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Falklands’ Premier Oil joins Argentina’s ‘black list’ of companies ‘illegally’ operating in Malvinas waters
United Kingdom’s Premier Oil PLC has been incorporated to the black list of companies banned by Argentina from operating in the country because of its hydrocarbons ‘illegal and clandestine’ activities in the continental shelf next to the Malvinas Islands without the competent authorization. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesNo ban on Rocky then?
Sep 09th, 2013 - 02:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0Why doesn't she refuse to deal with any companies associated with Britis Gas?
Sep 09th, 2013 - 02:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0Congratulations on this belated recognition of your achievements. Long may your 'illegal and clandestine’ activities' continue.
Sep 09th, 2013 - 03:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0Soon everyone will want to be on it :-)
Sep 09th, 2013 - 03:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0'Premier had ten days to reply the notification but ignored it'
Sep 09th, 2013 - 03:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0You know you're country is becoming increasingly irrelevant when private companies are ignoring your government sanctions!
What was that you said?..... Oh that's right, I don't care!
LOL
Who cares?
Sep 09th, 2013 - 04:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0Don't think the Managing Director will lose any sleep over another ridiculous law from a toothless kitten.
She should read “Don Quixote”
Sep 09th, 2013 - 04:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0Noble Energy is also missing from the list.........
Sep 09th, 2013 - 04:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0without the “competent” authorisation???
Sep 09th, 2013 - 05:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0Funny, there is the legally and democratically elected government of the Falkland Islands. Also not sure how this activity is clandestine.
Sep 09th, 2013 - 05:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0You really cannot make this stuff up. Is it really too tough for the Argentinian government to talk to the Falkland Islands, and I mean “talk to”, not shout at and have a hissy fit when The Falklands want a fair deal?
“The illegal and clandestine activities” from Premier Oil Plc refer to the farm-out deal agreed with Rockhopper Exploration, which is the titular of the ‘illegal’ licences awarded by the ‘illegitimate government of the Malvinas Islands’, and of which Premier acquired an operational percentage.
Given the incompetence of Argie authorities I doubt they would be able to issue a “competent authorization” even if they wanted to.
Sep 09th, 2013 - 05:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0In a way it's quite amusing. Argieland accuses various companies of “illegal and clandestine” activities. In territory over which it has no control and no jurisdiction. At the same time, it attempts to evade debts it incurred in a jurisdiction it chose. Aberrant behaviour?
Sep 09th, 2013 - 05:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0@ 12 Conqueror
Sep 09th, 2013 - 06:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0As usual, one rule for RGland and another for everyone else.
No mention of Noble, EDF/Edison, Rockhopper, BHP Billiton, Diamond Offshore, Schlumberger, Ocean Rig, PPS, Senergy, etc etc etc.
Sep 09th, 2013 - 06:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0The drilling must be so “clandestine” that the Argentine government missed the near 100 companies involved one way or another.
Clandestine?
Sep 09th, 2013 - 06:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0How big do these oil rigs have to be before the aren't clandestine.
Oh that's right; no rigs, no oil!
How much did the Premier share price drop on this news ?? Not much I would guess.
Sep 09th, 2013 - 06:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0More foolish Argentine posturing when common sense and logic suggests dialogue and co-operation.
The English steals the Argentine oil, the Scottish oil, the Iraqi oil, the Afghan oil, etc.etc.etc. Impossible to change their behavior, because that's how they have been living... since always.
Sep 09th, 2013 - 07:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0CFK: Dear oil companies,
Sep 09th, 2013 - 08:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0You have a clear choice! If you close down your 'stealth' rigs around the Malo Islands straight away, I will personally ensure that the 20 year ban from developing our oil reserves is withdrawn. And these amigos, are the surefire clinchers that will get you on the next flight to BA:
1/- If you invest in us, we will nationalise you as soon as you have the oil pumping out of the ground.
2/-Note we rarely if ever, stick to any agreements, especially involving money.
