MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Falklands oil company is ready to begin drilling at the end of 2015 first quarter
Falkland Oil and Gas Limited (FOGL) reported this week that it is making progress with its preparations for its next drilling campaign, which is scheduled to start during the first quarter of 2015 off the South Atlantic Falklands Islands. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesI expect the Argentine navy will be manning the rowboats to protest, while the FALKLANDS Government will defend the rig with nuclear penguins. Oh I forgot the “ toothfish” they need to attack the rowboats.
Sep 18th, 2014 - 05:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0Just waiting for Marco's stock price updates!
Sep 18th, 2014 - 08:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0Just think, Marcos, all that lovely oilmoney & Argentina will get NONE of it.
Sep 18th, 2014 - 09:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0Sad
“Falklands oil company is ready to begin drilling at the end of 2015 first quarter”
Sep 18th, 2014 - 11:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0yeah, right....
and at the end of the third quarter of 2015, they will say they will be ready at the end of the third quarter of 2016, and so on.
losers
#1 No No, they have Canoes, don't you remember the mock invasion down in Ushuaia on the anniversary?
Sep 18th, 2014 - 11:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0Carry on drilling,
Sep 18th, 2014 - 12:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Cary on upsetting the trolls...lol
#4 Why are we losers? Even if oil drilling doesn't start at least we have a self sustaining community and will continue to rely on the fishing industry and tourism.
Sep 18th, 2014 - 12:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We thinks it was a typo error,
Sep 18th, 2014 - 12:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0he meant to say, they were the losers..
“We thinks it was a typo error,”
Sep 18th, 2014 - 12:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0there you have a typo, you nabo.
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wow, he is on the ball,
Sep 18th, 2014 - 12:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0and irritant confused and still anti British brainwashed argy troll.
And no typo was hurt in the making of this message...
Lol paulcedron is so stupid. Surely you are the losers because we are on the Falklands, and you are not. But your welcome to come and visit, get a nice FIG customs stamp in your passport. Have you ever visited? I never understood the Argentine obsession with a place they have never seen with there own eyes, only in books and film.
Sep 18th, 2014 - 12:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Lol paulcedron is so stupid. Surely you are the losers because we are on the Falklands, and you are not.”
Sep 18th, 2014 - 01:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0that's exactly why you are the losers.
because...you live there, lol.
nabos
Then why do you want it so much? Whats wrong with living in the Falklands? little crime, friendly people, but i suppose i grew up here and see it differently to others. Sure, i know we don't have a CT scanner and a University but home is home, although its not always the most exciting place lol. So if your not interested in this place, and think so little of it, are you pro malvinas?
Sep 18th, 2014 - 01:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@12
Sep 18th, 2014 - 01:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And you are trying, and failing, to steal it. That's a bit like saying to a neighbour I want your Jag, him saying no and you calling him a loser for having a Jag.
14
Sep 18th, 2014 - 01:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0the last thing i want are a pair of islets in the middle of the nothing.
and comparing the islets with a jag is a bit rich.
i would compare them with an austin metro.
I would say a land rover or a FIAT panda lol. So you are pro falklands? You dont believe Argentina should have sovereignty over the Falklands? ATTENTION everyone paulcedron is PRO falklands and PRO British, we thank you for somewhat confusing support LOL
Sep 18th, 2014 - 01:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@4. We can see you've got your 'brain' working. Pretty weak, kiddikins. Don't you have some 'inside' argie information? Hasn't argieland stolen the seismic survey results and interpreted them to show there's nothing there?
Sep 18th, 2014 - 01:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@9, 12. You're not getting any better. Who has hundreds of legal judgements against them all around the world? Not the Falkland Islands. Who doesn't comply with the laws of the legal jurisdiction it chose? Not the Falkland Islands. How are things at the World Trade Organisation? Still losing? Who is in breach of the UN Charter? Not the Falkland Islands. Who doesn't have a floating 'navy'? Not the Falkland Islands. How's the fishing? Who's the loser?
@ 15 paulcedron
Sep 18th, 2014 - 02:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0'Buenos Aires would complain to the UN over the oil project and might take the case to the International Courts of Justice in the Hague, ' Argentinean Foreign Minister Jorge Taina, 13th February 2010.
