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- Declassified files reveal British interest in Falkland Islands oil Tue, 14 Jun 22, 4:00pmMinisters keen to claim UK right to potential deposits before and after 1982 war with Argentina
- A colossal iceberg is breaking off Antarctica right now - and it's big enough to fill Lake Erie twice Fri, 7 Jul 17, 3:48amA gargantuan iceberg is set to break away from an Antarctic ice shelf within days — or even hours. Initially discovered by UK researchers in 2010, the nascent iceberg has been rapidly calving since 2016. Once the crack...
- A colossal iceberg is breaking off Antarctica right now - and it's big enough to fill Lake Michigan Fri, 7 Jul 17, 3:48amA gargantuan iceberg is set to break away from an Antarctic ice shelf within days — or even hours. Initially discovered by UK researchers in 2010, the nascent iceberg has been rapidly calving since 2016. Once the crack...
- British offshore drilling around the Falklands is safe and sustainable | @guardianletters Thu, 13 Nov 14, 4:37amWe utterly reject Daniel Filmuss remarks in his interview with Luke Harding (Falklands: Argentina warns drilling could lead to oil disaster, 27 October) and the implication that hydrocarbons activities carried out by the...
- Argentina warns against oil drilling around Falkland Islands Fri, 8 Nov 13, 5:56amArgentine embassy campaigns to deter British-based energy companies, with legal action being ramped up against drillersArgentina's government has begun a determined campaign to deter British-based energy companies from drilling...
- Falkland Islands liquid gas find commercially viable say explorers Tue, 29 Jan 13, 6:08amBorders and Southern Petroleum announce test results and remote islands will start producing their first oil in 2017British oil explorer Borders and Southern Petroleum said on Monday the development of its gas condensate...
- Falkland Oil & Gas shares halve after gas sites' poor returns in South Atlantic Wed, 28 Nov 12, 4:39amAIM-listed shares fall to all-time low of 32p following low permeability results at drilling sites around FalklandsExploration group Falkland Oil & Gas – one of four UK companies drilling for oil and gas around the islands...
- Falkland Islands: Premier Oil plan leads UK and Argentina to new dispute Thu, 12 Jul 12, 11:02pmForeign Office heralds 'core principle' to back Premier's £600m investment to develop and drill oil reserves in South AtlanticBritain put itself on a collision course with Argentina over disputed sovereignty of the Falkland...
- UK explorers struggle to strike Falklands oil Tue, 3 Apr 12, 4:55amArgentina's sabre-rattling – coinciding with 30th anniversary of invasion of islands – comes despite lack of success by UK oil exploration companies The Argentine government's latest sabre-rattling over oil exploration...
- Grunt work Sun, 15 Jan 12, 6:24amLook up in the air, it’s a bird, its a plane, no it’s Phobos-Grunt! Video follows. From Sky News: An out of control Russian spacecraft could crash land on southern England sometime this weekend, scientists have...
- Desire Petroleum reports another dry well in Falklands Thu, 30 Dec 10, 2:59amDesire Petroleum shares plunge 20% as politically sensitive Falklands drilling finds no oil for second time this monthHopes that 2010 would end on a triumphant note for new oil exploration off the Falkland Islands were dashed...
- Time for Falklands co-operation | Daniel Montamat and Daniel Kerner Sun, 4 Apr 10, 9:00pmBoth the UK and Argentina could benefit from diplomatic negotiations over the exploitation of natural Falklands resourcesTensions between Argentina and Great Britain spiked in February after British company Desire Petroleum...