British oil group Rockhopper Exploration has unveiled plans for a 2 billion dollars investment in the Falkland Islands, a move which will transform the remote territory into a new oil province. Read full article
It is, this will be a major part of the FI economy for years to come and patient investors will be handsomely rewarded. The best of it is that there is still plenty of time to pick these shares up.
The drilling continues with another two appraisal wells to follow in the next couple of months!
The company has not yet said how it plans to fund the project
I wonder why...
A US diplomatic cable leaked in 2010 quoted a senior executive of ExxonMobil as saying he believed resources in the Islands were not sufficient to be profitable
Marcos - that was an opinion by Exxon which was published well before RKH had proven Sealion to be a world class discovery and is now out of date.
Funding will not be an issue and discussions with four interested farm-in partners have already taken place. RKH would not want to indicate a funding strategy until post CPR (Q1 2012) as this is what under right any funding.
Face it Marcos, once again I am right and you are wrong. Well done to your politicians for being completely inept at getting in our way.
Market closed 4% down but had a trading range up to 260p. Nice tome to top-up and tuck away.
Argentina has no way of affecting the oil production and the Argies know it. Roll on, the next two appraisals, roll on the second rig, roll on the CPR, roll on farm-in, roll on FEED, roll on FPSO, roll on production.
Shhhh, don't tell the Argies, they might get upset! Arrrr bless them!
Beef right all along, Marcos and Think, try harder next time!
your habit is to have the jumping all serviced wrong & true news....!!
if you were an investor ,would you prefer to invest big money to the
imaginary & gambling & politically complicated business which doesn't resemble to any bourse speculations ...!!?? ... i say ... No !!
invest..invest any money to this problematic area FI , then maybe
you can't into South American markets except Hugo Chaves' Venezuela !!
Geo - whatever it is you are smoking then I suggest you ask for a refund!
All Think and Marcos can do is occasionally quote the daily SP close. Voume, spread, support, resistance, market cap and trading range are some of the absolute basics they fail to comprehend.
At least they have politicians who know not to stick their nose into other nations legal business dealings. Evidenced by their decision not to do anything to hamper the drilling; oh I sorry, they couldn't do anything even if they really wanted to.
As well as RKH and the OG team I would like to thank the USA and Panama for letting is commission a rig owned by one coutry and flagged by another. I would like to thank our partner Brazil for being the stop over for the OG and all of the other other FI vessels connected with the oil exploration. I would also like to Thant the gvt of Singapore for part bankrolling the drilling and providing RKH with access to big Asian customers for the eventual production.
Buy em, tuck them away and from 2016 the family of Beef will an even more content and happy household than it is already!
It will be very interesting to see by 2016 how the Britias hope to move this oil.It has been very noticable the change in policy of CFK toward the military in the last year.The developments at FADEA,CINAR and INVAP suggest these private companies should prepare for some serious negotiations if they hope to get any oil out of the South atlantic.our parner Brasil ever more integrated with Argentina and selling ever more Products to its neighbour includeing some interesting Embraer stuff will support its real partner.With Europe on the verge of collapse which will completely topple over the riot ridden union threatened English society and with no USA help I think you guys will be eating humble pie on this one
Marcos - still, I was right an you were wrong, get used to it and why don't you buy a few shares for yourself, you could spend the profits on finishing you education. FI Oil will be on its way to market and there are plenty of buyers.
O'Gara - I assume from Irish heritage? No need to thank us for bailing you out, we know you love us and our horse racing really. Moving the oil will not be a problem and will not be a British operation. Shell, Cairn, Tullow, BP, Hess etc. plenty of these majors will be happy to hook up to the sub sea turret and take that oil to a predetermined refinery. If you think the Argie navy would stop nay ship operating in FI or international waters then you are as either loopy as Geo, as dim as Marcos or a desperate as Think.
BTW, Brazil made it's intentions clear, it will offer verbal support to Argentina but will take any FI business that comes it's way. After all actions speak louder than words and none of the Argie posters have even told us about one nation that has backed up its verbal support with actions. Why is that? Perhaps the truth is too painful for them to admit?
O gara is not fooling anyone, he's not even Irish, quite clearly an Argie blogger, and definitely one of our little Argie bloggers, just narrow it down to the 1/2 dozen able to construct half decent English sentences :)
Troneas - do something about it if you don't like it! All that Argentina do is mouth off! Clearly have no balls to fight for something you believe in then.
What about your supporters? Why have they not taken any action to actually support you.
Enjoy watching those tankers come and go with that FI oil. Argentina could have been involved but is going put up with seeing the money slip through it's fingers. At least it reinforces your identity of being the spokespeople of disappointment!
The Islanders resisted attempted imperialism by Argentina in 1982 so your comment is simply sour grapes.
Nonsense. First of, just because the UK and the US are trigger-happy doesn't mean the rest of the world is.
The UK claims they are watching out for the kelper's best interests but Argentina has said numerous times that they would keep their way of life. So lets not fool ourselves its all about the resources for the UK.
Imperialism my buttocks. recovering a piece of land 400 km offshore which was settled by pirates who removed the argentine settlement is hardly imperialism.
Troneas
By your middle paragraph are you suggesting that we are trying to force the islanders to change their way of life? Just because Argentina would keep the way of life of the Falkland Islanders doesn't mean that the British don't. That makes both of us. But the most fundamental interest for the Islanders is their right to self determination, which they use in this case and which we in the UK are safeguarding. Would you be happy to live under British rule if we allowed you to keep your way of life?