Why is it taking sooooo l o n g?
The estimates are 350 million barrels in the north and 700 million barrels in the south. That should keep the UK oil rich for some time to come. The Islands offered to share it with Argentina and they said no.........jealous much?
Sep 18th, 2014 - 02:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@15 Paul
Sep 18th, 2014 - 03:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So basically your only reason for being on here is to slag off people that affect your life in no way whatsoever?
Exactly, paulcedron is one these people who thinks he can say whatever he wants on the internet because he believes in the anonymity of the internet (people with some advance computer knowledge could quite easily find out where hi is). Doubt he would be so vocal in person. So paul, answer my question, do you or do you not support Argentina's claim over the Falklands? Its a simple question, even for you. Prove to everyone that your not some tasty little internet troll and try and engage in adult conversation.
Sep 18th, 2014 - 04:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0brian
Sep 18th, 2014 - 04:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0you are not too bright, are you?
one thing is what i think about the islets and another is the fact that they were robbed by a bunch of squatters.
more or less the same as what happened with gibraltar and north ireland.
3 different problems and 1 common denominator: england
“robbed by a bunch of squatters.”
Sep 18th, 2014 - 04:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You mean like Argentina was, from the Indians, by the Creole planters.
Well were not squatters, no more than the Argentine's are. Even if Argentinas claim was true we have been here for about 180 years, that makes this OUR land and gives us the right to decide our future. Argentines don't have to give there land back to the natives, same with the USA, because you have been there so long. And doesn't Argentina have enough already? by rights argentina should be one of the most powerful and influential in the world, why aren't you? rampant corruption and poor management.
Sep 18th, 2014 - 04:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We have a nice little country, we look after our environment and are largley self sustaining, Argentina would ruin all we have worked for since the war, however little it may seem to you.
@22 Paulcedron
Sep 18th, 2014 - 06:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What you forget is that 'Conquest and Subjugation' was a perfectly legal mode of obtaining territory right up to the early 20th century. This is how Argentina legally obtained title to Patagonia.
22 they are hundreds of miles away from you, why do you care.
Sep 18th, 2014 - 06:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0and they are thousands of miles away from britain, you briton. why do you care?
Sep 18th, 2014 - 06:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Bravo Falkland Islands! Please forgive my countrymen that are currently making too much noise, drinking too many pisco sours and cups of wine. Bear with all the aromatic smoke from the parrillas loaded with cuts of beef, pork, lamb and chicken as they celebrate our day of independence. ¡Viva Chile! Enjoy an empanada and know we are with you, despite what some of the politicians in Chile say.
Sep 18th, 2014 - 06:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0and they are thousands of miles away from Britain, you Briton. Why do you care?
Sep 18th, 2014 - 06:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0.
WHY,
I will tell you why,
Because I believe in freedom and democracy, [ you do not]
They have a right to choose and these choose to be at this time, British,
And we have a legal and moral and right to defend them
PAULY
Why do YOU care.
Lol just like a child. I WANT IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE IT. When you quiz any pro malvinas Argie on the subject it always boils down to that, it is simply unbelievable that countries in the 21st century still harp back to 18th century territorial claims
Sep 18th, 2014 - 07:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@27 Paulcedron
Sep 18th, 2014 - 07:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You can't base a sovereignty claim on proximity - 320 miles away from Patagonia. You're having a laugh.
@22paulcedron
Sep 18th, 2014 - 07:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“one thing is what i think about the islets and another is the fact that they were robbed by a bunch of squatters”.
So, nobody in Argentina wants to live in a CT scanner- less void, can't hack the weather, there's nothing in the Falklands at all that interests any skyscraper obsessed Argentine-and you think you've been robbed??
Errrr?
As none of you Argies want to live there, how come you think you have lost something?
You describe the people that want to live and thrive there as squatters, but they can't be taking anything away from Argentina,as no Argentines actually want to live in the Falklands-you lot are seriously f***ed up headcases!
Your arguments make no sense whatsoever.
