Falkland Islands

• Friday, October 1st 2010 - 02:14 UTC

  Post-82 Falklands generations ever more distant from Argentina

  

  The “belligerent” policy of Argentina towards the Falklands/Malvinas Islands has only harvested the antipathy of the young generations of the Islands born since the 1982 conflict said elected Member of the Legislative Assembly Roger Edwards

• Thursday, September 30th 2010 - 23:54 UTC

  FOGL and BHP Billiton committed to drill a well in north Falkland basin

  

  Falkland Oil & Gas Ltd and associate BHP Billiton have been granted by the Falkland Islands government an extension of Phase I of their northern Falkland licences and should be drilling one exploration well before 15 December 2011, according to a release from the FOGL. BHPB Petroleum (Falklands) is part of the larger Anglo-Australian BHP Billiton resources conglomerate.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 00:15 UTC

  Argentine blockade expected to boost Falklands fishing industry local activities

  

  A Spanish flagged trawler that operates in Falkland Islands waters and was heading to Montevideo to unload 700 tons of fish was denied “innocent pass” through Argentine waters and had to steam an additional 17 hours at a cost of 7,000 litres of fuel before it finally unloaded its cargo in the Uruguayan port.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 08:27 UTC

  Falkland Oil and Gas Limited - Licence Update

  

  FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands, announces certain changes to its licence arrangements with the Falkland Islands Government.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 04:36 UTC

  Galician-Falklands fishing fleet complains about Argentine ‘harassment’ in S. Atlantic

  

  The Falklands/Malvinas dispute between Argentina and the UK is having its effects on the (Spanish) Galician fleet in the Southwest Atlantic, where most of its vessels operating under the Falklands flag are continually being “harassed” by Argentine patrol vessels, reports El Faro de Vigo in an interview with Javier Touza, president of the Vigo Ship Owners cooperative.

• Monday, September 27th 2010 - 17:56 UTC

  Falklands: Desire begins drilling second exploration well, Rachel 14/15-1

  

  Desire Petroleum (AIM:DES) the first oil and gas exploration company to contract a rig and begin the current round of drilling in the Falkland Islands announced Monday the spudding of its second exploration well, Rachel 14/15-1.

• Monday, September 27th 2010 - 15:10 UTC

  Last airworthy Falklands ‘veteran’ Vulcan bomber running out of funds

  

  The last airworthy Cold War British Vulcan bomber, and 1982 Falklands conflict veteran, could have made its final public flight on Sunday unless its owners can raise £400,000 by the end of October.

• Monday, September 27th 2010 - 14:57 UTC

  Prince William “determined” to be posted in Falkland, says London press

  

  Britain's Prince William is apparently battling to serve in the Falkland Islands with his Royal Air Force (RAF) search and rescue squadron. The pilot Prince is determined to fly alongside colleagues when they are sent to the UK outpost within the next two years.

• Saturday, September 25th 2010 - 03:14 UTC

  Falklands Desire raises an extra £ 22.8 million for further oil seismic surveying

  

  Desire Petroleum (AIM:DES), one of the Falkland Islands oil exploration companies announced Friday it had successfully placed 16,294,600 shares at 140 pence each raising £22.8 million before expenses.

• Saturday, September 25th 2010 - 03:05 UTC

  Technical constraints limit Falklands’ oil well flow test to 2.000 bopd

  

  Rockhopper Exploration said that during the testing of its Sea Lion well in the Falkland Islands, problems limited the amount of oil extracted to just an average of 2000 barrels per day (bopd). Otherwise, it could have produced sustained rates of at least double that, at 4000 bopd, “without these constraints”.