Tag: Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 03:18 UTC

  Falklands' Argentine cemetery remains' identification turns into controversy

  

  The United Kingdom regretted that Argentina was 'making politics out of a humanitarian issue”, following the claim from the administration of President Cristina Fernandez that UK was delaying the identification process of 123 Argentine soldiers, who died during the 1982 Falklands War and were buried as the Unknown Warriors on the Islands Argentine cemetery.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 01:58 UTC

  Argentina sues Falklands' oil and support companies involved in hydrocarbons drilling

  

  The Argentine government on Tuesday sued several energy and support companies that are drilling for oil near the Falkland Islands, the latest chapter of a longstanding dispute over the South Atlantic archipelago, though analysts say it will have little practical effect. The criminal case was filed in Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego province which according to the Argentine constitution includes the Falklands and Antarctica.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 07:36 UTC

  Falklands' public consultation period on oil industry impact extended until Friday

  

  The Falkland Islands government (FIG) announced it has extended the public consultation period for the Oil & Gas Social Effects Monitoring Program, which was originally intended to end this week. The new deadline is Friday 24 April.

• Saturday, April 18th 2015 - 10:32 UTC

  Making the Falklands safe: clearing mines from the 1982 conflict

  

  Falkland Islands former minefields that have been cleared by BACTEC International’s (*) deminers are, “cleared to a higher quality than the areas that are outside the fences,” assured Project Manager Julius Unsing, speaking to Penguin News this week.

• Saturday, April 18th 2015 - 10:13 UTC

  UK accuses Argentina of bullying the Falklands; it's time they begin acting 'responsibly'

  

  Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has accused Argentina of bullying after it announced on Friday in London that it was starting legal action against companies drilling for oil and gas near the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, April 17th 2015 - 22:35 UTC

  Falklands says Argentina continues “to ignore out right to determine our future and develop our economy”

  

  The Argentine government continues disrespectfully to ignore “our inalienable right to determine our own future” and “develop our economy”, said the elected government of the Falkland Islands in a release responding to Argentine determination to impede the Islands right to develop the hydrocarbons industry and claims about 'militarization' of the South Atlantic.

• Friday, April 17th 2015 - 04:12 UTC

  Malvinas Secretary Filmus to talk about Falklands and oil in London

  

  Argentina's Secretary for Malvinas Islands Affairs, Daniel Filmus will be giving a conference on Friday in London on the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute with the UK and the current round of oil drilling offshore the Islands, in what Argentina considers its territory.

• Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 02:22 UTC

  Falklands people's “democratic rights” will be upheld, pledges Tories' manifesto

  

  With less than a month to UK's election the Conservative party released its manifesto which explicitly declares that a Tory government “will uphold the democratic rights of the people of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands to remain British, for as long as that is their wish, and protect our Overseas Territories”.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2015 - 11:49 UTC

  Falklands oil explorers replace costly drilling in the south-east basin

  

  Three oil explorers drilling in the Falkland Islands, including Houston based Noble Energy have shelved plans to drill a second well in the south and east Falklands following the steep drop in oil prices, one of the partners said on Monday. Partners, which also include London-listed Falkland Oil and Gas (FOGL) and Edison International, said they would continue drilling in other parts of the region.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2015 - 09:39 UTC

  Falklands Argos in farm-out agreement with Noble Energy to drill exploratory well

  

  Noble Energy announced Monday that it has acquired additional acres offshore the Falkland Islands and plans to start drilling, despite opposition from Argentina’s government. The Houston-based oil company now holds a 75% interest in a license in the North Falkland Basin from Argos Resources Limited, an oil and gas exploration company based in the Falkland Islands.