Falklands make £8m transfer to “Oil Development Reserve”, future sovereign wealth fund
The government of the Falkland Islands has made a transfer of over 8 million pounds (£ 8.274 million) to the new Oil Development Reserve, a first step towards a ‘Sovereign Wealth Fund’ based on the Norwegian model it was explained at this week’s meeting of the Standing Finance Committee.
The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) was showing a surplus of £3.910 million compared to a revised budget surplus of £3.515 million, a favourable performance of £0.395 million in first six months of the 2012/13 financial year.
This appeared less than anticipated, explained the FIG Management Accountant, due to the transfer of oil related taxation receipts to the Reserve.
The Reserve forms a separate part of the Consolidated Fund and the intention is for the first call on this Reserve to be for projects and funding which will encourage the development of oil and ensure that the Falkland Islands is ready for further development.
Under Operating Revenue, taxation revenues for the first two quarters of the year came in at £7.548 million above estimate, predominantly due to higher taxation receipts from oil exploration than were projected in the original budget.
Corporation tax receipts from local companies were also higher than anticipated.
The Department of Natural Resources was £119,000 favourable due to revenues at FIPASS in excess of the amounts projected in three areas, primarily due to the oil exploration work underway (berthing fees, water sales and rent).
Health and Education was £450,000 favourable due to unanticipated Medical Service Tax receipts of £452,000, mainly from individuals working within the oil industry and Central Services was £91,000 favourable based on extra revenue from Stanley Airport due to use by the oil industry, strong stamp sales in the Philatelic Bureau and FIGAS flight revenue, possibly driven by increased traffic relating to the 30th anniversary of the 1982 war.
FIG operating expenditure was around £1.1 million favourable and under Capital Expenditure, capital schemes were currently behind schedule by £5.853 million.
This was described as partially down to highways projects, however, spend was expected to accelerate in the second half of the year.
Infrastructure development was also behind schedule (primarily at Sapper Hill) however, this position was also expected to recover later in the year. (Penguin News).
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Hard to argue with cold hard cash though isn't it!
Especially denominated in a strong reserve currency that's not in free fall. Also without high inflation, this amount will still be worth the same amount in 12 months time.
So my bet is on someone trying to change the topic within the first...... 10 posts. Only 7 to go!
PH will then appear with some rant about theft of resources and a nuclear defence programme and references to imperialist colonialist genocide of afghan babies, with a link to axis of truth or whatever subjective gibberish he has found this month.
Conqueror will let rip with a pre-emptive tactical nuclear post.
Ttt will say we are all being mean and that Argentina should go the isolationist route.
Think will chuckle, Elaine will be the voice of reason, LEP will provide some good analysis, Yankee will back up Arg is doomed with macro economic facts and we'll all be home for tea time.
thank you please.
They don't do that any more though. After all, what proportion of their military aircraft are actually airworthy?
AHHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Incredible,the brits crooks......First you have to find oil.....
MAlvinas OIL SCAM....AHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Money left over for Jan Cheek to hire a jet at $800,000 and rename it' Benny one' and go and inspect some fox holes in Vietnam.......................Well,that is what serious politicians do, ... isn't it
Better than the conservatives crooks you have in the uk...
Proof that Cameron lied over oil find in the Falkland Islands
eyreinternational.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/proof-that-cameron-lied-over-oil-find-in-the-falkland-islands/
and a sprinkling of “UK is finished ja ja ja ja ja j”
Sure here you have some more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaxV0qyaUMo
AHAHAHa anyway nothing the MAlvinenses can do WITHOUT Argentina support for the “oil”extaction.....(The reality there is NO OIL there...it is just a scam...
Poor deluded ex empire..
BTW
Which country has the most shale gas reserves outside of the United States and China?
Canada? Nope.
Australia? Wrong again.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Argentina ranks third in recoverable shale gas reserves. Argentina has 774 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of technically recoverable shale gas resources, with more than half of that in the Neuquén Basin on the western side of the country.
www.investmentu.com/2011/October/shale-gas-boom-in-argentina.html
And we will make sure the brits and MAlvinenses got NOTHING..anyway the brits will be destroyed.....PAyback time!!
AHAhaah poor imbeciles..
Malvinero1 get on with turning Argentina into a rich prosperous succesful country then you might be attractive to the falklander islanders.
While your a basketcase with a victim mentalitly you've no hope.
“nothing .... can do WITHOUT Argentina support”. Heard of FPSOs ? Or Chile?
Good for you re shale gas; but make sure you do that whole planning, design and investment analysis first (let me know if you need help with these terms/concepts), and don't whatever you do, nationalise it! You wouldn't want it to go the way of Venezuela's oil production.
@15 - call the Oxford debating society; with such wit and cutting insight, looks like we have found ourselves a master debater.
Britain's recent land Shale discovery of 2-300 tcf in the Blackpool basin plus its offshore reserves estimated to be around 1000 tcf could make Britain one of the world's biggest shale gas producers.
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/9209946/UK-could-become-one-of-worlds-biggest-shale-gas-producers.html
I couldn't agree more! Poor Malvinero1 has spouted more rubbish in one post than most achieve in an entire fourm!
As for argie shale gas, it seems that they are still looking for “experts” and “money”. But there are some things that the we, and the argies, can look forward to. Shale gas extraction leads to the release of huge quantities of methane. Far worse for the climate than normal gas or coal. In addition, water and air quality suffers. Millions of litres of water laced with chemicals are pumped into the ground. But it can't all be recovered. Groundwater is contaminated and the whole area stinks. Earthquakes also increase by around 600%. I suppose that could revitalise the “extinct” Lanin volcano. Might want to steer clear of apples, pears, peaches etc produced in the area. Might also want to avoid fishing. Not only in Neuquen but also in Rio Negro and Chubut Provinces. You might die. Or mutate.
