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.

Decided to add more RKH as it will be drilling next. Now 56p.

Very much in as well.....can see these going a lot further....3 chances in the neartime : 2 with current drilling.....plus next well so plenty of chances for sharp upward surges...

Yes there are abundant rumours around, but surely we all expected such. No doubt as TD approaches these rumours will become more prevalent and every increasing in their forecasts.
how long before we see the rumour, 'Biggest oil reserve found ever'.
Not knocking the FI oil explorers (I am in two plus FKL) and obviously hoping for the best, but just looking at Facts re Rumours. An oxymoron if ever there was one.

The rig should be leaving Liz and Beth at some time this week and making it way over to sea lion

i c no c lion nor even a walrus nor a carpenter, and certainly no succulent oysters

http://www.britishbulls.com/StockPage.asp?CompanyTicker=RKH&MarketTicker=OilandGas&Typ=S

BUY
CONFIRMED

Market Report in the Financial Times tomorrow.
Desire Petroleum added 10.5 per cent to 103p amid rumours that the Falklands Islands explorer had sent for sampling, oil found at its Liz prospect. That talk also lifted partner Rockhopper Exploration, which rose 10 per cent to 55.25p.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/article7063233.ece
Also mentioned in The Times.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/epic/ftse100/7450578/Eurasian-and-fellow-miners-weigh-on-FTSE-100.html
Also mentioned in The Telegraph.

http://energy.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1647522?UserKey=
Also mentined in the Aberdeen Press and Journal.

Nearly 2 mill buys more in RKH and it dosent move........V strange or a big seller in the background.

If they had any smell of the right kind of API oil and that there is oil in this well then the shares would be running and not standing still!--there are always people who get to know what is going on before the news actually breaks to the stockmarket by an RNS---the shares are not performing at all well following all the media hype recently which sent them up to 84p level--the guys on the rig are obviously not piling into the shares!!--be careful and always better to travel than to arrive!!--

Blue face there not even drilling in RKH targets your on the wrong thread catch up son....you want to deramp on DES thread...

Royal Navy attack submarine sent to Falklands as British drillers 'get close to oil'

By Daily Mail Reporter

17th March 2010

A Royal Navy attack submarine has been sent to the Falkands to boost security as speculation mounts that drillers have found oil there, it was revealed today.

HMS Sceptre, a Swiftsure-class nuclear-powered submarine, has been sent to the Islands from southern Africa, say sources.

It is hoped that the presence of the 5,000-tonne submarine will make Argentina think twice about laying serious claims to the British islands.
HMS Sceptre: The nuclear-powered submarine has been sent to patrol the waters around the Falkland Islands, according to reports

The vessel is equipped with Spearfish anti-ship torpedoes and took three weeks to reach the Falklands.

A source told The Sun newspaper: 'It has state-of-the-art listening sensors and will be monitoring all ship movements in the area.'
It was expected, they said, that the presence of the sub would 'strike fear into the hearts of any possible enemy'.

Details of Sceptre's presence in the waters around the Falkland Islands came as speculation mounted that British firm Desire Petroleum has struck oil.
It is expected to announce next week whether it has had success.

Experts claim there could be as much as 60 billion barrels of crude oil under Falkland's waters.

There are already two Navy vessels in the area. HMS York, a Type 42 destroyer, is partolling off the island's capital of Port Stanley.

HMS Scott, a survey vessel, is also nearby and the fleet has air support from a squadron of RAF Typhoon fighter jets based on the islands.
The submarine, which was built in 1978, is 82 metres long and is equipped with sonar, attack and search periscopes, collision avoidance radar and electronic warfare. In addition, she has five torpedo tubes capable of firing the Spearfish.

Argentina has renewed claims in recent weeks that Britain is illegally occupying the islands.

The archipelago, which it calls Las Malvinas, remains an emotive issue for people in Argentina. Bringing up the issue of sovereignty offers a way for a populist president to whip up public support.

Friends: Hillary Clinton,left, endorsed Argentine president Cristina Ferndez de Kirchner's call for talks on sovereignty while she was in Buenos Aires this month

Argentina has claimed the South Atlantic islands since Britain established its rule in the 19th century and invaded the Falklands in 1982.
After a two-month war, they were forced to withdraw their troops. But Argentines still maintain they have claim to the archipelago, which lies 300 miles from its coast.
In the past month, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has reasserted their claim and has objected to the British oil exploration.
She asked for the U.S. to intervene in the row, and secured backing from Secretary of State Hilary Clinton to open talks.
Both Britain and the Falklands governments have said there will be no negotiation over the islands and believe there is no issue to resolve.