Secondly, suppose you were in a free colony and you had a choice of whom to be ruled by. Would you prefer to join the developed country with a tradition of democracy, with whom you share an ethnic origin and whose language you speak, or would you rather join the developing land with a history of dictators, who occupied your land and treated you badly thirty years before, whose language you do not speak and who is trying to ruin your economy? I know which I would choose. Just because you preserve their way of life does not mean they want to be part of your empire.
Invading someone else's homeland against their will on the pretext that they (and your new American friends) rightfully threw you off their land two months after you attempted to build a settlement there two centuries ago is imperialism.
Xbox - another comment from the book of Marcos. Feel free to read through the reports and see those pics of the OG flaring the oil or that nice Pyrex vessel full of black stuff!
Dint think the gvt of Singapore ate going to invest their money in a Lemon!
Onwards to production! Nice that Argentina is happy to spectate from the sidelines :-)
Wrong again Troneas. The Falkland Islands Government issues the licences, and they collect the revenues. It has nothing to do with the UK. Oh, and any company can get involved - including Argentine ones - but they can't because of their own government's policies...
Argentina has said numerous times that they would keep their way of life.
Yeah you said that last time untill 10,000 of you crossed the pond onto the island tried to make them drive on the wrong side of the road, raised the wrong flag and shat in the post office.
@ 30 the infamous USA with its 46000000 of people living in misery, a third world country Mr.
@ 35 Because imposing an alien culture and ruling over them against their wishes is the very anithesis of colonialism. that's what the English did to Scotland and you didn't say anything :)
Investor comment
Holding Rockhopper is now like a surreal day at the races for me. You make your bet on each well,sorry horse, and enthusiastically follow its progress round the track . Then great news, you celebrate because you win each race in turn. The problem comes when you present your winning ticket to the bookie and find the rules have changed and winning your gamble isn't good enough
Another good day for Urinehopper, so far 225.38 -9.25 (-3.93%)
In 2016 we'll know whether its water or oil.
The only certainty is that in 2016 the Union Jack will still be flying high and proud over these our beautiful Falkland Islands and other South Atlantic territories.
Personally with Rockhopper shares as they are, I reckon they could be worth a flutter. BP are looking for new sources of oil. Could also be regarded as a step closer to the future potential Antarctic riches.
TWIMC
Voume, spread, support, resistance, market cap, trading range my left foot……………
Rockflopper prices ar going down because the market is realizing that the ”Emperor has no clothes”.
Maybe Mr. Beef should read more Hans Christian Andersen to his boy……..
Much better than the Financial Times.
As the Falklands hydrocarbons industry keeps making progress and taking strides towards production, Argentine MeroPress commentators keep claiming that there is no oil. I am sure Think, Marcos, et al will keep claiming this even when full barrels of oil are being transported from the Sea Lion well to the rest of the world (with the exception of Argentina of course!). I am not too sure who they are trying to fool...us or themselves...?
One giant stride forwards for the Falklands and another nail in the coffin for Argentina's imperialist ambitions.
mmmm more crap and insults,
BUT when oil is flowing your tune will change, because it is what you are after, IS IT NOT, oil and greed,
you abuse untill oil is found, then you will claim the wealth that it will create, no one trusts xbox anymore, play station is the thing now. lol.
@46, I provided a hypothetical situation to show that Think, Marcos et al's remarks about the lack of oil in the Falklands is unfounded and based on mere personal opinion, and thus will continue to believe their claim, even though in reality they are being proved wrong.
I am patient enough to wait until 2016. I will still be in my 20s! I am already looking forward to it.
Appraisal is ongoing, funding is to be negotiated, FEED has to be formulated, contracts have to be awarded, development plan needs to be submitted and then approved, then a lot of holes need to be drilled for all those production wells as well as water and gas injection wells, then well heads and manifold need rigging up and a turret installing. All this in a brand new oil province!
I think 2016 is good going considering it takes the best part of a month to drill and wireline a single drill!
I suppose they would try using buttering and pipe cleaners in Argentina?
Xbox - are you sure you are not really Marcos is disguise? What has a UBS trader cocking up on trying to trade an option on the Swiss Franc got to do with FI oil production?
Well this must the Argie answer. When losing an argument, post an irrelevant link!
They say, that the argie government, calls in the experts,
New islands comander, Cristina Fernández code name [mrs think ]
Anti brit minister, Jorge Argüello code name [fido]
Mercy bloggs minister ,Hector Timerman code name [geo & Troneas ]
Anti Human secretary, Eduardo Luis Duhalde code names [Marcos & fantazum2011 ]
Falkland indoctrination, minister, Enrique Meyer ,code name [ xbox]
And of course the chief moles [Filippo ] and [Malen
And the indoctrinators [axel arg ] [Malvinero1 ]
You will go forth and conquer the loggers and convert them to our way of thinking,
You must convince the british that all is lost, and convince them to go home,
Before the boys from the black stuff get here, lol.
Justa bita funya, cheer up ,
Argentina, where the comedyis made .
Thanks to Geo we now know what the 'chuckle chuckle' is all about... its El Thicko doing the RG chicken dance.....
@36 ExBrain.... please try and stay remotely on topic, you drongo.
2016 is very far in the future for your average RG... I don't think they look at the future at all... probably best that they don't.... they want instant gratification... and would rather steal from others than develop their own.
A 4 years and a bit lead time for developing the field? Not long at all in the scheme of things....
65 xbarilox ...@ 65 you're boring,
Exbrain has started talking to himself.... ho hum....
Why on earth does he think I am from the US...? Must have been something his brother in politics ' El Thicko ' said....
