Falkland Islands

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 22:39 UTC

  Rockhopper spuds second well in Falklands North Basin

  

  Rockhopper Exploration (AIM: RKH) announced that on Friday early morning it had spudded Ernest 26/6-1 exploration well in the North Falkland Basin, the second well the British company is drilling following the successful discovery of oil in its Sea Lion prospect.

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 03:41 UTC

  Argentina walks out of Prosecutors organization to protest Falklands’ membership

  

  Argentina walked out of the International Association of Prosecutors, IAP, because the Falkland Islands were admitted as a full member of the organization according to press reports from Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2010 - 09:02 UTC

  Falklands’ oil exploration continues with Rockhopper ready to drill second well

  

  Rockhopper Exploration the only company so far to have announced the discovery of oil in Falklands’ waters is preparing to spud its second well in the North Falkland basin, the company announced in a release.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2010 - 23:47 UTC

  Argentina blockading the Falklands with “no respect for Islanders human rights”

  

  The Falklands Chamber of Commerce claims that Argentina has in effect imposed a sea-blockade of the civilian population of the Falklands with no respect whatsoever for the human rights of the Falkland Islanders, while at the same time it cynically promotes commitment to human rights on the world stage.

• Friday, July 16th 2010 - 19:47 UTC

  Falklands FCO official steps in to help Islander mum and new baby home from Chile.

  

  A young Falklands mum, and her prematurely born baby, who found themselves immobilized in Chile due to documentation problems, have made it home thanks to a determined mother and a Government House official.

• Friday, July 16th 2010 - 15:56 UTC

  Falklands’ oil exploration to continue with second Rockhopper drill

  

  Oil fortunes ebbed and flowed this week as one exploration company abandoned its well, another looked forward to a second bumper find, and a new player joined the race for black gold in Falklands’ waters.

• Thursday, July 15th 2010 - 05:38 UTC

  Snowy Falklands’ remembrance for special Forces’ thinking mans warrior’

  

  IN a freezing mountainside ceremony on East Falkland Islands today British Special Forces veterans and Falkland Islanders paid tribute to a Special Boat Service Sergeant killed on June 2, 1982.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2010 - 22:01 UTC

  Argos warned by Argentina to abstain from drilling in the Falklands or…

  

  Argos Resources the latest company to announce it will begin oil exploration operations offshore the Falkland Islands was sent a letter by the Argentine embassy in London warning it “to abstain” from such activities otherwise “it will face legal actions”, according to reports in the Buenos Aires press.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2010 - 21:31 UTC

  Deepwater oil rig needed to drill in Falklands’ southern waters, confirms FOGL

  

  Falkland Oil and Gas (FOGL) will press ahead with its drilling program offshore the Falkland Islands despite reporting that its Toroa F61/5-1 exploration well was dry. However FOGL, which is associated with Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton, said it will work first towards contracting a deepwater rig.

• Monday, July 12th 2010 - 21:40 UTC

  First oil drill in south of Falklands ‘disappointing’, but company keeps to program

  

  The first well to be drilled at the south of the Falkland Islands proved to be a disappointment, Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd, FOGL, officially announced to the London Stock Exchange.