3/- You will get our indigenous population (the ones we missed in the 1880s), protesting at their land being taken.
4/-We will do our utmost to annoy you with never ending decrees and restrictive trade tariffs.
Yours, Chrissy.
CFK: Hey Gollum, those terms will ensure a stampede, note my careful use of the carrot and stick.
Gollum: Yes mistress, our superior diplomacy will see those oil execs get on the first LAN flight out of Mounte Pleasante, and Caramba! They will soon be drilling here, and the oil will be flowing. Hurrah!
CFK: What!!!??? No, the deal's off! They must fly from Mounte Plesante to get here using Aerolineas Argentinos! I hate LAN! MAXIMO! get the serviceable aircraft ready, and Gollum, inform the oil companies they must fly with AR, I can't be arsed to write a postscript.
Maximo: What serviceable aircraft mama?
@17 Gonzo22:
Sep 09th, 2013 - 08:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0Your comment is quite amusing considering that those plastic Spanish that decided to call themselves 'Argentinians' stole a chunk of South America (and by extension all of the natural resources in that area) the size of India, introduced their own immigration for Italians, etc, and are still there.
If you want to take the moral high ground then perhaps you should vacate the ground you are squatting on first. Hypocrite.
@19 screenname
Sep 09th, 2013 - 09:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0The difference is the Falkland Islanders are 100% British. The Argentines have some mixture. Its the 21st C and the British Empire is still active... (not history).
The Argies have been threatening court action since February 2010 and all they have managed to date is to come up with a 'black list.' LOL.
Sep 09th, 2013 - 11:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0So after 31 years the best you can do is a black list!
Sep 09th, 2013 - 11:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0well I'm on my way back so best have my name on it then too
I am thinking about registering an oil services company in the UK and offering those services to any of the oil companies working in the Falklands.
Sep 09th, 2013 - 01:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I am, in truth (cough), an “argie expert” (cough, cough) and can advise these companies about the real nature of The Dark Country as I am sure they will not realise that argies cannot be trusted!
Of course this will allow me to write to Gollum and DEMAND my company be placed on the “black list”.
What do you think?
LOLs
Gonzo22- where are the English stealing oil from Argentina? Even off the Falklands the english agree it is oil that belongs to the Falklands - and will pay their royalties to the Falklands Govt - not the Englsih(British) one.
Sep 09th, 2013 - 02:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Amusing farce- premiere involved in Falklands for 13 months and finally Argieland acts! meanwhile Brazil grants Premiere concessions in Brazil areas! So much for your solidarity!!
She has a personal point,
Sep 09th, 2013 - 02:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Put a 3,000 mile blockade around her new territory
She should instigate a naval blockade of the Falkland’s, and all oil rigs,
And give the rest of us a laugh..
'They advanced the holidays: We gave U $ S1500 million to Repsol ~...According to reports, the alleged agreement that Repsol YPF could get by paying $ 1,500 million would be an exchange of favors for the Spanish Government supports the claim to Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, hand in hand with the claim of Spain for Gibraltar...'
Sep 09th, 2013 - 03:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://diariohoy.net/politica/se-adelantaron-las-fiestas-le-regalamos-us1500-millones-a-repsol-15290
' The South American Defense Council and the subversive activities of the pentagon ~...There is evidence that there are nuclear heads British military bases in the Falkland Islands and the means to launch them...'
http://diariohoy.net/politica/se-adelantaron-las-fiestas-le-regalamos-us1500-millones-a-repsol-15290
'SQUID WAR: Government insists on opening fishery -
'The Government insists on second consecutive Chinese fishing incorporation to increase the catch of Illex. With political arguments sustainability of the resource, the measure hits the stage of the dispute over the sovereignty of the Falklands...'
http://diariohoy.net/politica/se-adelantaron-las-fiestas-le-regalamos-us1500-millones-a-repsol-15290
Check out the pathetic picture in this one...
