Tag: Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 07:50 UTC

  Falklands' oil industry deal: Rockhopper will take over FOGL for £57.1m

  

  Falkland Islands oil & gas explorer Rockhopper Exploration is launching a £57.1mln takeover of rival Falkland Oil & Gas. Rockhopper and FOGL have agreed a recommended all-share merger resulting in Rockhopper holding 65% of the enlarged group and FOGL owning the rest.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 07:21 UTC

  UK expects new Canadian government will continue to support Falklands

  

  The UK government is looking forward to working with the new government of Argentina and hopes the people of the Falkland Islands will not suffer the bellicosity shown by the current administration, said Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire in Parliament.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 00:02 UTC

  Falklands' oil industry re-spuds Isobel Deep reservoir

  

  Falkland Oil and Gas Limited, FOGL, one of several international companies involved in the Falklands' oil industry, announced on Monday that the 14/20 Isobel 2 well was spudded by Premier Oil as operator on Saturday, 21 November.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 11:47 UTC

  Argentine election: the Kirchners' Falklands policy has backfired spectacularly

  

  By Dr Alasdair Pinkerton - For the first time in 12 years, the new occupant of the Casa Rosada, the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, will no longer bear the surname Kirchner.

• Monday, November 23rd 2015 - 07:58 UTC

  Falklands' welcome message to Macri: “be smart, work with us, not against”

  

  Falkland Islanders also participated in Sunday's elections in Argentina by sending congratulation messages to president-elect Mauricio Macri while celebrating the fact that president Cristina Fernandez time comes to an end.

• Saturday, November 21st 2015 - 07:20 UTC

  Le Boreal cruise passengers will be leaving Falklands over the weekend

  

  The Falkland Islands Government confirmed on Friday that travel arrangements are now in place for the crew and passengers who were evacuated from the stranded cruise Le Boreal on Wednesday 18th November, to return home. Two flights have been coordinated, one departing Saturday and the following on Sunday.

• Thursday, November 19th 2015 - 22:30 UTC

  Falklands' cruise rescue operation live-tested and successfully completed

  

  Passengers and crew forced to abandon a cruise ship due to a fire in the engine room causing loss of power, were all safe and without injury in Stanley yesterday morning. This followed a complex rescue and care mission comprising British Forces from Mount Pleasant, Government emergency services, the ship’s agents Sulivan Shipping and with support from local farmers.

• Thursday, November 19th 2015 - 06:24 UTC

  Falklands' cruise incident: all passengers safe and 90 hosted in Stanley

  

  With support from a Royal Navy patrol, the Royal Air Force Search and Rescue helicopters and Falkland Islands emergency services, hundreds of passengers have been rescued from the French flagged mega yacht Le Boréal after it issued a distress call on Wednesday early morning to the north of the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2015 - 09:18 UTC

  L' Boreal cruise ship fire to North of the Falkland Islands

  

  The Falkland Islands Government can confirm that a private cruise vessel has issued a distress call following a fire on-board..

• Tuesday, November 17th 2015 - 06:41 UTC

  Falklands addresses European refugee crisis and possible assistance

  

  Following requests from a number of members of the public to assess the possibility of assisting with the European refugee crisis, the Falkland Islands government, FIG, has reviewed with HMG the options to take part in their resettlement scheme.