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Falklands’ oilfield development, Rockhopper Exploration next move
Rockhopper Exploration announced Thursday in its interim results statement that the Falkland Islands drilling campaign has been very successful as it has established the Sea Lion discovery as a world-class asset. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesHurrah :-)
Dec 09th, 2011 - 06:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0@ 1 Yeah, Hurrah. My family is going to win good money with Rockhopper too, just like you Beef and Isolde. Isn't this wonderful? :)
Dec 09th, 2011 - 07:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0You see Xbox! There are many areas of collaboration that can be fertile ground for the UK and Argentina. I am glad for you that you have recognised that creating individual liberty and wealth is the route to a prosperous and just society. Pity those whining wannabees in your country are too lazy or dim to partake.
Dec 09th, 2011 - 08:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0Xbox, i hope you invested in dollars and not argentina peso. As you will get far more money in return for your investment if you invested in dollars, then you will with the peso with its devaluation. But as beef said, it just goes to show that brits and argentines can collabrate peacefully and get along together.
Dec 09th, 2011 - 10:32 am - Link - Report abuse 04 Teaboy2
Dec 09th, 2011 - 10:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0What about the blockedand the CELAC, you think that it is not a problem
CELAC ? Who ??
Dec 09th, 2011 - 11:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0More fantastic news for the Falklands and money will be available to drill and make the most of these discoveries, and No problems from the south american block who can do nothing but talk and whinge!!!!
Dec 09th, 2011 - 12:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Long Live the Falklands
@5 Nope its not a problem at all, has it stopped the fishing vessels fishing in falklands waters? Nope - Has it stopped the oil expolaration and drilling in falklands waters? Nope.
Dec 09th, 2011 - 12:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Will the british and spanish navies start patroling those waters to exscort such vessels to protect their right to innocent passage from illegal argentina bloackade and boarding of such vessels? More than likely, yes.
Will Argentine navy have the guts to take on a british or spanish navy vessel escorting vessels partaking in innocent passage? Nope, because they wouldn't stand a chance in hell against either a british or spanish navy vessel.
#3: I agree with you about every word. As argentine I am not proud for what my government is doing, is time to take new steps and look for benefits for Falklands and Argentina, working together as two partners and independent countries.
Dec 09th, 2011 - 01:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@9 You at least are speaking common sense, although some of your countrymen will disagree with what you wrote, this is what its all about Two countries working together for there own benefit.
Dec 09th, 2011 - 01:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#10 most of my “countrymen” blogging here are supporters of the government, others are living overseas and usually do not know what is really happening in the country. Falflands issue is used here only for “PROPAGANDA” and this government seems to be working against argentina's best interest, but don;t worry, in a few years somebody will come to say us that this government is not “PERONISTA” that the real peronist are they and everything will keep going in the same way. This is Argentina, a funny country with 60% of ignorant people. Finally let's say I am argentine and living here.
Dec 09th, 2011 - 01:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@11 You´re either part of the 60% of ignorants or british.
Dec 09th, 2011 - 03:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 12 jajaja.
Dec 09th, 2011 - 04:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@12
Dec 09th, 2011 - 06:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@13
This is the sort of person sadly lacking in argentina He is interested in building argentina into the kind of country it should be and not wasting time and resources on a foreign land (Falklands).
out come the children,
Dec 09th, 2011 - 06:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0when it starts flowing, it will know the grin of argies chin,
brag brag brag .
lts a brave Argentine that bucks the party line.
Dec 09th, 2011 - 09:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Good for you, Rob the Argentine.
Hope you make some money, xbarilox. As you see, moderate capitalism is the way to go.
lets see how brave is robby
Dec 09th, 2011 - 09:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0tell as the difference between chimichurri and salsa criolla
and mention at least 6 names of “facturas” and the price
lets see...its very easy
tomorrow assumes our presi, 2nd period
the only way the fakland company could ever make money of oil and gas is with the help of thieves like lewis clifton. www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-1662624/FSA-insider-trade-fine-for-Falklands-Speaker.html
Dec 09th, 2011 - 11:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Actually pirat, they make money through direct investments and providing infrastructure. Do you plan on accusing Mr Clifton of having HIV as well?
