http://www.falklands-oil.com/

http://www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk

http://www.argosresources.com/




Rockhopper was established in 2004 with a strategy to invest in and undertake an offshore oil exploration programme in the North Falkland Basin. It was floated on AIM in August 2005. Rockhopper was the first company to make a commercial oil discovery in the Falklands. Today Rockhopper is the largest acreage holder in the North Falkland Basin, with interests in the Greater Mediterranean region.

Argentina yesterday summoned the British ambassador in Buenos Aires to issue a "vehement protest" about the imminent start of drilling for oil and gas around the disputed British-ruled Falkland islands over which the two countries fought a brief war in 1982.

Shan Morgan, the ambassador, is out of the country so the protest note was handed to Simon Thomas, chargd'affaires. The Foreign Office confirmed he was called in.

Excitement has been mounting for more than a decade that the waters around the disputed islands could contain significant quantities of hydrocarbons, and the forthcoming drilling campaign is seen as the moment of truth.

The Argentine foreign ministry said it had protested against drilling "in areas of the Argentine continental shelf subject to illegitimate British occupation". The government says it will never give up its claim to the Falklands, which it calls the Malvinas.

YARN

All hype...... oil yet to be discovered..... no where for oil to go IF there is any....argi's throwing spanners in the works from now on......not good, best profit has been made by those that have taken it. aimo of coarse

of course argentina is jumping up and down, but even with that sabre-rattling, the situation and the region are certainly less volatile and dangerous than most others - e.g. nigeria, iraq, kurdistan etc

so who you going to sell the oil to......the argi's?? via space ships to quote a phrase??

just as well you dont hold any shares, little boy!!!

rose tinted glasses come to mind........Pikey

meaning dads army, not being offencive.. BB

not at all little boy

come on children, get your acts together.
the sabre-rattling with argentina will die down and/or be resolved one way or another.

It was resolved in 1982.

cynic, captain of the Belgrano!!

que? ..... unlike the proverbial nympho, i never went down on that one!

keep taking the little blue tablets.....

keep getting your rocks off by x-dressing as an emu!

The question is 'Will the Argentine threat put off investors?' (many of whom are fickle private retail.)
Quite clearly HMG will protect the interests of british protectorates (particularly when they are sitting on large oil reserves), but a large Argentine task force would considerably knock the sp, imo.

so it would if the earth was hit by a very large asteroid

I think you will find the probability of your suggestion is not comparable.

I would tell them to get stuffed !......they have a damn cheek.....the Argentinians broke every rule in the book as far as the geneva convention goes in that war and now they have the impudence to call the British ambassador over.....lucky for them it's not me that has to go over there.

large Argentine task force ........They dont have a task force!or could put one together.