So at the end of the day he is just another RG parrot....
Let's face it. Argies are desperate. Let's look at their history. They began as rebel colonists. Or, in other words, criminals. Moving right along, they engaged in imperialist wars (e.g. Triple Alliance) and genocide. Not satisfied with that pedigree, they decided to support Nazi Germany, harbour Nazi war criminals and obstruct investigations. Still not satisfied, they decided to eliminate tens of thousands of their own population. Always good to rack up tens of billions in debts at the same time. Rounding off by invading someone else's peaceful territory, getting comprehensively beaten and then continuing to make ignorant claims to keep its remaining population quiet.
So, a country of 40 million ignorant, lying criminals wants to point fingers at others? Best solution is to cut off the fingers. Followed by the hands, the arms, the legs and the head. Then feed the remainder to pigs.
what a mistake !..
the Mujaheddins are called for Afghan Jihadist not Arabs !!
we saw that how 3200 Afghan Mujaheddins who transfered to Libya
by some secret powers (!!) wiped out Qaddafi !!
all these brits named i appreciated commentators are very warriors
like Mujaheddins here ..for this reason why i named them as like
Falkland Mujaheddins. !!
BUT
i never want to think about Falkland Islands have any guerilla
preparation centers there......!!
Troneas like me is ready to DIE for las malvinas because we live and dream about islands since before birth. We love these islands but hate everyone who live on islands they are illegal pirates who have been there for 177 years. Papal bull of 1493 granted us islands, no one can argue papal bull!!!
It is las malvinas that was granted to Spain by right, therefore Argentina, fact of prior British claims and 177 years of continous settlement means nothing, we will colonize these islands and you will be all disapeared.
Argentina has a long history of fascism, Troneas, O Gara, etc is like me we are ready to remove all of you and place all of you on boat to be returned to your home or bottom of sea!!!!
WE DO NOT LIKE ANY OF YOU! YOU ARE ALL PIRATES! WE WILL SOON BE PREDOMINATNT NATION IN LATIN AMERICA! ALREADY WE HAVE BRAZIL DOING OUR BIDDING!
WE CLAIM TERRA DEL FUEGO, WE CLAIM LAS MALVINAS, WE CLAIM BEAGLE CHANNEL, WE CLAIM GEORGIAS DEL SUR, WE CLAIM ISLAS SANDWICH DEL SUR, WE CLAIM BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY, WE CLAIM CHILIAN ANTARTIC TERRITORY, WE WISH TO OWN URUGUAY, PARAGUAY AND CHILE AS RIGHT.
DO NOT CALL US IMPERIALIST!!!!
WE ARE NOT IMPERIALIST!!!!
WE ARE FASCISTS! WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF FASCISM! SOON OUR MILITARY WILL RISE AGAIN AND THROW OUR WEAK SOCIALISTA GOVERNMENT! THEY WILL BE DISAPPEARED LIKE ALL SOCIALISTA WILL HAVE!!!!
LET US DIE FOR LAS MALVINAS I LIVE AND DEAM AND TALL OF LAS MALVINAS NIGHT AND DAY. I LOVE THESE ISLANDS!
I HATE THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
read very carefully my comment # 69 and think deeply please !!
unfortunately your country has some unedeletable dirty specks
from the 70th years on Monteneros....Coup... 1982 Falkland
Invasion attemp. !!
BUT
you must track on their inner/external connections away to access
some positive clues ........... my advice to you !!
don't forget that almost all countries are dirty on the world !!
Really wish people would stop addressing Filippo as he's an Argentinian poster. Especially the more intelligent British posters, Even the Argentinians have realised he's not an argy...
I think you should think about what I said before you try and claim I am not what I am. I represent the voice of the average Argentinian and because you no like that you try and make out something else. I think you not very intelligent man.
YOU ARE A PIRATE! GO HOME! WE DO NOT LIKE YOU!
WE ARE READY TO DIE FOR LAS MALVINAS! WE LOVE THOSE ISLANDS WE DREAM OF THOSE ISLANDS! WE WANT THESE ISLANDS BACK WHERE THEY BELONG WITHIN ARGENTINE LAND BORDERS.
This you do not understand.
BUT YOU MEAN NOTHING TO ME! YOU MEAN NOTHING AT ALL! I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPY TO DISPATCH YOU FROM YOUR ISLAND!
Absolutely true, there's no doubts about the fact that the islanders deserve to live in peace, same as all the inhabitants of the Argentine soil, don't forget that even if you guys deny it, the Falklands/Malvinas are in the argentine continental platform....but the unilateral action of start exploring resources that belong to a country and a Continent who claims for them, makes me reflect that the government who represent the islanders seems not to be willing to look for that peace, I hope that everybody rise a bit of awareness about this unhappy ending for the new argentine Province, correction: the Province already exists is it's named Tierra del Fuego, with capital in Ushuaia, you will be notified soon when your village Stanley start reporting to Ushuaia, don't forget that Patagonia is full of British Settlers who are also claiming to get back the islands to Argentina, a Republican country who open it's doors to the European inmigration in America, same as many other countries like Brazil, Canada & the US. Awareness please
Nothing but ”Positive News” in MercoPress about the South Atlantic new ”Oil Province”…….
Time to look at the YEARLY share price plunge of those fine companies……
In strict alphabetical order………:
78
Hahahahahaha
After all that effort could it be that you really do think there are huge natural resources riches out there.
Never too late you creepy old Argentinian fraud.
Comments
Disclaimer & comment rulesFirstly there is no political risk from Argentina, just hot air and the majors don't give a bollocks about Argentina.
