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Falklands first well of current drilling program declared “oil and gas discovery”

Friday, April 3rd 2015 - 07:08 UTC
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The Falkland Islands government welcomed on Thursday the announcement by Premier Oil and partners that the 14/15b=5 “Zebedee” well has been declared an oil and gas discovery following the completion of its evaluation program, Zebedee is the first of six wells from the current drilling campaign planned to take place in Falklands waters during 2015. Read full article

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  • Jo Bloggs

    Promising start except for the news that Argentina is going to continue with taking legal action against companies involved.

    Just like they have been for the past 3 or 4 years.
    Bahahahahaha!

    Daniel Filmus
    You know you can go and see someone about your impotence. You shouldn't have to put up with it on your own.
    Chuckle

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 07:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • gordo1

    paulcedron, our resident expert on the oil industry, has yet to give us his most erudite opinion on this news.

    I look forward to his usual nonsense!

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 08:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Jo Bloggs

    2 gordo1

    Was it him or one of the other deadbeats that said Argentina should just torpedo the oil rig? That'd be fun to watch; they'd most likely just ending up blowing themselves up in their own submarine. Maybe that's why they insist they are no military threat. They mean no competent military threat.

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 08:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Britworker

    One river class frigate on permanent patrol cannot protect these rigs along with the islands and wider territories. We do need to to think about that.
    We know that when the oil starts flowing it is going to send those Argies into a whole new dimension of crazy, we should expect some kind of sabotage mission, be it government led or freelance.

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 09:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    @3 Jo Bloggs,
    lt was that uneducated moron, José Mal-de-dum-dum, that threatened to torpedo an oilrig.
    But you are right, he IS a deadbeat.
    @4 Britworker,
    Yes, l agree.
    The idiots are sure to try something.
    They are going to be frothing at the mouth when the first tankers arrive.

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 09:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Jmackiej

    “We want the owners of the companies to be tried according to Argentine laws and international statutes, and then be suicided” Filmus said.

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 09:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    “Meanwhile Argentina announced it was renewing its legal offensive against British efforts to explore and produce oil and gas off the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and will try to send to court the heads of the companies who are leading the efforts.”

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah-ohh dear my ribs hurt sooooo bad.

    Renewing it' s legal offensive?

    Has it started?

    Who's been arrested, deported to Argentina by Interpol, tried and imprisoned yet?

    Malvanistas, perhaps you could inform us on this matter as we've all been waiting patiently since 2010 for something to happen-is an arrest going to be made in the next 25 years?

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 11:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    3 boludo
    “Was it him or one of the other deadbeats that said Argentina should just torpedo the oil rig?”

    wot?
    show me 1 post where i suggest the use of violence, you dead-head.
    you will find none.
    unlike all of you, cheap warmongers and keyboard warriors, i am totally against of that.

    now, returning to the topic, what this fatso lady has declared is irrelevant.
    the important thing here is what the BIG oil companies have to say.
    and they give a shite for that tiny little well with no commercial oil.
    got it now?

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 11:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    I say...:

    Hmmmmmmmm....

    Zebedee is sooooooooooooooooo full of oil that FOGL's share price FELL -9.86% on this ”Discovery”...

    Oh well... Elaine and Isolde next to get a good chuckle... ;-)

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 11:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • kelperabout

    This confirmation of oil discovery will no doubt have Argentina running in ever increasing circles because they know that the Falklands are poised to become the successors of what Argentina was drilling for in the late sixties early seventies . They found large quantities of oil back then very close to our shores and it is today the only reason they are renewing their sovereignty claims. I would be willing to make a bet that 50 years from now when the vast majority of the new oil is extracted Argentina will drop their claim because they will have nothing worth taking. By Then their Country will be a skeleton of what it is today and they probably already know that. Meanwhile Falkland Islanders it's party time. Here's to our future.

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 11:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    Anyone remember the last time something was discovered as commercial anywhere in Argentina?
    Anywhere?