The Argentine government has also tabled a UN resolution condemning Britain for allowing oil exploration off the Falklands.

Anger: An Argentine soldier holds up a sign saying 'English go home' in Buenos Aires during protests over the Falklands in February
President Kirchner issued a decree last month forcing ships sailing to the Falklands from Argentina to seek a permit after learning that the rig was to start drilling.

She has also secured backing from 32 South American nations supporting its claim that Britain has occupied the islands illegally since 1833.

The issue has been so emotive for her people that protests against British 'occupation' have been organised by former soldiers in Buenos Aires.
Last Wednesday, protesters carrying petrol bombs were stopped by police as they tried to storm the British Embassy in the city.

This morning, the Ministry of Defence would not discuss whether Sceptre had been deployed.

A spokesman said: 'We do not comment on submarine operations


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1258531/Falkland-Islands-oil-row-Navy-attack-submarine-HMS-Sceptre-dispatched.html#ixzz0iQmfh8OG

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journos rank just behind politicians and estate agents.

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Nearly again a million more buys in RKH and it sits there not movingwhy the big seller not materialised or mms have to much stockAm watching this closely to buy in hard.

Predicaments..


Desire hit duster they all go down.but RKH drilling next so price rise quicker

Desire hits oil and the share both go into orbit but RKH fall quicker as unproven.

Have I missed any thing..market cap 88 millcheap as chips!!!

Interesting as it says "some news next week" and "results end of the month".

That implies they will announce striking hydrocarbons next week and then testing results end of the month.

Jolly good if thats the case.



http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1651272?UserKey=


‘Madness’ to send submarine to Falklands
BY DAVID PERRY

Published: 18/03/2010

Tam Dalyell: warning
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The UK Government was warned last night that sending a nuclear submarine to the Falklands in support of a major drilling campaign by a North Sea-based rig would be “madness”.

The warning came from former Scottish Labour MP Tam Dalyell, who famously campaigned for years over the way a British submarine sank the Argentine cruiser the Belgrano during the Falklands war.

Mr Dalyell spoke out as the Ministry of Defence refused to comment on reports that it had sent the 5,000-tonne HMS Sceptre, armed with conventional weapons, to the area following mounting concern in Argentina over the drilling by the rig Ocean Guardian, which is owned by Diamond Offshore Drilling, of Dyce.

It has started drilling for Desire Petroleum in waters north of the Falklands.

Mr Dalyell said the drilling itself was “folly of a huge order”.

A Desire spokesman said the results from the first well would be published “by the end of this month”.

A source described the report concerning the submarine and an earlier report that the rig had been “buzzed” by Argentine aircraft as “rubbish” and reports that the rig has actually found oil as “wild speculation”.

The company’s share price has risen from around 80p at the beginning of the year to around 105p.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said: “We do not discuss submarine operations.”

A Foreign Office spokes-woman said some results from drilling could emerge next week, but it would be longer before anyone could claim to have found commercially exploitable quantities and five years before extraction could begin.

She said the UK supported the Falklands in developing an offshore oil industry but would like to develop good relations with Argentina.

Gordon Liberal Democrat MP Malcolm Bruce, whose constituency includes Dyce, said he did not know if a submarine had been sent to the South Atlantic but he would not be surprised if one were.

Nothing should be done to aggravate relations with Argentina, he said.

But if there was an attempt to interfere with the drilling operations he would expect the UK Government to ”respond to protect our interests”.

He said he would contact Diamond over the situation.

If I remember right Tam Dalyell was one of the group who said something to the effect that 'As the Belgrano was sailing away from the war zone it should not have been fired on'. Presumably he was one of those who thought that we should have waited till it turned round. He is and always has been a liberal bleeding heart.

As for Liberal Democrat MP Malcolm Bruce, He obviously thinks it is also wrong to send the sub ("Nothing should be done to aggravate relations with Argentina", he said), and yet he also states "But if there was an attempt to interfere with the drilling operations he would expect the UK Government to respond to protect our interests.

Perhaps he would advocate waiting until/if Argentina get nasty and then the resultant delay in any action to Protect our interests.
These thumb in mouth brigade make me sick.

We were at war for gods sake.