Sep 14th, 2011 - 03:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Secondly (like I said all along) we are going into production with an FPSO. Ship will sail in, hook up, and flow that black stuff straight to market.
For anyone wanting to do some reading and admire the pretty pictures then feel free to take a look at the reports that were made available today.
http://www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk/investor-information/reports_presentations.php
Beef, adding to his holding. Yummy!
Sounds like really good news............
Sep 14th, 2011 - 03:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It is, this will be a major part of the FI economy for years to come and patient investors will be handsomely rewarded. The best of it is that there is still plenty of time to pick these shares up.
Sep 14th, 2011 - 04:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The drilling continues with another two appraisal wells to follow in the next couple of months!
is this a joke? too much talking for something that would happen in 2016! be realistic please.
Sep 14th, 2011 - 04:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The company has not yet said how it plans to fund the project
Sep 14th, 2011 - 04:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I wonder why...
A US diplomatic cable leaked in 2010 quoted a senior executive of ExxonMobil as saying he believed resources in the Islands were not sufficient to be profitable
Urinehopper today: 238.00 -10.75 (-4.37%) Oooopppsss
Marcos - that was an opinion by Exxon which was published well before RKH had proven Sealion to be a world class discovery and is now out of date.
Sep 14th, 2011 - 04:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Funding will not be an issue and discussions with four interested farm-in partners have already taken place. RKH would not want to indicate a funding strategy until post CPR (Q1 2012) as this is what under right any funding.
Face it Marcos, once again I am right and you are wrong. Well done to your politicians for being completely inept at getting in our way.
TWIMC
Sep 14th, 2011 - 05:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Update on this article..........
Rockflopper closed down -4.37% today.....
“The Emperor has no clothes”….
And the market knows it...
Chuckle chuckle™
Market closed 4% down but had a trading range up to 260p. Nice tome to top-up and tuck away.
Sep 14th, 2011 - 05:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Argentina has no way of affecting the oil production and the Argies know it. Roll on, the next two appraisals, roll on the second rig, roll on the CPR, roll on farm-in, roll on FEED, roll on FPSO, roll on production.
Shhhh, don't tell the Argies, they might get upset! Arrrr bless them!
Beef right all along, Marcos and Think, try harder next time!
Another one of thinks nails has missed the coffin again.
Sep 14th, 2011 - 06:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0your habit is to have the jumping all serviced wrong & true news....!!
Sep 14th, 2011 - 06:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0if you were an investor ,would you prefer to invest big money to the
imaginary & gambling & politically complicated business which doesn't resemble to any bourse speculations ...!!?? ... i say ... No !!
invest..invest any money to this problematic area FI , then maybe
you can't into South American markets except Hugo Chaves' Venezuela !!
by the way ...
Sep 14th, 2011 - 06:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0i think some UK universities are closed by fiscal reasons
and could be ousted some personels & academists.... !!
Geo - whatever it is you are smoking then I suggest you ask for a refund!
Sep 14th, 2011 - 06:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0All Think and Marcos can do is occasionally quote the daily SP close. Voume, spread, support, resistance, market cap and trading range are some of the absolute basics they fail to comprehend.
At least they have politicians who know not to stick their nose into other nations legal business dealings. Evidenced by their decision not to do anything to hamper the drilling; oh I sorry, they couldn't do anything even if they really wanted to.
As well as RKH and the OG team I would like to thank the USA and Panama for letting is commission a rig owned by one coutry and flagged by another. I would like to thank our partner Brazil for being the stop over for the OG and all of the other other FI vessels connected with the oil exploration. I would also like to Thant the gvt of Singapore for part bankrolling the drilling and providing RKH with access to big Asian customers for the eventual production.
Buy em, tuck them away and from 2016 the family of Beef will an even more content and happy household than it is already!
at this rate, argentina will be so far behind, countries will forget who she is,
Sep 14th, 2011 - 07:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sounds like the English gambler above is thanking everybody before he commits suicide, don't jump yet and join the club.
Sep 14th, 2011 - 07:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0-4.37 % hahahaha
http://www.clubpenguininsiders.com/trackers/rockhopper-tracker/
It will be very interesting to see by 2016 how the Britias hope to move this oil.It has been very noticable the change in policy of CFK toward the military in the last year.The developments at FADEA,CINAR and INVAP suggest these private companies should prepare for some serious negotiations if they hope to get any oil out of the South atlantic.our parner Brasil ever more integrated with Argentina and selling ever more Products to its neighbour includeing some interesting Embraer stuff will support its real partner.With Europe on the verge of collapse which will completely topple over the riot ridden union threatened English society and with no USA help I think you guys will be eating humble pie on this one
Sep 14th, 2011 - 07:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0By boat O gara. The same way most of the worlds oil is moved around.
Sep 14th, 2011 - 07:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0In before How will you extract it. By boat O gara, The same way it'll be moved around.
Marcos - still, I was right an you were wrong, get used to it and why don't you buy a few shares for yourself, you could spend the profits on finishing you education. FI Oil will be on its way to market and there are plenty of buyers.
Sep 14th, 2011 - 07:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0O'Gara - I assume from Irish heritage? No need to thank us for bailing you out, we know you love us and our horse racing really. Moving the oil will not be a problem and will not be a British operation. Shell, Cairn, Tullow, BP, Hess etc. plenty of these majors will be happy to hook up to the sub sea turret and take that oil to a predetermined refinery. If you think the Argie navy would stop nay ship operating in FI or international waters then you are as either loopy as Geo, as dim as Marcos or a desperate as Think.