    Last I heard the gov't is paying oil companies to drill.
    Paying them a lot.
    But what happens when the U$ run out?

    I also heard that cans of propane went up 450% this week because the subsidies ran out.
    I think I told you stupid Rgs to start hording these cans 2 yrs ago.
    You can thank me for a great return on your investment
    but don't sell them yet
    They've got a ways to go.

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 11:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    Lunatic

    I realise, with your limited intellect, that reading a share price graph is beyond your ability.

    Shares go UP and DOWN! Did you get that? Why is it that you never post the rises in FOGL of which there has been many? Could it be you are just an embittered old twat unable to smile and enjoy life anymore?

    Very often when shares are UP investors cash some in to 'take profits' and usually buy the same amount or more back at the dips to increase their holdings of 'good' shares.

    I know you cannot grasp these concepts but do try harder.

    Glad to be of help.

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 12:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    (10) My dear Kelperabout....

    The Zebedee well was drilled soooo close to the Sea Lion field that it would have been a true miracle if they hadn't hit any oil...

    That was the cunning plan from the beginning...

    Hardly a “Discovery” though... as the Market perfectly knows and acts upon..., valuing FOGL's shares ~ 10% LOWER on “discovery” day!!!

    Anyhow..., you are quite right that we Argies will use this renewed Engrish Piracy Act to show the International Community what you squatting Engrish in the South Atlantic are all about...

    Have a nice Easter...
    El Think

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 12:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • kelperabout

    13 Think . What the Zebedee well was drilled for was to confirm some distance from the Sea lion well that there was in fact a very large acreage of oil. This strengthens their case because they now know it does exist in very commercial quantities. As for a piracy act you are way of the mark. Remember Argentina did not exist as a Country when Britain settled these islands. The only act of piracy is the one your corrupt leaders are trying to do now is steal from the Falkland people just like your lot did when the stole land from the indigenous people so long ago.

    No matter how much you threaten us we are here have been for a very long time 250 years as it happens and we are not about to go anywhere anytime soon.

    If Argentina had of had a brain back in the seventies when they actually found oil existed so close to our shores was to have befriended us . Instead you decided to invade us because you could not wait just a bit longer . We had a serious wake up call on that day and trust me it is never going to happen again. Your lot blew it and we are a much hardened people who are determined to remain British and live the life we choose and Argentina does not fit in with our Plans at this moment in time. Maybe fifty years down the road we may be interested in running your shattered remnants of your Country but it would have to be renamed Falkland Land.
    Oh and thank you for your kind words I am indeed having a very happy Easter because I am living my dream as my fellow Islanders are also doing . Have a great day yourself though I feel the great may not feature as high for you as it will for us.

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 01:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    envy
    [en-vee]
    Spell Syllables
    Synonyms Examples Word Origin
    noun, plural envies.
    1.
    a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
    2.
    an object of such feeling:
    Her intelligence made her the envy of her classmates.
    3.
    Obsolete. ill will.

    Poor Rgidiots they have one of the largest richest landmasses in the world but their laziness, stupidity and corruption keeps them poor and dumb.