The PAMI actively participate in the Marathon “Malvinas, Heart of my country”
http://diariohoy.net/politica/se-adelantaron-las-fiestas-le-regalamos-us1500-millones-a-repsol-15290
'Picardo veto the Spanish flag in his National Day'
http://diariohoy.net/politica/se-adelantaron-las-fiestas-le-regalamos-us1500-millones-a-repsol-15290
'SPAIN’S SAVAGE BID FOR SEA RIGHTS HITS PORTUGUESE - Spain has quietly lodged an official request with the United Nations to have Portugal’s southern-most territory, the Savage Islands, declared as rocks and not as islands...'
http://diariohoy.net/politica/se-adelantaron-las-fiestas-le-regalamos-us1500-millones-a-repsol-15290
Well if what they are doing is so brazenly illegal then arrest these “pirates” and take them to court! Achieve them and sell their bones! Cuff'em and Stuff'em! Oh yes... they are well in their rights to operate there. Because it's Falkland waters, not Argentine. And everyone else knows it, most importantly, the Argentine government who knows it well enough to not challenge this “illegal” presence it in the world legal bodies that would actually be empowered to do something about it.
Sep 09th, 2013 - 05:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Check out the pathetic picture in this one...
Sep 09th, 2013 - 05:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The PAMI actively participate in the Marathon “Malvinas, Heart of my country”
www.actualidadtdf.com.ar/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=10509:el-pami-participará-activamente-de-la-maratón-“malvinas-corazón-de-mi-país”&Itemid=87
Whats the problem??
Look this photo:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2414874/Falklands-veteran-Trevor-Askey-sex-change-switches-Treva.html
No problem either.
Actually Malen
Sep 09th, 2013 - 05:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Treva is a better looking woman than she was a guy.
What's the excuse for the three mungos in the mythical Malvinas marathon?
You didn't help but thanks for making me look at the Mythical Malvinas Marathon Mungos again.
PMSL
@20 icenorth: ”The difference is the Falkland Islanders are 100% British. The Argentines have some mixture. Its the 21st C and the British Empire is still active... (not history).”
Sep 09th, 2013 - 09:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Actually the difference is that the Falkland Islands didn't have an indigenous population when first landed by the British, so the Falkland Islanders can hardly interbreed with a non-existent indigenous population, can they? Unless, of course, you try to use some bonkers logic to try and pass off a Franco German Huguenot as indigenous to the South Atlantic (and also ignore the ether 1) subterfuge on his part to gain access to the islands, or 2) misrepresentation of his intentions by the Argentinian government)…
As for the British Empire, the Falkland Islanders enjoy a high degree of self-determination. If they choose to have any level of integration with the UK or the EU then that is no business of Argentina. But, perhaps you can explain how said integration is any less morally valid than the Latin American integration which is promoted in these mercopress comments sections by so many Malviinistas.
Also, might I add, the use of the Belgian thesis when trying to define 'empires' is clearly flawed. These modern 'nations' created by colonial boundaries (like Argentina… shock horror) are artificial constructs: morally, a land grab is still a land grab even if there is not an expanse of water between the two geographic areas.
@26 Steve-33-uk
Sep 10th, 2013 - 07:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0'SPAIN’S SAVAGE BID FOR SEA RIGHTS HITS PORTUGUESE
You don't expect Spain (or plastic Spaniards) to abide by treaties do you? whatever next?
Blacklist?
Sep 10th, 2013 - 11:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0Badge of honour as far as I can see!
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Sep 10th, 2013 - 11:49 am - Link - Report abuse 020 icenorth (#)
Sep 10th, 2013 - 11:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0'The difference is the Falkland Islanders are 100% British. '
If you are referring to their ancestry, wrong. Most have British ancestry, but many have it mixed with other ancestries. Plus there are more recent immigrants who have acquired Falkland Islands Status without any British ancestry, or children of immigrants who have Falkland Islands Status at birth without any British ancestry.