BTW, Brazil made it's intentions clear, it will offer verbal support to Argentina but will take any FI business that comes it's way. After all actions speak louder than words and none of the Argie posters have even told us about one nation that has backed up its verbal support with actions. Why is that? Perhaps the truth is too painful for them to admit?
O gara is not fooling anyone, he's not even Irish, quite clearly an Argie blogger, and definitely one of our little Argie bloggers, just narrow it down to the 1/2 dozen able to construct half decent English sentences :)
Sep 14th, 2011 - 07:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0just like in the 18th century... shamelessly extracting resources from the americas to ship them back to europe or elsewhere.
Sep 14th, 2011 - 09:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0the native kelpers are a disgrace to the past heroic efforts of those who fought colonialism and imperialism.
Troneas - do something about it if you don't like it! All that Argentina do is mouth off! Clearly have no balls to fight for something you believe in then.
Sep 14th, 2011 - 10:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What about your supporters? Why have they not taken any action to actually support you.
Enjoy watching those tankers come and go with that FI oil. Argentina could have been involved but is going put up with seeing the money slip through it's fingers. At least it reinforces your identity of being the spokespeople of disappointment!
The Islanders resisted attempted imperialism by Argentina in 1982 so your comment is simply sour grapes.
Nonsense. First of, just because the UK and the US are trigger-happy doesn't mean the rest of the world is.
Sep 14th, 2011 - 10:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The UK claims they are watching out for the kelper's best interests but Argentina has said numerous times that they would keep their way of life. So lets not fool ourselves its all about the resources for the UK.
Imperialism my buttocks. recovering a piece of land 400 km offshore which was settled by pirates who removed the argentine settlement is hardly imperialism.
What are you going to do about it Troneas? A= Nothing
Sep 14th, 2011 - 10:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Troneas
Sep 14th, 2011 - 10:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0By your middle paragraph are you suggesting that we are trying to force the islanders to change their way of life? Just because Argentina would keep the way of life of the Falkland Islanders doesn't mean that the British don't. That makes both of us. But the most fundamental interest for the Islanders is their right to self determination, which they use in this case and which we in the UK are safeguarding. Would you be happy to live under British rule if we allowed you to keep your way of life?
Secondly, suppose you were in a free colony and you had a choice of whom to be ruled by. Would you prefer to join the developed country with a tradition of democracy, with whom you share an ethnic origin and whose language you speak, or would you rather join the developing land with a history of dictators, who occupied your land and treated you badly thirty years before, whose language you do not speak and who is trying to ruin your economy? I know which I would choose. Just because you preserve their way of life does not mean they want to be part of your empire.
Invading someone else's homeland against their will on the pretext that they (and your new American friends) rightfully threw you off their land two months after you attempted to build a settlement there two centuries ago is imperialism.
they could carry on talking about it lol.
Sep 15th, 2011 - 12:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0@22 there isn't any oil in the falklands! have you seen it? you're counting on something that Rockhopper says is there. Stop deluding yourself.
Sep 15th, 2011 - 12:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-14/black-swan-hedge-funds-are-said-to-jump-as-europe-debt-crisis-intensifies.html
at this rate, argentina will be so far behind, countries will forget who she is,
Sep 15th, 2011 - 02:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0Ahahahaaahhaah,briton(chetah).......
uk is FINISHED,that is the reality......
Trousers - the Argentine settlement was NOT removed in 1833. It stayed and carried on working :-)
Sep 15th, 2011 - 04:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://falklandstimeline.wordpress.com/1823-1833/
Still is!
Do try and get your facts right :-)
ExBrain - err, yeah ... right (stop smoking that shit)!
Marvin - yeah, finished, right :-))
Remind me ... who is argentina again ? What? Oh, a little banana republic that cannot settle its debts! Oh yeah, I remember :-)
Xbox - another comment from the book of Marcos. Feel free to read through the reports and see those pics of the OG flaring the oil or that nice Pyrex vessel full of black stuff!
Sep 15th, 2011 - 06:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0Dint think the gvt of Singapore ate going to invest their money in a Lemon!
Onwards to production! Nice that Argentina is happy to spectate from the sidelines :-)
The oil will burn so much more sweetly in the knowledge that there are multitudes of Argentines spitting feathers over it.
Sep 15th, 2011 - 08:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0What will be truly truly sweet will be when the first shipment goes to China......
Sep 15th, 2011 - 09:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0Unlikely...?... I think not... Ecuadorian oil goes around the Horn to India... ditto Peruvian gas to Spain...
its all about the resources for the UK
Sep 15th, 2011 - 12:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Wrong again Troneas. The Falkland Islands Government issues the licences, and they collect the revenues. It has nothing to do with the UK. Oh, and any company can get involved - including Argentine ones - but they can't because of their own government's policies...
your goverment does not want the islands or the people,
Sep 15th, 2011 - 01:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0all she wants is the oil,
its that simple, no oil,,no claim,
Argentina has said numerous times that they would keep their way of life.
Sep 15th, 2011 - 02:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yeah you said that last time untill 10,000 of you crossed the pond onto the island tried to make them drive on the wrong side of the road, raised the wrong flag and shat in the post office.
26 Malvinarse.....
Sep 15th, 2011 - 02:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0uk is FINISHED,that is the reality
- So why is the UK far from finished?!? Do enlighten us
Argentina has said numerous times that they would keep their way of life.
Sep 15th, 2011 - 02:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Really if thats all that matters then, Argentines can keep their way of life, we'll have sovereignty over Argentina.
That'll be alright won't it? Won't it?