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 02:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @8. Offensive from the first word. But just think what interesting conversations you could have if you weren't such a dumbshit! You could discuss the worth of 25 metres of oil spread over, say, 1000 square miles. And 17 metres of gas over the same area. Do you think the gas is over the oil? Do you think that Sea Lion is draining oil out of argieland?
    @13. Haven't seen any argie prosecutions. Here are some little tips. The Falkland Islands are NOT part of argieland. The Falkland Islands have NEVER been part of argieland. So the first problem Filmus has is to prove is that argie laws could be applied. Strangely, argieland has NEVER tried to prove that. It wanders around gobbing off and NEVER proves anything. Going to drag Betts out, are you? He's not that credible, you know. Seems he left the Falklands, and his wife and children, because he was shagging an argie maid. See, it'll be a bit different in a law court. He may need to explain his 18 May 1978 letter to the Falkland Islands Times. Strange how he reckons he supported argieland from 1976. There will be a lot of questions. I can think of a few myself based on
    'Betts claims that he began to question British sovereignty over the Falklands when he spoke to an Argentine tourist about the issue in the 1970s. He started studying the history of the Falkland Islands in 1976, concluding after two years of research that “Argentina had absolute rights over the island territory”.
    'The reasons and circumstances surrounding Betts' departure from the Falklands are disputed. Betts claims he was forced to leave by British forces, with the support of many Falkland Islanders, as a result of his support for Argentina during the war'. Is that right? Why would he be forced to leave when he could just be shot as a traitor? He's a fugitive, isn't he? Perhaps he could be 'snatched' and tried in a proper court. We have wonderful interrogation methods these days!

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 03:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    I thought this was Think but then he posted..

    If he only had a brain!
    An Argentinian shepherd was found dead after having sex with a scarecrow that he had dolled up in a wig and lipstick – and manned up with a strap-on sex toy, according to The Daily Mirror.
    Neighbors reported a foul odor emanating from the San Jose de Balcare home of Jose Alberto, 58, whose rotting remains were found by police next to his stuffy date.
    “I initially thought there were two bodies but then I realized one was a scarecrow wearing lipstick and a long-haired wig,” said Rodolfo Moure, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office. “It was lying next to the deceased and had a six-inch strap-on penis.”
    The scary scene showed no signs of violence between the lovers, he added.
    “We are working on the assumption that the man died during sex with the scarecrow,” Moure said. “We are now waiting the results of an autopsy.”
    The apparently reclusive Albert lived alone and didn’t have a cellphone.

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 04:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Marcos Alejandro

    FOGL (-9.85%) if goes down with this “discovery” I can't wait for a duster.

    Elaine and Isolde are going to get what?? :-)

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 04:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    @ 18 Marcos Alejandro

    See @ 12, stupid twat.

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 05:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Marcos Alejandro

    @19
    I rather see an actual FOGL investor comment than a Chris Nobody one...

    “I have held these shares also since the Desire Oil days and at last comes the day that me and probably everyone on this board has been waiting for. I have watched the chat on here for years with people talking up the SP and saying how rich we are all going to be. I wont mention the £20 Essex bloke but after waiting over 6 years for today am totally confused.
    Have we all been robbed or something or is it because oil prices are so low that this find does not shift the SP.
    Even SKY news only commented on this for about 15 seconds with nothing more than FOGL have found oil.
    Everyone on here wants to make money yet after the most positive news ever we have all lost in value”

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 06:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Orbit

    Oh Margo, I've told you before, 19 year olds posting on the iii discussion website with 100 pounds worth of shares to their name, are not exactly the references you should be using to support your argument.

    Tell me, how is the complete catastrophy of an Argentine economy doing? What would the average poster on iii Argentina discussion post? Oh my god the country is completely shitted and there are still open sewers running through shanty towns?

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 09:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    @ 20 Marcos Alejandro

    Read and UNDERSTAND my post @ 12, stupid twat.

    “Investors” who keep any investment, shares, gold, whatever, for long periods of time are bound to lose money over the preferred technique of “SELL ON PEAKS AND BUY ON DIPS”.

    I bet you still don't get it, do you? No, I didn't think so.

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 09:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Islander1

    Paulie- you still don't get it do you- Premier - who are running these 4 well drills in charge- are oil producers in various parts of the world - including recently acquired exploration rights in Brazil.
    The last 2 wells - very deep 60 days each - are run by Noble Oil US - again producers in their own right in various parts of the world.
    Exxon-Mobil-Texaco-Shell etc are not the only companies capable of developing oilfields idiot!
    And very sensibly any of the above who have investment in Argentina re keeping off the Falklands for the time being!

