Falkland Islands

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 16:04 UTC

  Protector catches stunning sonar imagery and bathymetric survey off St Helena

  

  The Royal Navy Ice patrol HMS Protector heading for another Antarctic season previous visit to South Africa and Falkland Islands has produced stunning sonar imagery of the wreck of a wartime RFA tanker to help salvage experts study the state of it.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 07:15 UTC

  Argentina takes Falklands sovereignty claim complaint to the Security Council

  

  The Argentine Foreign ministry said in an official release on Wednesday that the UN Security Council had received, and incorporated to its agenda, a formal complaint on the UK latest military exercises in the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 16:50 UTC

  Falklands’ war restored Vulcan bomber will take final flight next year

  

  Britain's only flying Cold War Vulcan bomber and which participated in Operation Black Buck bombing Stanley airport during the Falkland Islands conflict of 1982, will take its final flight next year before being grounded because of soaring restoration costs, according to reports in the UK media.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 04:04 UTC

  Duke of Kent will visit the Falklands as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations

  

  Falklands Government House announced on Tuesday the dates for the visit to the Islands by His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 03:41 UTC

  Ambassador Castro delivered credentials to Queen Elizabeth in ‘warm meeting’

  

  Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Alicia Castro, delivered on Tuesday her credentials to Queen Elizabeth II in a meeting deemed as “warm,” that will help improve bilateral relations between both countries.

• Friday, October 12th 2012 - 17:10 UTC

  Falklands’ government approves Rockhopper farm-out agreement with Premier Oil

  

  Rockhopper Exploration which struck oil at its North Falkland basin Sea Lion exploratory well in May 2010 has received formal agreement from the Falkland Islands Government to the farm-out agreement reached with Premier Oil.

• Friday, October 12th 2012 - 16:50 UTC

  Three extraction rigs expected to be operating in the Falklands in next 2/3 years

  

  As the final drill in the Falkland Islands oil exploration round nears completion Director of Mineral Resources Stephen Luxton said it was a safe assumption to plan for three rigs rather than two in the next two to three years when extraction would get underway.

• Friday, October 12th 2012 - 16:44 UTC

  Noble Energy says Falklands’ oil production in six years if exploration well proves successful

  

  Noble Energy Inc. (NBL) executives said on Thursday that oil production in the Falkland Islands could begin in about six years if an exploration well proves to be successful.

• Friday, October 12th 2012 - 06:47 UTC

  Falklands’ oil industry socio-economic impact on track with “no major new concerns”

  

  A socio-economic impact study on the effects of an oil development project on the Falkland Islands did not reveal any, “major new concerns which had previously escaped attention Director of Mineral Resources Stephen Luxton told Penguin News this week.

• Friday, October 12th 2012 - 06:31 UTC

  The future of the Falklands lies with tourism, says governor Haywood

  

  In a well illustrated piece the Daily Mail writes about the Falklands’ tourism industry and future prospects, including air links to the South Atlantic Islands, over which Argentina claims sovereignty.