Because imposing an alien culture and ruling over them against their wishes is the very anithesis of colonialism.
@ 30 the infamous USA with its 46000000 of people living in misery, a third world country Mr.
Sep 15th, 2011 - 02:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 35 Because imposing an alien culture and ruling over them against their wishes is the very anithesis of colonialism. that's what the English did to Scotland and you didn't say anything :)
2016 is too far away.
Scotland imposed union on the English numbnuts.
Sep 15th, 2011 - 02:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Investor comment
Sep 15th, 2011 - 03:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Holding Rockhopper is now like a surreal day at the races for me. You make your bet on each well,sorry horse, and enthusiastically follow its progress round the track . Then great news, you celebrate because you win each race in turn. The problem comes when you present your winning ticket to the bookie and find the rules have changed and winning your gamble isn't good enough
Another good day for Urinehopper, so far 225.38 -9.25 (-3.93%)
So what Marcos... You're obviously not an investor, so why would it bother you?
Sep 15th, 2011 - 04:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Oh no! Urinehopper 220.50 -14.25 (-6.06%)
Sep 15th, 2011 - 04:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0A move which will transform the remote territory into a new water province :-)
In 2016 we'll know whether its water or oil.
Sep 15th, 2011 - 04:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The only certainty is that in 2016 the Union Jack will still be flying high and proud over these our beautiful Falkland Islands and other South Atlantic territories.
Personally with Rockhopper shares as they are, I reckon they could be worth a flutter. BP are looking for new sources of oil. Could also be regarded as a step closer to the future potential Antarctic riches.
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TWIMC
Sep 15th, 2011 - 04:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Voume, spread, support, resistance, market cap, trading range my left foot……………
Rockflopper prices ar going down because the market is realizing that the ”Emperor has no clothes”.
Maybe Mr. Beef should read more Hans Christian Andersen to his boy……..
Much better than the Financial Times.
Chuckle chuckle™
Dr Beef has been very with ARG (+15%) and FOGL (+10%) today. Collective approach to investing. Chuckle, chuckle.
Sep 15th, 2011 - 05:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I wonder what RKH will be worth when production starts, of when the major comes in to buy this bad boy out.
Chuckle, chuckle.
Dr Beef, buying on the dips, yummy!!!
@43 I wonder what RKH will be worth when production starts, of when the major comes in to buy this bad boy out. wait until 2016 :)
Sep 15th, 2011 - 05:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As the Falklands hydrocarbons industry keeps making progress and taking strides towards production, Argentine MeroPress commentators keep claiming that there is no oil. I am sure Think, Marcos, et al will keep claiming this even when full barrels of oil are being transported from the Sea Lion well to the rest of the world (with the exception of Argentina of course!). I am not too sure who they are trying to fool...us or themselves...?
Sep 15th, 2011 - 05:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0One giant stride forwards for the Falklands and another nail in the coffin for Argentina's imperialist ambitions.
@ 45 where are those full barrels of oil? I can't see any. 2016 is too far away.
Sep 15th, 2011 - 05:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0mmmm more crap and insults,
Sep 15th, 2011 - 06:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0BUT when oil is flowing your tune will change, because it is what you are after, IS IT NOT, oil and greed,
you abuse untill oil is found, then you will claim the wealth that it will create, no one trusts xbox anymore, play station is the thing now. lol.
@46, I provided a hypothetical situation to show that Think, Marcos et al's remarks about the lack of oil in the Falklands is unfounded and based on mere personal opinion, and thus will continue to believe their claim, even though in reality they are being proved wrong.
Sep 15th, 2011 - 06:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I am patient enough to wait until 2016. I will still be in my 20s! I am already looking forward to it.
you may be young,
Sep 15th, 2011 - 07:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0but they will all be in a nursing home, or the local asylum by 2016,
all chanting together,
the oil was mine/the oil was mine/lol
Xbox - why is 2016 too far away?
Sep 15th, 2011 - 07:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Appraisal is ongoing, funding is to be negotiated, FEED has to be formulated, contracts have to be awarded, development plan needs to be submitted and then approved, then a lot of holes need to be drilled for all those production wells as well as water and gas injection wells, then well heads and manifold need rigging up and a turret installing. All this in a brand new oil province!
I think 2016 is good going considering it takes the best part of a month to drill and wireline a single drill!
I suppose they would try using buttering and pipe cleaners in Argentina?
reality bites hard
Sep 15th, 2011 - 07:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-15/ubs-may-have-unprofitable-quarter-on-unauthorized-trade-s-2-billion-loss.html
Xbox - are you sure you are not really Marcos is disguise? What has a UBS trader cocking up on trying to trade an option on the Swiss Franc got to do with FI oil production?
Sep 15th, 2011 - 07:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well this must the Argie answer. When losing an argument, post an irrelevant link!
Comment removed by the editor.
Sep 15th, 2011 - 07:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0[] - 12 Beef
Sep 15th, 2011 - 07:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0why do you affected on some hangs and also from every articles
which are wrong or true ?!!
don't forget that the Mercopress is amateur & private & marginal
news agency !! doesn't it !!
i don't smoke ...
i do drink wine sometimes ..just the Italia temperament !!
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by the way :
chuckles are the voices from poultry ?.. here is not coop ..isn't here !