    Marcos-Think - yes - with these low oil prices there is little shareprice excitment at such an early stage - some months yet and more wells before the chart is likely to become a bit clearer as to what is where etc.
    Have a bit of patience dear Think.

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 10:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    isleter 1 neurone
    “ Premier - who are running these 4 well drills in charge- are oil producers in various parts of the world”

    wow
    so an oil company which produces in various parts of the world, eh?
    you are not too bright, are you?
    where the fuck are you going to find an oil company that does not operate in various countries, you boludo?
    it does not exist.
    now, that does not mean a shite.

    the fact is that it is a tiny little company with one of the worst records on earth.
    and of course you cannot compare it with the big boys who are working in vaca muerta.

    real oil companies are aramco, gazprom, exxon, petrochina, pemex, chevron, total or petrobras, between others.
    premier oil...L-O-L
    losers

    Apr 03rd, 2015 - 11:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Islander1

    Paulie-
    |You will find if you look - there are several Hundred Oil Companies that work in many parts of the world at the same time. Not just the handful you mention.
    Some bigger- some smaller - but they all have a common factor - they produce oil and have the money to invest.

    Do please give us the details with cash spent to date on explorations in the Vaca Muerta by the companies yo talk about?
    Come on - FACTS and real US$ money SPENT - not just talked about.

    Oil Companies in the Falklands are working to current 2014-15 level North Sea Safety and Antipollution Standards. Otherwise they do not get a licence.
    What Int safety standards to Gazprom and PetroChina work to then?

    Neither would pass the safety Standards mark here to work.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 12:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Mick23

    Hey YB... The Kidiots are trying to shut down Citi in Argentina. They have suspended the principle officer's legal representation.

    WTF?? How moronic are these people? VERY it seems...

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 01:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    isleter1
    wot?
    that tiny oil company in the islets is working with the same standards as bp in deepwater horizon.
    as i wisely said: english technology + english safety standards = disaster waiting to happen.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 01:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Islander1

    Paulie- Do look at a world Map! You will find that company and platform were about 4000miles away in a different continent and national area!
    For your little brain All Oil Companies of whatever nationality in western Europe work to North Sea Standards in that area.
    And since when was BP an English Company - it is a large Multinational with far more US shareholding that UK= pelotudo! Oh yes- do please check the nationality of the company,s piece of kit that failed there.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 02:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ilsen

    ““We want the owners of the companies to be tried according to Argentine laws ...”
    Is that with, or without, killing prosecutors?

    Argentine 'Laws' are flexible to the whim of the Govt. and have no power outiside of Argentina, which is why the international community always ignores them.

    Let us see the Arrest Warrants. Let us see Argentina try to enforce them.

    I really, really want to see this!

    Pass the popcorn...

    lol!

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 03:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • gordo1

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/11514950/Argentina-to-take-legal-action-against-UK-for-Falklands-drilling.html#disqus_thread

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 08:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    @29 ilsen,
    l'd pay good money to watch Sheriff paulie-boy & his posse of malvinistas attempt to arrest the Managing Directors of Shell, BP, Texaco, Total etc.
    lt would be hilarious.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 09:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Clyde15

    #29
    You had better not fly in any commercial aircraft powered by R.R. engines or on any airbus if you feel that way.
    To paraphrase you.....
    as i wisely say: Argentine technology + Argentine safety standards =non-existence
    Why were your government desperate to get hold of Gripens when the ejector seats were made in Britain. Of course they could have removed them and replaced them with ground breaking ARGIE technology.
    I presume that would be some form of catapult based on large strong rubber bands !

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 09:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • downunder

    “The new exploration efforts to try to find hydrocarbons in the area carry a huge environmental risk,” Malvinas Islands Affairs Secretary Daniel Filmus told ....”

    'a huge environmental risk' he says. This is when the exploration is being conducted under the auspices of the FIG.

    But, if Argentina was conducting the exploration it would be different of course, no risk attached to that - except the risk of millions being lost in paying graft and corruption to thieving Argentine officials.

