Falkland Islands

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 09:43 UTC

  Falklands’ skua population has declined by almost half in five years

  

  The number of Falkland Islands skua has declined by almost half in just five years, a survey of the bird's largest breeding ground reveals. It is unclear why the population has crashed on New Island, on the west of the Falkland Islands.
  Something appears to be limiting the birds' ability to reproduce, say scientists.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2011 - 01:10 UTC

  Desire Petroleum confident of its Falklands’ portfolio prospects potential

  

  Falklands Desire Petroleum has said the past 12 months had proved an “energetic” period for the company with the information gathered leading to believe that the East Flank Play Fairway has a great deal of potential.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2011 - 09:13 UTC

  Falklands’ Sea Lion well latest oil appraisal sends Rockhopper shares soaring

  

  Shares in Falkland Islands Rockhopper Exploration soared 16% on Monday, after it raised its lowest case estimate of crude reserves at its Sea Lion well.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 20:09 UTC

  Unasur leaders letter to Ban Ki-moon in support of Argentina’s Malvinas claim

  

  Unasur (Union of South American Nations) leaders sent UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon a letter dated April 2 in support of Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands Islands.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 19:36 UTC

  Malvinas are Argentine for ever and “we will never yield in our claim”

  

  “The Malvinas are Argentine for ever” and this government “will never yield in our claim” promised President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner during the main commemoration of the Malvinas war Fallen and Veterans Day in Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz province.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 01:22 UTC

  Argentina’s high expectations for the squid season are rapidly fading

  

  Encouraging expectations for the Illex argentinus squid season appear to be fading in Argentina. Following a start with good catches and high expectations, the average daily output of squid is now only around five tons in the area between parallels 44º and 46º South Atlantic.

• Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 14:22 UTC

  Falkland Islands will remain on summer time throughout 2011

  

  Falkland Islands will remain on ‘summer time’ throughout the whole of 2011 on a trial basis announced the local government.

• Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 08:02 UTC

  Falkland Oil and Gas Limited Press Release

  

  FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands announces further progress on its rig contract negotiations and certain changes to its licence arrangements.

• Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 01:10 UTC

  Argentina promotes world-wide Malvinas discussion under the logo of “It takes two to tango”

  

  Argentine ambassador before United Nations Jorge Argüello is scheduled to give a conference this week in Bangkok, Thailand on the ‘Malvinas Islands issue” and the South Atlantic situation.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2011 - 05:21 UTC

  Falklands’ Desire Petroleum announces drilling of sixth well has begun

  

  The Falkland Islands hydrocarbons exploratory round begun over a year ago is steaming ahead. Desire Petroleum announced Tuesday it had begun exploratory drilling on the Ninky prospect with a total planned depth of 2.620 metres.