Falkland Islands

Friday, February 12th 2010 - 19:37 UTC
Falkand Islands: Seismic contractor moves in on unlicensed acreage

AS the Ocean Guardian oil rig is scheduled to arrive in Falklands waters next week, a UK-registered start-up seismic contractor is aiming to carry out a speculative 6,000km multi-client 2D shoot on unlicensed acreage in Falklands waters.
Friday, February 12th 2010 - 04:41 UTC
Argentina will take the Falklands’ oil drilling case to United Nations

Argentina will be taking the case of oil exploration in Falkland Islands waters by private companies licensed by the Islands government to the United Nations, but not to the International Court of The Hague as had been suggested since the London/Buenos Aires dispute resumed a few weeks ago.
Thursday, February 11th 2010 - 19:16 UTC
Barclays’, Argentina’s debt swap operator accused of oil interests in Falklands

Two Argentine solicitors announced they will be pressing criminal charges against the Ministry of Economy for having contracted Britain’s Barclays’ bank for a major sovereign defaulted bonds swap and this financial institution is “a shareholder of Desire Petroleum, the oil company which is poised to begin exploration operations this month in Malvinas waters”.
Thursday, February 11th 2010 - 18:08 UTC
Argentina blocks vessel involved in Falklands operations

Argentina blocked Wednesday a ship from leaving a Techint Group plant after it traveled to the Falkland Islands without government permission, the Argentine Foreign Office said. The “Thor Leader” is docked in Techint’s Campana plant carrying a cargo of 7.099 tons seamless pipes, the government office said in a statement.
Tuesday, February 9th 2010 - 23:53 UTC
Norwegian company contracted for major Falklands’ drilling program

Norway’s AGR Petroleum Services (AGR) will begin a significant drilling campaign, valued at more than £2 million, off the Falklands Islands this month on behalf of two operators, announced the company in Oslo.
Monday, February 8th 2010 - 20:29 UTC
Bid to sell the Falkland Islands as gateway to Antarctica

Informal talks began this week on a proposal to market the Falkland Islands to tourists as the “Gateway to Antarctica”, according to a report from the Penguin News latest edition.
Sunday, February 7th 2010 - 22:11 UTC
Falkland Islands de-mining pilot project and the challenge of full clearance

As a signatory to the Ottawa Convention, the United Kingdom is required under International Humanitarian Law to remove and destroy all anti-personnel landmines on its sovereign territory. About 20,000 landmines remain within clearly fenced and marked off areas on the Falkland Islands as a result of the 1982 conflict; while not all of these are anti-personnel mines, the United Kingdom is obliged to clear all the mined areas across both East and West Falklands under the Ottawa Convention.
Saturday, February 6th 2010 - 01:58 UTC
Falklands say oil development is to ensure sustainable economic future

The Falkland Islands government said that hydrocarbons exploration is an important element to achieve a sustainable economic future for the Islands and quoted from British PM Gordon Brown New Year message when he said that there are “no doubts about UK sovereignty over the Falklands ” and the principle of self determination.
Friday, February 5th 2010 - 04:53 UTC
Argentina threatens UK and Falklands oil companies with legal actions

Argentina reiterated on Thursday warnings to the United Kingdom over the “illegality” and juridical consequences of having awarded oil exploration licences in the Falkland Islands, under British control but which Argentina claims as part of its territory.
Friday, February 5th 2010 - 04:39 UTC
More companies line up to join the Falklands’ oil rush

While there have been strong protests from the Argentine Government about the drilling program due to start in Falkland Islands waters this month, it has not deterred other companies wanting to join Desire Petroleum, Rockhopper Exploration and Falklands Oil and Gas in the search for oil.