    Hypocrites!

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 10:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lornefirth

    #6 a country cant make International statutes by themselves .the clues in the word...

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 10:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Orbit

    “The new exploration efforts to try to find hydrocarbons in the area carry a huge environmental risk,” Malvinas Islands Affairs Secretary Daniel Filmus told ....”

    Yes indeed Daniel... There is a risk of environmental impact. Oil exploration carries that risk.

    But how about the Matanza Riachuelo? Its not a risk, but a reality. Every day Argentina pumps vast quantities of shite into the Ocean. Where is your environmental concern now Daniel ? Where has the money gone that was set aside for the clean up? “Social programmes”? Why did Matanza Riachuelo not appear in the 2006/7 list of most polluted places on earth, but did appear in 2013? Is it because of the criminal incompetence of your government and rife corruption of the K regime during that time and now?

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 11:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    isolda
    but Shell, BP, Texaco, Total etc. are NOT going to operate in the islets.
    they are fidus achates of argentina, well... of vaca muerta.
    it is not necessary to arrest them.

    grandpa
    you are answering to the wrong person...AGAIN.
    the pills, grandpa.
    as for “I presume that would be some form of catapult based on large strong rubber bands”, well, that would be a good solution for us tercermundistas.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 11:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    Paul, You are so very ignorant on so many subjects that you think you know what you are talking about.
    Your education is an embarrassment.
    But I'm not surprised I've never really met a smart Rg and I lived there for 5 yrs.
    Only ones that think they are smart.
    Which is a totally different thing.

    I usually just rolled my eyes and walked away from them.
    Since there was no point in trying to bother explaining simple things to them.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 11:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Islander1

    Paulie- I am still waiting for some logical answers please at 28.
    But then when faced with reality- like all good Argentines you run for cover and diversions!

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 12:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Clyde15

    #Πρατ
    Not really, you knew it was addressed to you and replied so I will continue sticking post numbers at random.
    Congratulations, I see you have been promoted to third world status.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 12:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    yb 37
    well, but who is saying that?
    the typical american redneck with a less than zero IQ and no education.
    that is why people like you cannot integrate themselves in foreign countries, complex societies or new environments.

    guess being a hopeless monoglot does not help too much either, no?

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 02:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Mick23

    Paul pillock...

    You nimnoll .... you are wrong on so many levels it would be laughable if it wasn't so sad...

    YB... there are a few that might be smarter... but those are the one whom try raping all of the other...

    Paulie poo poo... much like YB I lived in your country for many years... in fact I ran a fairly successful business there until the thieves stole all of the money and forced your demise... I have been all through the provinces conducting exploration and I can honestly say that ... THE LEVELS OF SAFETY AND PROFESSIONALISM WERE EXTREMELY SUB PAR... you guys could learn so much if you pulled your heads from up your arse... stopped being so arrogant and neurotic .... you too should just go away because you are wasting your time and energy on this board.... culiado!!

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 03:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    41 boludo
    you, a fairly successful business?
    LOL ...yeah, right.
    being a windshield-washer at traffic lights is not running a successful business, you pelotudo.

    and taking in account your high level of imbecility you must be either a chilote or an isleter, so the possibilities of success for you are nonexistent.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 03:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Mick23

    No dumbass... not chilote ni islander ... but not to worry... I'm sorry for you ..GFY... :)

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 03:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • golfcronie

    @41
    I was in Argentina in 1967 and working in the oilfields and you are right the level of maintenence and safety procedures was atrocious, all the “ nodding donkeys ” in Neuquen province had a pool of crude oil surrounding them. Maintenence they don't know what that means. Probably lost in translation in the manuals.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 04:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Mick23

    Golfie... '67 was a while back ... things might have improved somewhat since then though I refer to 2000 before the collapse ... things were still pretty bad... and as you might well imagine the personnel were jsut a stupid then as they are now... some things never change...