Aren't the malvinistas funny?
and Rg look on in wonder and jealouse and will never get it.
envy will eat away your soul
25 Jan 2013
“Britain is experiencing 'worse slump than during Great Depression'
”Britain's recent economic performance is the worst since records began in the pre-Victorian era“
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9826857/Britain-is-experiencing-worse-slump-than-during-Great-Depression.html
Brit comment:
”What has happened to our nation....famous throughout History for producing world-class statesmen and leaders of the highest quality?
To anyone who knows British History well, the mess that our nation finds itself in today is incredible and astounding beyond belief!
Our independence gone, our national wealth being given away, our Armed Forces heading for extinction, our industries eliminated, our country flooded with too many immigrants to the point of endangering our national cultures and identities.....
Let us not fool ourselves any more!
Britain's situation is dire and desperate, our bright lights, fancy stores and glitzy entertainment notwithstanding.
Unless some strong, intelligent, responsible and patriotic leadership can be found for Britain, our nation is doomed to a third- or fourth- rate future.
Let us not fool ourselves any more!”
Yes, your favorite oil company Urinehopper will lead the way :-)))))))))
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AHAHAHAHAHAHA Poor deluded imperialist...MAlvinas are talking about PETROLEUM,since the 1970's..I have not seen even one drop yet......Anywy I have good info from the people Who actually do OiL extraction in Tierra del fuego,Onshore and Offshore.......NO there is very little possibility for OIL deposits in MAlvinas,BTW,Shell drilled in th e'70....Nothing important was found
Ohh EXXON also lies..AHAHHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAA
Oil resources in the Falkland Islands, a British territory claimed by Argentina, are insufficient to be profitable, an ExxonMobil Corp (XOM.N) executive said, leaked U.S. documents show.
The cable from the U.S. Embassy in London was dated February 2010 and was about a new oil drilling effort then starting in the Falklands and a resulting rise in tension between Britain and Argentina.
www.reuters.com/article/2010/12/03/wikileaks-falklands-oil-idUSLDE6B20WC20101203
Poor deluded ex empire..so useless...soo good for nothing
“ExxonMobil International Chairman Brad Corson told us he does not believe there is enough oil on the Falkland Islands Continental Shelf to be profitable, citing Shell's earlier oil exploration attempts which they abandoned,” the cable read.
Now, get back on to Google , start foaming at the mouth and think up some more items for our amusement.
I have a wonderful impression of you screeching at the computer in impotent rage.
Article says...:
“Falklands make £8m transfer to “Oil Development Reserve””
I say....:
Wooooow.................. £8m!
That's about 1/1,000'th of the £8,000m that British investors have thrown, to date, into the South Atlantic Oil Prospection hoax....
You Kelpers are cheap!
Mississippi Bubble......
“Think” out by an order of magnitude... nothing changes then...
I may have overestimated the “actual” prospecting investment...
Difficult to keep “Ajour” with all those ups and downs...
But at £800m you are certainly underestimating it...
Anyhow.... at £8m, you Kelpers are still dirt cheap ;-)
I hate to be the bearer of bad news for Malvinero1, but sadly for him it is no scam. The North Falklands basin already has 300-500 million barrels discovered with “best estimates” of maybe treble that.
If you haven't seen a drop yet, you haven't been looking, as during a flow test, the Sealion discovery flowed at 9000 barrels per day from a single well.
From memory, Premier Oil who are now the operator plan 18-24 of these wells by 2019, with first production in 2017.
Conservatively speaking, this £8m transfer to the sovereign fund could become a near daily occurrence in the next decade.
How long until the 3000 Falklanders have a higher GDP than the 40million Argies??
Chuckle chuckle
@34 But then, you murderers are just cheap. Want to go back through your history and then deny your murderous, genocidal, national character?
@35 Are you talking per capita GDP? The Falklanders already have that. Argieland's per capita GDP is $18,205. The Falklanders' is $55,400. Go figure!
On top of that a number of local business have invested in several £ millions of infrastructure in the Islands in support of the Hydrocarbons Industry - and a lot more is in the pipeline.
As for mad malvi - does a company like Premier commit to $3 billion investment over next 5 years just on a whim?
Is a company like Noble Energy spending some $1/4 billion in 2013-2014 just on a whim?
£106.5 billion..... That's a lot of borrowing for just three trimesters.
May I suggest that, in the future, the UK considers the “Norvegian National Model” for the managment of your North Sea oil reserves?
Still time to repair that big blunder the UK comitted some forty years ago.....
PS:
Some Malvinas Devolution would also help repairing another big blunder the UK comitted some 180 years ago....
Actually, you might have a point! We'll outsource our stats office to Indec and within 24 hours our borrowing will be vastly down, GDP growth will be any figure we fancy and if anyone complains we'll just whinge to the courts for ten years about the real world being so unfair! Sorted !!!!!!!
”Anyhow.... at £8m, you Kelpers are still dirt cheap ;-)”
So I'm trying to work out which nationality is cheaper. The Falkland Islander's £8 million sovereign wealth fund or the Argentinean one.
So a little research shows that Chile has one. So does Brazil. Venezuela has one though it's quite small considering their oil wealth. Even Peru has one.
But not Argentina.
So FIG puts away nearly £3,000 for each resident which equates to more than ARS35,000.
The Argentinean government puts away £0 which equates funnily enough to ARS0 too.
Easy to see who is going cheap these days.
How's the sky looking over in Arg, look closely and you'll see it's already started falling...
Were you deported ?
What's your uk address mate?
These people will want to talk with you.
www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/contact/report-crime/
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