aeromagnetic survey east and northeast of Iceland
- Dreki Area Pre-Round introduction in Stavanger
- Upcoming Licensing Round in Iceland presented at APPEX in London, 1-3 March 2011
- Icelandic team lands second place in PetroChallenge International competition
- Dr. Ingvar Birgir Fridleifsson Awarded special International Award in China.
- Geothermal energy: a large increase in utilisation in recent years and an enhanced utilisation ratio for electricity generation
- Average output of high-temperature geothermal wells
- Changed methodology for assessing geothermal primary energy production for electricity generation and heating
- Energy Statistics 2010 Now Published and Online
- Call for proposals, Sustainable Energy Systems 2050
- Iceland Geothermal 2010 to be held on November 1st in Reykjavik.
- Switzerland new member country of IPGT
- Iceland and U.S.A. sign bilateral agreement to develop clean geothermal energy.
- A feasibility study report for a DME project in Iceland
- Driving Sustainability ´10 Reykjavík
- The Icelandic Minister of Energy receives an electric vehicle
- The NEA gives counselling regarding the development of energy intensive food industry
- Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland, 2nd edition
- Workshop on Reservoir Research in Iceland
- The Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism announces a second licensing round for hydrocarbon exploration in 2011
- New overview of hydrocarbon related research in the Tjörnes Basin, Gammur Area off north Iceland
- The National Energy Authority grants a research licence regarding a tidal power plant in Hvammsfjörður Fjord of Breiðafjörður Fjord
- PetroChallenge Iceland competition successfully completed
- Electricity generation capacity is around 4300 MW for high-temperature fields in Iceland
- Energy Statistics 2009
- Energy Efficiency Award 2010
- Withdrawal of joint application by Sagex Petroleum and Lindir Exploration for an exploration and production license in the Dreki Area
- Aker Exploration AS withdraws its application for hydrocarbon exploration licence
- Results of the First Licensing Round 2009 for the northern Dreki area
- The First Licensing Round on the Icelandic continental shelf in the northern Dreki area is closed
- Unofficial translation of Hydrocarbons Act updated on licensing round web-site
- Fugro NPA's Offshore Iceland SAR Seep Study
- Exploration in Iceland presented at APPEX in London, 3-5 March 2009
- English translations of Hydrocarbons Regulations and Rules now online, translation of Hydrocarbons Act updated
- Icelandic student team scoops first place in an international student petroleum exploration competition
- Presentation meeting in Reykjavik on February 5, 2009
- Opening of the website for the 1st licensing round for the Dreki Area
- The Iceland Continental Shelf Portal has been launched
- Amended Rules on Foreign Exchange
- Preparations for the licensing round for the Dreki Area, Northeast of Iceland, are well on the way
- Press release from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism and National Energy Authority after the IEC 2008
- The Coming Electric Vehicle Revolution - Driving Sustainability Conference 2008
- 10,500 sq.km multibeam sounding in the Dreki area
- StatoilHydro ASA joins the Iceland Deep Drilling Project
- Iceland helps Ethiopia to explore for geothermal power
- Iceland Exploration Conference 2008 - Programme
- Gudni A. Jóhannesson - new director general