Falkland Islands

• Saturday, May 23rd 2009 - 15:27 UTC

  Rockhopper claims first gas discovery in North Falklands

  

  North Falkland basin explorer Rockhopper Exploration has reclassified a previous exploration well drilled by Shell in 1998, as a gas discovery and as a result has claimed the first discovery in the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, May 22nd 2009 - 12:22 UTC

  Falkland Islands: weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Captain Miller back at the helm after 30 years; Landing Day commemorated; Councillors prepare to set difficult budget; May Ball tonight.

• Thursday, May 21st 2009 - 11:02 UTC

  Falkland Oil and Gas raises £7.6 million in share issue

  

  Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd (FOGL.L) said on Wednesday it conditionally raised 7.6 million pounds (11.8 million US dollars) to help fund capital expenditure on long-lead drilling equipment, and general and administrative costs through 2010 into 2011.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2009 - 14:48 UTC

  Survey of Falklands’ domestic tourism

  

  New research published by the Falkland Islands Tourist Board this week puts an estimated value of £1,122,000 per year on domestic tourism. The estimate was made following a telephone survey carried out during March 2009, which also enabled the tourist board to calculate that 11,500 domestic trips are taken by Falkland Islanders each year.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2009 - 13:46 UTC

  US, UK ‘recession-hit’ economies to impact Falklands’ cruise tourism

  

  The average annual growth of cruise tourism to the Falklands will not be sustained next season confirmed General Manager of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board, Jake Downing.
  “Cruise tourism to the Falklands has been growing at an average annual rate of 13.9% since 2000, but there are a number of factors at play this year which mean we won’t be able to sustain that level of growth next season,” said Mr Downing.

• Monday, May 18th 2009 - 11:05 UTC

  New UK Chief of Joint Operations visits Falklands

  

  The United Kingdom newly appointed Chief of Joint Operations (UK) Air Marshal Sir Stuart Peach KCB CBE has enjoyed a busy, week long visit to the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, May 15th 2009 - 12:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Sei whale washes up on Carcass. -
  
  ONE animal’s misfortune has become the gain of hundreds of others on Carcass Island.The body of an enormous sei whale was found dead with hundreds of giant petrels around it, when the island’s owner Rob McGill discovered it on Sunday.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2009 - 15:58 UTC

  Continental shelf claim: Falklands replies to Argentina’s vehement reaction

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Director of Mineral Resources today responded calmly to the Argentine Foreign Affairs vehement reaction to the UK submission in respect of its extended continental shelf claim around the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2009 - 09:51 UTC

  Immediate Argentine reaction to UK’s Falklands’ sea shelf submission

  

  The Argentine government expressed on Monday its most vigorous rejection to “the United Kingdom’s pretension to establish maritime spaces round the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich islands, which are part of Argentine national territory”.

• Monday, May 11th 2009 - 08:26 UTC

  Ice patrol HMS Endurance dilemma disclosed

  

  The details of HMS Endurance’s struggle for survival last December has up until now been kept from the public domain. In this month’s edition of Navy News, however, details of the challenges overcome by the ship and crew have finally been released.