'The Argentines have some mixture.'
So do Falkland Islanders.
' Its the 21st C and the British Empire is still active... (not history). '
The British Empire died when India became independent. But you're right. It is the 21st C. The age of self determination, not the age of territorial expansionism.
28 malen
Sep 10th, 2013 - 01:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Treva is better looking than TMBOA.
Mind you, the back end of the smashed train(s) in BsAs look better than TMBOA.
Are you saying that the midget mayor is going to have a sex change to a woman as well?
Ha, ha, ha.
'Norman Podhoretz: Obama knows exactly what he’s doing . . . weakening America’s influence ~ ...His stances toward major allies have towed this line as well, particularly his decision to take a neutral stance in the longstanding Falkland Islands dispute between Britain and Argentina. The U.S. has always backed the Brits on that issue - well, at least until Barack Obama - so maybe it shouldn’t be such a big surprise that the British Parliament sees little need to stick their necks out for him in Syria...' http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/57796
Sep 10th, 2013 - 01:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0'We stand by you, Cameron tells Gibraltar ~ ...“We will never agree to any transfer of sovereignty – or even start a negotiation of sovereignty, without your consent. I wouldn’t want us ever to go down that route...'
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/57796
'Gibraltar National Day is a celebration of freedom, sovereignty and self-determination ~ ...Downing Street’s firm message should be heeded by the flailing Rajoy administration in Madrid, whose pathetic attempts to bully Gibraltar are unworthy of the Spanish nation. Like the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, the people of Gibraltar wish only to live in freedom, with the right to self-determination, under the protection of the British Crown. These are principles that Great Britain has defended and must continue to uphold in the face of aggression by those who seek to trample on them. It is sad that Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, Spain's foreign minister, has sought common currency with the menacing regime of Cristina Kirchner in Buenos Aires, declaring last week that Argentina “can count on Spain’s support” over its futile attempts to take the Falkands...'
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/57796
@20Icenorth
Sep 10th, 2013 - 02:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“The difference is the Falkland Islanders are 100% British”
Not 100% unless you regard Danes, Canadians, Chileans, Uruguayans, (and as Argentines regard people from Buenos Aires in 1833, Argentine-then there is Argentine ancestry), Swedish, German, French;
as British.
If you regard the previous nationalities, all those part of the Falkland Island genetic ancestry as British then you need to go to school and LEARN G.E.O.G.R.A.P.H.Y.
Find out where Denmark is.
Find out where Germany is.
Find out where Sweden is.
Find out where Canadas is.
Find out where Uruguay is.
Find out where France is.
These are just the ancestors -now there are many more nationalities that have emigrated to the Falklands.
And who could blame the current South American settlers that are there-the Falkland Islands, even if the climate is not always hot, is better for them to live in than South America.
I'll admit that the St Helenian and Gibraltar bloodlines are of course British, but not directly from the British Isles.
This is the same on a smaller scale as Argentina whose bloodlines are mainly Spanish and Italian but also consist of other nationalities that emigrated there.
So there is NO DIFFERENCE.
The numbers that emigrated to the Falkland Islands are less, because only a certain hardy type of person was prepared to emigrate there-hence the traditionally small population.
Surely it does not take a rocket scientist to work that out???????
If, icenorth, you look at the names in the Falkland Island phone book you will see some very un-British names because those families originated from un British ancestors that emigrated to the Islands.
Your point is therefore invalid.
@35 ChrisR,
Sep 10th, 2013 - 05:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Have to agree with you, Chris.
Treva is miles in front in the looks department of Mad Cristina.
Where is the oil? Apparently it took a certain plane to fly somewhere far away.
Sep 10th, 2013 - 09:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0'Argentina and Chile, United in Antarctica - Seven basic reasons should lead to that the State and society to rethink the question of Antarctica in the domestic and foreign policy of the Argentina.