    Oh and BTW I am somewhat new and infrequent here... What is the story with this Paul character ? He seems a rather unkind sort... no doubt suffering from too much mate' ...

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 04:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @42. And you've been posting every 20 minutes because?

    Don't be concerned, you'll be dead soon.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 04:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • yankeeboy

    45. The pollution and general lack of care for the environment is shocking to someone from a civilized country. Many times I was in Tigre seeing the slum dwellers swimming in black, yes black smelly oily water. Swimming, young kids with their mothers watching.
    If you go to the South were the oil is produced or refined there's a thin layer of oil on the beach and water and it smells chemically.
    Even their “beautiful” natural parks are full of graffiti and garbage.
    Like BA.
    Take a quick tour of La Boca and take a good long smell. It is one of the most disgusting river basins I have ever seen. Black and filthy and for 100+ years everyone living along it dies of cancer. Toxic and its right in the city.

    Or take a plane going south and look out the window, you'll see black nastiness coming out of BA flowing into the ocean. Black and nasty.

    Filthy place.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 04:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    @32 Clyde
    “I presume that would be some form of catapult based on large strong rubber bands !”

    Proves me wrong then-I heard Argies were buying up those folding camping chairs and strapping fireworks to the legs.

    But it makes sense that the catapults would be faster to operate as soon as they see an approaching Typhoon, lighting a fuse would take too much time I guess.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 05:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Mick23

    47...

    Yes YB I have seen a lot there... more in fact than many of the Rg'... you are not wrong... most countries in SA are much the same... you should see the main harbour in Rio... Cesspool... Lake Maracaibo the same.... The worst though is a toss up between the jungles of Peru and/or Ecuador ... Oil flowing freely into the streams and small rivers .... For me it is a sociological thing... the populous just doesn't care... That said the GOM has suffered also at the hands of those (both sides of the border) who are too concerned with filling their own pockets... a shame really...

    So what about the Twat Paul... seems to have a good grasp of English though presumably an Rg who is terribly bitter about the current situation in his country and the rest of us making lite of it....

    OH ... BTW what about this move to hold Citi hostage... I can't figure out what sort of logic is employed there... surely bound to backfire and kick them in the teeth...

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 05:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • STroll with the_TroLL

    @47, 49

    There are no animals left in the USA or the UK. All extinct. Acid rain is the worst in those two countries and the rest of Europe.

    The state of the “environment” is an embarrassment in those countries. There is no “environment” left in the UK. All original species, wiped out. The forests? Mostly gone, just like in Haiti.

    In the cities? New York smells like a massive urinal and London has the world's biggest globs of fat in the sewers.

    Funny you think you two are fooling anyone.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 08:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Islander1

    Paulie- well as I suspected once faced with facts and reality you could not answer could you? Poor little Paulie.

    50 troll - have not visited uSA but I hear there are still bears- Puma and Coyotes about in places for a start. In England - Plenty of wild deer- hedghogs-
    and am sure there are other animals also.
    The River Thames in London - salmon and trout can now caught there so cannot be too dirty can it? Red Squirrels are still about all over the country. Foxes, badgers - plenty of wild natural animals.
    OK the wild boar have gone - several centuries ago I think!
    Plenty of old native forests still about. Plenty more being replanted with indigenous trees as well.

    Maybe you should think again.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 09:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • golfcronie

    Didn't someone set fire to some ancient forests in Argentina a short time ago?

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 10:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • darragh

    @50 Stroller

    Hilarious!!!!! - never been to the UK have you that's obvious

    @51 Islander1

    Actually, you're wrong about the wild boar - apparently some escaped about 20 years ago and now they are becoming a problem in the Forest of Dean and the New Forest particularly, so much so that I believe there was a plan a couple of years ago to cull them but I don't know if it ever took place.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 11:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Voice

    50
    Apart from this little baby that got stuck in the outdoor stopcock pipe...I could just touch it with my fingertips, with my full arm down the pipe, but could not grab it because of the quills....
    2 hours to dig it out....does it look happy...I think it does....
    Living proof you are wrong....
    https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8686/17034936285_e5e4561c43_c.jpg

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 11:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Islander1

    53- yes I recall hearing about that now, cannot recall the outcome though - but wild boar (farmed) does feature on restaurant menus at times.

