Tag: Lilian Herraez

• Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 06:46 UTC

  Falklands: Argentina declares Italy's Edison oil activities 'illegal' and 'clandestine'

  

  The oil and gas operations being undertaken by Italy's Edison International S.p.A. on “the Argentine continental shelf” near the disputed Falkland Islands are “illegal” and “clandestine,” the Argentine Energy Ministry said Tuesday.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2015 - 01:37 UTC

  Noble Falklands Ltd oil activities are 'illegal' and 'clandestine' claims Argentina

  

  The Argentine government has declared “illegal” and “clandestine” the hydrocarbons' exploration activities carried out off the Falklands/Malvinas Islands by the Houston based Noble Falklands Limited company, according to a resolution by the country's Energy Office.

• Wednesday, July 1st 2015 - 02:44 UTC

  Falklands will continue to develop its legitimate oil industry as it moves from exploration to production

  

  The Falkland Islands government has no doubts about its right to licence legitimate offshore oil and gas exploration activities in accordance with Falklands' legislation and will continue to support the hydrocarbons industry as it moves from successful exploration towards oil production.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2015 - 05:16 UTC

  Argentina's threat against Falklands' oil companies with no impact on markets

  

  The Argentine court order that assets of several international oil companies drilling for oil in the Falkland Islands be seized has caused mild turbulence in their share prices. Tierra del Fuego judge Lilian Herraez ordered the authorities to seize bank accounts, boats and other assets worth an estimated US$156mln.

• Monday, June 29th 2015 - 19:45 UTC

  Falklands elected government: “Argentina courts have no jurisdiction in the Falklands”

  

  “Argentine courts have no jurisdiction in the Falkland Islands”, said Falklands' lawmaker Mike Summers early Monday in response to the latest Argentine attempt into bullying the Islands and derailing its economy.

• Monday, June 29th 2015 - 05:38 UTC

  Argentine judge orders seizure of Falklands' oil companies assets

  

  Argentina will pursue in Britain and the United States a local judge's order to seize assets of oil drillers operating in the disputed Falklands Islands, the Argentine foreign minister Hector Timerman said in an interview published in a government financed newspaper on Sunday.