Sep 11th, 2013 - 03:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0First, the growing uncertainty accompanied by disturbing levels of pugnacity among the leading Nations in the international system. Second, rapid scientific and technological advances that accelerate the transformations and the challenges in world politics. Third, the urgency of reversing environmental deterioration and ensure a strategy of ecological sustainability in levels of global, regional and polar. Fourth, the need to conceive amalgamadas political units which guarantee, in the nearest neighborhood, welfare, autonomy and safety of different national communities. Fifth, taking advantage of the great progress in the field of détente, cooperation and harmony developed with Chile in the last two decades. Sixth, the importance of conceiving the Malvinas question intertwined with the Affairs of the South Atlantic and Antarctica.
And seventh, the necessity of having at least one project of mobilizing and organizing long-term among Argentines, covering a wide range of political and social...'
http://www.clarin.com/opinion/Argentina-Chile-unidos-Antartida_0_990500985.html
YOU ARE ALSO GOING ON MY LIST......WHAT IS YOUR NAME
Sep 11th, 2013 - 08:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0dont tell him Pike !!
This article puzzles me. Argentina says these companies are operating illegally in its waters. And an illegitimate government has been set up on some of its islands! Well why don't they do something about that then? No self respecting country would allow such rebellious activities to continue unabated. Time for them to send their navy and military to put a stop to all this illegal activity! What are they waiting for?...........
Sep 11th, 2013 - 09:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0@42:
Sep 11th, 2013 - 09:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Quite.
That's exactly why the UK sent a 'task force' to eject the foreign invaders in 1982.
Even today they are still the uncultured rubbish of South America, wishing to be something they are most definitely NOT.
BTW - 3 days in June - 3 Para Mt Longdon. - Google it.....
'A million signatures for the Falklands ~ ...Carmona, who claimed that the Argentine government, under its constitution, respect the rights and property of the Islanders (inhabitants of the Falklands) and put the natural resources of that area to the service and welfare of Latin American countries. lawmaker denounced the London government and its representatives in the islands are hindering all conducive to a dialogue management and even generated through means rejection at the British public and island to the idea that Argentina exercise sovereignty in the archipelago. provocative actions to launch as the claim that territory called Land Queen Elizabeth, “which is a complete offense,” he complained...'
Sep 12th, 2013 - 03:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&idioma=1&id=1849601&Itemid=1
'Debate on the future of Cuba Falkland Islands - Groups of solidarity with the Malvinas Islands from several Latin American and Caribbean countries will exchange views today in Havana on the future of the archipelago, usurped by the United Kingdom ...'
http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&idioma=1&id=1849601&Itemid=1
'Pope sent greetings to the Queen straight after his election, says cardinal ~ ...The cardinal continued: “It shows he was aware of that and wanted to assert his respect for the Queen. Of course, he had been in favour of the Malvinas and had prayed for those who had lost their lives. Fair enough. But he’s quite clear that as Pope he’s not taking any sides...'
http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&idioma=1&id=1849601&Itemid=1
'US and UK accused of 'squeezing life out of' Ascension Island
Britain denies uprooting families living on tiny mid-Atlantic island to make way for American military base'
http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&idioma=1&id=1849601&Itemid=1
“””The difference is the Falkland Islanders are 100% British. The Argentines have some mixture. Its the 21st C and the British Empire is still active... (not history).“”“”
Sep 12th, 2013 - 06:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0...do you mean British as in, originally Celtic, fused with Romano, then Saxon and Angle, Viking, Norman and Dutch? With slices of West Indian, Indian, Sikh, Pakistani and a few dozen other ethnicities...?
Or were you just trying to be racist and really mean white europeans...as opposed to “white europeans transplanted into south america after genocidal conquering of ast swathes of land and displacing the natives thereon...”...
coz.. you know... these things are kinda important to bottom out...
I don't think Simon Lockett ( CEO Premier oil ) is in the least bit interested in working in Argentina, too busy extracting oil from Falklands and Brasil. ( not yet but will be )
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