    Apr 04th, 2015 - 11:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • STroll with the_TroLL

    Why do I have to “go” to the UK when I can corroborate it all with Google Earth?

    Apr 05th, 2015 - 02:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Philippe

    Positive and interesting news announced by distinguished Falkland Islander
    MLA Jan Cheek. Thank you very much,

    Philippe

    Apr 05th, 2015 - 07:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Clyde15

    #56
    What version of Google Earth do you have. The resolution on my version does not show wildlife anywhere on Earth. I would be delighted to have your version.

    It must mean that all the Wildlife programs about Britain must be CGI generated and I have been deluded into thinking that the pictures I have taken over 55 years have been the figment of my imagination..
    I am indebted to you for this revelation and startling insight which we have come to expect from you. Please inform David Attenborough that he has got it all wrong.

    Apr 05th, 2015 - 08:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • golfcronie

    @56
    Just proves the the excellence of the Argentine education, he obviously means Google which no doubt will lead to Wikipedia. God they are dumb aren't they? I am surprised that he can even get on this site, must have help from someone.

    Apr 05th, 2015 - 09:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Voice

    58/59
    Actually you are both wrong....
    ”Sometimes people browsing the African continent in Google Earth will be surprised to notice a tiny image and zoom in close to find a really high resolution image of a village or animals. (Yes, shown here is a screenshot from Google Earth of an aerial photo of some camels)”
    There are herds of elephants...etc...
    Also if you use street view there are thousands of cases of animals being seen,,,,
    http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/08/see_african_ani.html

    Apr 05th, 2015 - 10:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Alberto Bertorelli

    Mendoza is a shitheap full of benders.

    Apr 05th, 2015 - 11:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Englander

    Mrs Think appears to have morphed into Benny Hill.
    Originally Mrs Think believed that our territorial waters only contained ....well......................water.
    Must be the strain of realising she was mistaken and that high quality oil has been discovered in abundance and the Falkland Islanders are going to be richer than Argenweena by 2020.
    Keep your legs crossed Mrs Think, this campaign has only just begun and you need to pay attention!

    Apr 05th, 2015 - 12:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @50. Shame, isn't it? Tell us about the indigenous PEOPLE of south east South America that you murdered. Meanwhile, I can see many birds. I can identify, by sight, foxes, badgers, squirrels, otters, hedgehogs, deer and so forth. Seems that you lie a lot.
    @56. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Slob!

    Apr 05th, 2015 - 01:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Ferdinando

    El Think! Boludo, this fool thinks he can think. Very funny person. Malvinista I Think. Paid from embassy, secret polis or some thing.

    Apr 06th, 2015 - 03:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • M_of_FI

    Think... from the Telegraph... to explain the drop in the share value for FOGL.


    Falkland Oil and Gas [LON:FOGL] owns the largest share, or 40pc, in the successful prospect called “Zebedee”, while the other partners, Premier Oil [LON:PMO] and Rockhopper [LON:RKH], own 36pc and 24pc respectively. Analysts from BMO Capital Markets estimate the new find could contain about 50m barrels of oil and be worth as much as 10p per share to Falkland Oil and Gas.

    Shares in the oil explorers initially moved sharply higher on yesterday’s announcement, but fears that the companies may not have enough cash to complete the full exploration schedule sent shares lower by the close of trading. ”

    For a person who has a username that suggests he/she has intelligence, I would look for the meaning and reasoning for something happening, instead of just spouting something as face value. “Think” next time, Think.

    Apr 06th, 2015 - 12:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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