They say, that the argie government, calls in the experts,
Sep 15th, 2011 - 08:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0New islands comander, Cristina Fernández code name [mrs think ]
Anti brit minister, Jorge Argüello code name [fido]
Mercy bloggs minister ,Hector Timerman code name [geo & Troneas ]
Anti Human secretary, Eduardo Luis Duhalde code names [Marcos & fantazum2011 ]
Falkland indoctrination, minister, Enrique Meyer ,code name [ xbox]
And of course the chief moles [Filippo ] and [Malen
And the indoctrinators [axel arg ] [Malvinero1 ]
You will go forth and conquer the loggers and convert them to our way of thinking,
You must convince the british that all is lost, and convince them to go home,
Before the boys from the black stuff get here, lol.
Justa bita funya, cheer up ,
Argentina, where the comedyis made .
Xbox - I don't speak your Iberian dialect and nor do I need to.
Sep 15th, 2011 - 08:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Geo - I don't speak your gibberish and nor do I want to.
what do you expect from the poncho brothers,
Sep 15th, 2011 - 08:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0[] -56 Beef
Sep 15th, 2011 - 08:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0please !!
how is gibberish !!
chuckle = laugh /smile
BUT
chuckle (some jargon meaning) = chicken voice
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Sep 15th, 2011 - 08:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0[] - 55 brit
Sep 15th, 2011 - 08:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0you forgot to write of the NicoDin name ??
also
don' t forget to write the names of Falkland Mujaheddins posters !!
nicodin, has moved on,does not blogg here anymore, or changed his name,,
Sep 15th, 2011 - 08:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Mujaheddins,, whats this
why would arabs be in the falklands, its to cold,
@60 que?
Sep 15th, 2011 - 08:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@??
Sep 15th, 2011 - 09:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thanks to Geo we now know what the 'chuckle chuckle' is all about... its El Thicko doing the RG chicken dance.....
Sep 15th, 2011 - 09:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@36 ExBrain.... please try and stay remotely on topic, you drongo.
2016 is very far in the future for your average RG... I don't think they look at the future at all... probably best that they don't.... they want instant gratification... and would rather steal from others than develop their own.
A 4 years and a bit lead time for developing the field? Not long at all in the scheme of things....
@ 65 you're boring, but this sh*t is funny hahaha
Sep 16th, 2011 - 12:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksVeWlsEdt0&feature=related
and this one funnier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksVeWlsEdt0&feature=related
and this one is funny too (is she talking about jesus? hahaha)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksVeWlsEdt0&feature=related
tent city hahaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksVeWlsEdt0&feature=related
to the woods hahaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksVeWlsEdt0&feature=related
united states of america the land of the broke hahaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksVeWlsEdt0&feature=related
laralala cuack!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksVeWlsEdt0&feature=related
oh man, there are tons of videos funnier than these hahaha I hope this is funny enough for you frank hahaha I'm having a ball watching these videos about America hahaha you'll have fun too frank lol
^^
Sep 16th, 2011 - 06:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0Trolls r us
65 xbarilox ...@ 65 you're boring,
Sep 16th, 2011 - 08:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0Exbrain has started talking to himself.... ho hum....
Why on earth does he think I am from the US...? Must have been something his brother in politics ' El Thicko ' said....
So at the end of the day he is just another RG parrot....
only 40 months until the oil starts to flow.....
Let's face it. Argies are desperate. Let's look at their history. They began as rebel colonists. Or, in other words, criminals. Moving right along, they engaged in imperialist wars (e.g. Triple Alliance) and genocide. Not satisfied with that pedigree, they decided to support Nazi Germany, harbour Nazi war criminals and obstruct investigations. Still not satisfied, they decided to eliminate tens of thousands of their own population. Always good to rack up tens of billions in debts at the same time. Rounding off by invading someone else's peaceful territory, getting comprehensively beaten and then continuing to make ignorant claims to keep its remaining population quiet.
Sep 16th, 2011 - 04:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So, a country of 40 million ignorant, lying criminals wants to point fingers at others? Best solution is to cut off the fingers. Followed by the hands, the arms, the legs and the head. Then feed the remainder to pigs.
Pigs you are, and to pigs you will return.
[] - 61 brity
Sep 16th, 2011 - 05:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0what a mistake !..
the Mujaheddins are called for Afghan Jihadist not Arabs !!
we saw that how 3200 Afghan Mujaheddins who transfered to Libya
by some secret powers (!!) wiped out Qaddafi !!
all these brits named i appreciated commentators are very warriors
like Mujaheddins here ..for this reason why i named them as like
Falkland Mujaheddins. !!
BUT
i never want to think about Falkland Islands have any guerilla
preparation centers there......!!
sorry geo,
Sep 16th, 2011 - 06:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0you have totaly lost me,
may i suggest you join the argentine goverment,
and you may very well confuse the whole world .??
Troneas like me is ready to DIE for las malvinas because we live and dream about islands since before birth. We love these islands but hate everyone who live on islands they are illegal pirates who have been there for 177 years. Papal bull of 1493 granted us islands, no one can argue papal bull!!!
Sep 16th, 2011 - 06:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It is las malvinas that was granted to Spain by right, therefore Argentina, fact of prior British claims and 177 years of continous settlement means nothing, we will colonize these islands and you will be all disapeared.
Argentina has a long history of fascism, Troneas, O Gara, etc is like me we are ready to remove all of you and place all of you on boat to be returned to your home or bottom of sea!!!!
WE DO NOT LIKE ANY OF YOU! YOU ARE ALL PIRATES! WE WILL SOON BE PREDOMINATNT NATION IN LATIN AMERICA! ALREADY WE HAVE BRAZIL DOING OUR BIDDING!