Dec 10th, 2011 - 07:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0@18 At least the Falklands has a demoracy and its people work towards there future for that they should be applauded!!!
Dec 10th, 2011 - 12:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Long Live the Falklands.
Envy and jealousy springs to mind,
Dec 11th, 2011 - 09:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We had, what she always wanted,
Now she wants, what is basically very much out of fashion
[Her very own little empire]
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the six oil explorations of this firm has a great impact in the environment specially at sea, sound, fishes evolution and routine life, the toxic elements they use to make the drillings, etc
Dec 12th, 2011 - 12:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0and watch www.diarioshow.com/2011/12/09/74516-un-soldado-ingles-le-devuelve-la-camara-de-fotos-a-uno-argentino.html late, but at leasts is sth
How long till the lazy contaminating and unproductive petrol rich owners disappear??
Dec 12th, 2011 - 05:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0They don't even care about their grandchildren if we think they'll have to live in the same planet.
How long? Humans already have technology to live on ecological resources, they could be cheaper for people and not contaminating.
Can't the UK at least colonize using healthier ways? Maybe these british people living in the falklands could take care of the land they are usurping.
@23 “Can't the UK at least colonize using healthier ways?” We did, we colonised it using winf & sail power back in 1700's and again in 1833.
Dec 12th, 2011 - 10:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Maybe these british people living in the falklands could take care of the land they are usurping.” They are, as i don't see any argentinian doing so except the 2-3 that live or work their. But hey argentina did a good job of looking after the land in 1982 planting all those land mines that have yet to be harvested.
As for the oil industry in the falklands. stop playing the innocent victims and stop being hypocrites. Argentinas own oil industry is not that innocent either, if you want the falklands to stop extracting its own natural resources such as oil then you, argentina, should also stop too. Ohh and i bet you conveniently forgot about these argentinian oil spills:
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2008/2008-01-02-03.html
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2008/2008-01-02-03.html
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2008/2008-01-02-03.html
Shall i go on? Clearly Argentina does not have the greatest safety record or thinks much about preventing such spills.
22 malen
Dec 12th, 2011 - 10:16 am - Link - Report abuse 023 fermin
If Argentina are using a more environmentally friendly method to explore for oil in their waters, perhaps they will share it with us, for the sake of the environment.
Hey Mad'un - Argentina stops drilling, we'll stop drilling !
Dec 12th, 2011 - 11:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0How's that :-)
Of course Argentina also owns oil companies. Have any of you got any idea of the little resources we have after being taken the few richnesses we had in the 70s 80s and 90s??
Dec 12th, 2011 - 04:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I am critic of Argentina of course, but the UK owns larger resources and the power to work on them, well, not the british people, just a few little group of them. And this makes the, LAZY, also in company of other groups around the world.
Oil is not ok, no matter it is produced in Argentina, the Falklands or wherever.
The most “advanced” nations seem to be the lazy ones sometimes.
And yes, we are victims of a lot of things, even then we still try to solve our problems with diplomacy and according to the not-always-fair international institutions.
We are not the ones pointing at the rest of the world with war weapons “in the name of freedom and safety”.
@27 The UK has never threatened countries with weapons but seeks to help maintain peace in an otherwise violent world, something which argentina does not have to worry about!
Dec 12th, 2011 - 04:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Long Live the Falklands.
hear hear .
Dec 12th, 2011 - 10:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 025 yes you can create a marine protect zone all round the malvinas islands
Dec 13th, 2011 - 04:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0thank you, and so we will,
Dec 14th, 2011 - 12:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0its nice to see you support the project.
Mad'un - we have - more than once :-)
Dec 14th, 2011 - 01:46 am - Link - Report abuse 030 malen
Dec 15th, 2011 - 12:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0That might well happen and sooner than you think. There already is protection up to the 3- mile limit.
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