There are shitloads of resources in Argentina that you can't/won't even extract/exploit but hardly any in the Falklands(by comparison with Argentina's), which you moan you haven't got.
?????
The marvellous mystery of Argentine 'logic.'
l gave up trying to have a rational debate with paulcedron quite some time ago.
Sep 18th, 2014 - 08:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0His comments are very childish & contradictory & when he gets frustrated he just insults people by calling them “nabos”.
ln actual fact he is the biggest nabo on this forum.
But it can be fun to stir him up. lol!
isolde babe
Sep 18th, 2014 - 11:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0no, you didn't give up.
in fact you are almost stalking me.
wonder why?
and in the end, you have learnt some mild porteño insults.
nabo is almost a lovely way to call them idiots.
no doubts your amigos from the islets are a bunch of nabos.
they confuse what i think about the islets in terms of economic potential, natural attractions, level of education, etc, with a sovereignty issue.
clearly they are not the brightest of the bunch.
So you want the Falklands to restore lost pride? not sure that will be enough after your countrymen threw those nuns out of those planes
Sep 18th, 2014 - 11:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Depressed investor
Sep 19th, 2014 - 03:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0“I have held this stock for years and years. I thought it was a sensible buy. I have attended AGM after AGM and have bought based on the directors positive rhetoric . I have averaged down whenever I could and yet I'm still at a 40% loss. I cant see us hitting £1.20 in the next yr. Am gutted.. Should have just bought a house and lived in it. Ridiculous!”
36 Marcos
Sep 19th, 2014 - 06:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0Your header should read “inexperienced investor” what is happening to the share prices is typical for a hydro company going through this phases of their long term project.
This morning that investor will be relieved though that the combined might on the UK is set to continue for some time yet.
Where do you live Marcos? I'm in England and from what I see of others' comments about you perhaps you live here also.
@36
Sep 19th, 2014 - 07:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0If depressed investor thought he'd be guaranteed a profit before extraction then he should be called stupid investor.
Depressed Investors
Sep 19th, 2014 - 08:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0“We have held these bonds for years and years. We thought it was a sensible buy. We have attended election after election and have bought based on the governments positive rhetoric . We have averaged down whenever we could and yet we're still at minimum a 70% loss. We cant see us ever getting an interest payment or our capital back even after accelerating. Ever. The country is in a death spiral because the government is mind-numbingly incompetent, chronically corrupt and worst of all supported by Marcos Alejandro. We are gutted. Should have just bought anything but Argentine bonds and lived in riches. Ridiculous!”
@Marcos
Sep 19th, 2014 - 08:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0Seriously, what ever there might be in terms of O&G prospects in FI, Its a no brainer to buy FOGL now and hold till spud; may be be 2 to 3 times its current value - I waive my usual fee.
(Of course, DYOR )
It is impossible to speak or persuade someone who is already brain washed.
Sep 19th, 2014 - 09:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0the argies on here are to far gone im afraid
@4
Sep 19th, 2014 - 08:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You do not know the English at all, when they say they will do something they do it. Fogl WILL BE DRILLING in H2 2015 1st well will be Zebedee, 2nd Isabel Deep ( fogl have a 40% interest in both wells ) Premier and Rockhopper have the rest. 3rd and 4th well Noble are drilling. Then Premier/ Rockhopper drill Jayne East and then Chatham.
“You do not know the English at all, when they say they will do something they do it. ”
Sep 19th, 2014 - 09:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0yeah, right...LOL
tell them to pay all the food shipments argentina sent to england during ww2.
they said they were going to pay...in 1945, and nothing happened yet.
still waiting.
@ 43 mamarracho no.1 - you are, indeed, a grand “nabo”!
Sep 20th, 2014 - 06:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0Are you aware that the British owned railways in Argentina were nationalised without payment at about the same time?
@43 Paulcedron
Sep 21st, 2014 - 12:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0“yeah, right...LOL”
We said we would recover the Falklands in 1982, although to be fair that was not only the English that promised that......
And we did.
43 and 45
Sep 21st, 2014 - 12:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0...and we said we will defend them again if necessary and we will. Judging by the state of the Argentine Armed Farces though I doubt we'll need to.
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