WE CLAIM TERRA DEL FUEGO, WE CLAIM LAS MALVINAS, WE CLAIM BEAGLE CHANNEL, WE CLAIM GEORGIAS DEL SUR, WE CLAIM ISLAS SANDWICH DEL SUR, WE CLAIM BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY, WE CLAIM CHILIAN ANTARTIC TERRITORY, WE WISH TO OWN URUGUAY, PARAGUAY AND CHILE AS RIGHT.
DO NOT CALL US IMPERIALIST!!!!
WE ARE NOT IMPERIALIST!!!!
WE ARE FASCISTS! WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF FASCISM! SOON OUR MILITARY WILL RISE AGAIN AND THROW OUR WEAK SOCIALISTA GOVERNMENT! THEY WILL BE DISAPPEARED LIKE ALL SOCIALISTA WILL HAVE!!!!
LET US DIE FOR LAS MALVINAS I LIVE AND DEAM AND TALL OF LAS MALVINAS NIGHT AND DAY. I LOVE THESE ISLANDS!
I HATE THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Filippo. Please do die for Las Malvinas. And everyone like you. Then maybe the Islanders can get on with life in peace.
Sep 16th, 2011 - 07:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0[] - 71 filipy
Sep 16th, 2011 - 08:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0read very carefully my comment # 69 and think deeply please !!
unfortunately your country has some unedeletable dirty specks
from the 70th years on Monteneros....Coup... 1982 Falkland
Invasion attemp. !!
BUT
you must track on their inner/external connections away to access
some positive clues ........... my advice to you !!
don't forget that almost all countries are dirty on the world !!
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Sep 16th, 2011 - 08:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Really wish people would stop addressing Filippo as he's an Argentinian poster. Especially the more intelligent British posters, Even the Argentinians have realised he's not an argy...
Sep 16th, 2011 - 11:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ zethe
Sep 17th, 2011 - 12:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0I think you should think about what I said before you try and claim I am not what I am. I represent the voice of the average Argentinian and because you no like that you try and make out something else. I think you not very intelligent man.
YOU ARE A PIRATE! GO HOME! WE DO NOT LIKE YOU!
WE ARE READY TO DIE FOR LAS MALVINAS! WE LOVE THOSE ISLANDS WE DREAM OF THOSE ISLANDS! WE WANT THESE ISLANDS BACK WHERE THEY BELONG WITHIN ARGENTINE LAND BORDERS.
This you do not understand.
BUT YOU MEAN NOTHING TO ME! YOU MEAN NOTHING AT ALL! I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPY TO DISPATCH YOU FROM YOUR ISLAND!
Absolutely true, there's no doubts about the fact that the islanders deserve to live in peace, same as all the inhabitants of the Argentine soil, don't forget that even if you guys deny it, the Falklands/Malvinas are in the argentine continental platform....but the unilateral action of start exploring resources that belong to a country and a Continent who claims for them, makes me reflect that the government who represent the islanders seems not to be willing to look for that peace, I hope that everybody rise a bit of awareness about this unhappy ending for the new argentine Province, correction: the Province already exists is it's named Tierra del Fuego, with capital in Ushuaia, you will be notified soon when your village Stanley start reporting to Ushuaia, don't forget that Patagonia is full of British Settlers who are also claiming to get back the islands to Argentina, a Republican country who open it's doors to the European inmigration in America, same as many other countries like Brazil, Canada & the US. Awareness please
Sep 17th, 2011 - 07:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0TWIMC
Sep 17th, 2011 - 08:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0Nothing but ”Positive News” in MercoPress about the South Atlantic new ”Oil Province”…….
Time to look at the YEARLY share price plunge of those fine companies……
In strict alphabetical order………:
ARGHHHHOS : http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-markets/stocks/summary/company-summary-chart.html?fourWayKey=FK0114538241GBGBXASQ1
BORDERS & SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT:
http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-markets/stocks/summary/company-summary-chart.html?fourWayKey=FK0114538241GBGBXASQ1
DESPIRE PETROLEUM
http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-markets/stocks/summary/company-summary-chart.html?fourWayKey=FK0114538241GBGBXASQ1
FALKLAND OIL AND GAAAAS:
http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-markets/stocks/summary/company-summary-chart.html?fourWayKey=FK0114538241GBGBXASQ1
ROCKFLOPPER EXPLOITATION:
http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-markets/stocks/summary/company-summary-chart.html?fourWayKey=FK0114538241GBGBXASQ1
Chuckle chuckle™
What is this PIRATE think?
Sep 17th, 2011 - 11:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0Think he propaganda for British. He is MI%!
[] -79
Sep 17th, 2011 - 02:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0aint !!
think again.....think again ....think again.....think again.......
[] -61 briton
Sep 17th, 2011 - 02:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0for all i remembered NicoDin and Think poster names
arised at the same time , last year spring months at these forums..
interesting !!
well he aint here now,
Sep 17th, 2011 - 04:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0unless he is imersonating again,
or just on holiday,
[] - 82 brit
Sep 17th, 2011 - 05:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0imersonating ??
you mean, ...unless he is impersonating again.... !!
key boards and fingers my friend
Sep 17th, 2011 - 06:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0key boards and fingers
[] -84
Sep 17th, 2011 - 08:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0in some jargon saying that ... finger = informant = fink !!
poss,
Sep 17th, 2011 - 10:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0depends
the trouble is to fast and not concentrating .
Geo's missed his meds again.
Sep 18th, 2011 - 01:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0mmmmmmmmmm
Sep 18th, 2011 - 06:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 078
Sep 21st, 2011 - 02:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hahahahahaha
After all that effort could it be that you really do think there are huge natural resources riches out there.
Never too late you creepy old Argentinian fraud.
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