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Tag: Falkland Islands

  • Wednesday, August 27th 2014 - 20:42 UTC

    Falkland Islands resident off to Oxford University with a Chevening scholarship

    Clare Cockwell has been offered a full scholarship to study for an MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management at Hertford College.

    A Falkland Islands resident is off to the University of Oxford later this year, after being announced as the Falkland Islands' newest Chevening Scholar. Clare Cockwell has been offered a full scholarship under the UK Government's Chevening programme to study towards an MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management at Hertford College.

  • Wednesday, August 27th 2014 - 17:54 UTC

    Royal Navy frigate sails World Cup Trophy into Cape Town

    HMS Iron Duke sailed into Cape Town carrying the Rugby World Cup Trophy, ahead of next year's event in the UK

    A British warship has proudly sailed into Cape Town carrying the Rugby World Cup Trophy – ahead of next year’s event being held in the UK. Even thick rain clouds could not prevent HMS Iron Duke displaying the gold of the Web Ellis Trophy on her deck as she arrived in the South African city for a short visit.

  • Tuesday, August 26th 2014 - 07:26 UTC

    Falklands: Premier Oil confirms full commitment to Sea Lion project

    Various operators in the Falklands, including Premier have secured a rig on a time-share basis for a rolling exploration/appraisal campaign next year (Pic S. Luxton)

    Premier Oil has updated progress on the Sea Lion project, the first field development offshore the Falkland Islands. Latest subsurface studies suggest recoverable reserves for the Phase 1 development at 308 MMbbl, with further upside of 60 MMbbl if next year’s well on the Chatham prospect confirms that there is no gas cap in the western side of the field.

  • Saturday, August 23rd 2014 - 06:23 UTC

    HMS Iron Duke visits Namibia; next calls South Africa and Falklands

    The Plymouth based frigate spent four days in Walvis Bay. She is due to cross the South Atlantic sometime in the next weeks

    HMS Iron Duke on Atlantic Patrol Tasking South, which includes the Falklands and South Georgia Islands, has visited the Namibian port of Walvis Bay where she has built on relations with the country’s Navy and its people.

  • Friday, August 22nd 2014 - 00:08 UTC

    Premier oil shows stronger than expected output in first half of the year

    The company's four-well drilling program in the Falkland Islands, is expected to start in the second quarter of 2015.

    Falkland Islands involved oil and gas explorer Premier Oil may upgrade its 2014 production forecast after stronger-than-expected output in the first half of the year, pending the outcome of summer maintenance work, its Chief Executive said. The company reported a 7% rise in first-half profit after tax on Thursday, helped by strong oil production from its British fields.

  • Thursday, August 21st 2014 - 07:55 UTC

    Falklands war vessel in which Argentina surrendered South Georgia, to the scrap yard

    HMS Plymouth was one of the first to arrive to the South Atlantic and later to the Falklands, where she suffered damage during San Carlos landings

    The Royal Navy man-o-war on which Argentina formally surrendered the island of South Georgia during the 1982 Falklands War began its final journey on Wednesday before being scrapped. HMS Plymouth could not be saved despite years of attempts to find a permanent home for the frigate.

  • Tuesday, August 19th 2014 - 09:16 UTC

    Falklands pricing for valuation of hydrocarbons will follow Norwegian model

    Financial Secretary Ms Granger said that the Falklands' oil legislation regime “is robust and encourages investment”

    The Falkland Islands has an oil legislation regime that is robust and encourages investment, believes Financial Secretary Nicola Granger. Details of a law firm’s report to the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) on tax legislation in relation to the oil and gas industry, and recommendations to Government by Ms Granger, were released to the public this week in a paper that outlines the report from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

  • Monday, August 18th 2014 - 06:17 UTC

    Malvinas Museum incorporates San Martin letter referred to links with South Atlantic Islands

    Minister of Culture Parodi and Daniel Filmus during the ceremony dedicated to the San Martin letter that mentions Patagones and Malvinas prisoners (Pic Telam)

    The Malvinas Islands Museum in Argentina has incorporated a letter allegedly handwritten by Liberator General Jose de San Martin and dated August 1816, a month after Argentina formally declared independence (07/09/1816) in which he mentions having given instructions to liberate prisoners in Patagones (Patagonia) and Malvinas Islands so they can join the Andes army.

  • Monday, August 11th 2014 - 22:56 UTC

    Falkland Islands and the saga of Sir Ernest Shackleton a century ago

    The expedition left England by the wish of His Majesty shortly after the outbreak of war in 1914 in the stout little Endurance

    One hundred years ago this month Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail from Plymouth on HMS Endurance at the beginning of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17), also known as the Endurance Expedition.

  • Saturday, August 9th 2014 - 06:59 UTC

    Prince William to alternate his royal duties with air ambulance pilot

    “The duke sees this as a true form of public service, helping people in their most difficult times,” said a royal spokesman.

    The Duke of Cambridge is to become an air ambulance pilot next spring, it has been announced. Kensington Palace said Prince William will join the East Anglian Air Ambulance flying both day and night shifts. It will become his main job, but his rota will take into account any duties he will continue to undertake on behalf of the Queen.