Tag: Borders & Southern Petroleum

• Friday, August 23rd 2013 - 23:12 UTC

  Falklands’ oil companies banned 20 years from operating in Argentina by Cristina Fernandez

  

  Four London AIM listed oil companies carrying out exploration work in Falkland Islands waters have been barred from operating in Argentina. The measure affects Borders & Southern Petroleum, Desire Petroleum, Argos Resources and Falkland Oil and Gas.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 00:35 UTC

  Falklands’ oil company completes 3D seismic program and is planning next drilling campaign

  

  Borders & Southern announced this week it has completed the 3D seismic program in the South Falkland Basin offshore the Falkland Islands. The group acquired 1,025 sq km of full fold seismic data collected by the ‘Ramform Challenger’, which will be processed by Petroleum Geo-Services.

• Wednesday, January 9th 2013 - 16:50 UTC

  Argos Resources storms ahead of its Falklands’ oil drilling rivals

  

  Argos Resources the only Falklands explorer to not drill a well has had the most successful year of them all in share price terms. Results of interpretation of 3D seismic data are encouraging with a number of prospects identified and the company is looking for industry partners to take exploration drilling forward. Year to date share price performance: up 107.92% at 24.95p.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2012 - 22:18 UTC

  Mixed bag for Noble Energy: oil in Gulf of Mexico and plugged well in the Falklands

  

  Noble Energy Inc. (NBL) unveiled a discovery in the Big Bend exploration area in the Gulf of Mexico as it also abandoned another well off the shore of the Falkland Islands that yielded a low-quality reservoir.

• Thursday, November 1st 2012 - 00:10 UTC

  Hedge funds quietly investing in Falklands’ oil exploration companies

  

  Hedge funds have been quietly building up stakes in the oil explorers operating off the Falkland Islands betting that companies will ignore the threats made by Argentina to disrupt the activity, according to a Reuters’ piece published this week.

• Thursday, August 9th 2012 - 01:02 UTC

  Argentina warns US and EU markets on oil exploration activities in the Falklands

  

  Argentina’s National Securities Commission, CNV, officially communicated leading international stock exchanges in the US and Europe that hydrocarbons companies operating in the Argentine continental shelf in the area of the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands are involved in “illicit and clandestine” activities.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2012 - 22:13 UTC

  B&S abandons south Falklands oil and gas exploration; FOGL takes over

  

  After two disappointing results, Borders & Southern has officially completed its deep water drilling program in the South Falkland Islands basin, the company announced on Tuesday. The company said well Stebbing has been “successfully plugged and abandoned,” bringing to an end the Company's current two well drilling program.

• Monday, July 16th 2012 - 15:09 UTC

  Disappointing results from oil drilling to the south of the Falklands

  

  Borders & Southern Petroleum reported on Monday disappointing results in the Falkland Islands from the latest well to be drilled as part of the controversial search for oil in the South Atlantic islands over which Argentina claims sovereignty.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 - 01:16 UTC

  Falkland Oil & Gas expects farm-in deal with “a listed independent” firm

  

  The political noise stirred up by Argentina over the Falkland Islands will not deter big energy firms from investing in the region if there is enough oil found to make it worthwhile, said the chief executive of exploration company Falkland Oil & Gas.

• Friday, May 11th 2012 - 15:20 UTC

  Borders & Southern begins drilling its second well to the south of the Falklands

  

  Falkland Islands exploration company Borders & Southern (AIM: BOR) announced the spudding of its second well, 61/25-1, on 11 May 2012. The well is located 170 km south of the Falkland Islands.