More Argie Bargie

[Seight_Returns]

Happy82 said:

Plus we have a huge population in Spain who could stage an uprising

Hast thou not been to Magaluf ?

"We" stage uprisings there on a nightly basis and they don't seem particularly bothered.

[Traveller]

The Argentinians should learn from the UK how to get people off an island, ask the Chagossians and Diego Garcia.

The US is also pretty good at it, the inhabitants of a Pacific island or two were "relocated" and then both the Island and the inhabitants were gently irradiated.

Option 1 - Sell the island from under 'em

Option 2 - Make 'em glow in the dark

Edited by Traveller on Friday 25th May 19:18

[hornetrider]

British ships banned from docking in Buenos Aires. Bellends.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southame...

[davepoth]

hornetrider said:

British ships banned from docking in Buenos Aires. Bellends.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southame...

Fine - we would have looked to take all the oil there for refining, but if they don't want it, fair enough...

[jmorgan]

New law? Well, them Chinese getting a lot for their money.

[jimmyjimjim]

Dear Argentina,
With respect to "To compete on British soil, we train on Argentinian soil", we would like to refer you to the current medal standings:

Great Britain - 7 Gold, 6 Silver, 7 Bronze.
Argentina - ...

The size of the kicking you are currently receiving reflects in some small measure the size of of the kicking you would receive over the Falklands.

Yours sincerely, GB.

P.S. your training sucks.

[Ayahuasca]

The Argie govt has asked companies to tender for oil exploration contracts in Falklands waters.

I wonder how many will apply?

[Derek Smith]

Obama doesn't help matters by referring to the Falklands as the Malvinas. Or rather the Maldives, just to put the boot in.

It is a sure sign that the Argentine economy is in problems when they start bringing up the Falklands.

[johnfm]

Ayahuasca said:

The Argie govt has asked companies to tender for oil exploration contracts in Falklands waters.

I wonder how many will apply?

Argentina selling something they don't own. Heh.

Not sure why their diplomats haven't been kicked out yet.

Edited by johnfm on Saturday 4th August 17:30

[hornetrider]

Ayahuasca said:

The Argie govt has asked companies to tender for oil exploration contracts in Falklands waters.

I wonder how many will apply?

Got a linky?

[jmorgan]

Looks like the Chinese are getting on board for the oil deal. The Chinese have been setting up shop in a lot of places since the cold war ended. Wonder what other deals they do to come help get the oil?

[hidetheelephants]

jmorgan said:

Looks like the Chinese are getting on board for the oil deal. The Chinese have been setting up shop in a lot of places since the cold war ended. Wonder what other deals they do to come help get the oil?

Given the Chinese are relatively inexperienced in offshore expro I'd imagine they will concentrate on improving the existing developed oilfields expropriated from Repsol, to start with at least. It wouldn't surprise me if the Chinese ended up bringing in the likes of BP, Chevron etc. as partners to get the offshore bit going; no doubt the oil revenue and chinese money would keep Kirchner quiet. The amount of money, manpower and hardware needed to start producing oil from a virgin subsea oilfield is vast and more than one company can cope with, never mind hedge the risk for.

[robm3]

hornetrider said:

British ships banned from docking in Buenos Aires. Bellends.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southame...

If you're a yacht and you put in at the Falklands, then you're not allowed in any Argie port afterwards. Argies want to give you permission first (which they won't).

Oh this is for yachts of any nationality.

[DJRC]

Daft question, but if a company "wins" a contract from the Argies to explore for oil in the Falklands waters, then er, isnt anybody remotely British allowed to tell them to bugger off?

[Ordinary_Chap]

DJRC said:

Daft question, but if a company "wins" a contract from the Argies to explore for oil in the Falklands waters, then er, isnt anybody remotely British allowed to tell them to bugger off?

Yes, the warship patrolling the area, the British armed forces or the British government?

[Dr Banjo]

DJRC said:

Daft question, but if a company "wins" a contract from the Argies to explore for oil in the Falklands waters, then er, isnt anybody remotely British allowed to tell them to bugger off?

You would have thought so.

So .. Argentina sells rights to China to explore gas on Falklands. China responds by saying there is unlimited supply in Buenos Aires, so what the fk are you doing ?

Nice try though..

[Ordinary_Chap]

Dr Banjo said:

DJRC said:

Daft question, but if a company "wins" a contract from the Argies to explore for oil in the Falklands waters, then er, isnt anybody remotely British allowed to tell them to bugger off?

You would have thought so.

So .. Argentina sells rights to China to explore gas on Falklands. China responds by saying there is unlimited supply in Buenos Aires, so what the fk are you doing ?

China was allegedly supposed to commit to established Argentine oil files through YPF however hasn't for a unknown reason so I'd suggest its extremely unlikely to get involved in a illegal exploration that costs about 50 times more than the established oil fields YPF is managing.

Essentially, its never going to happen.

[Dr Banjo]

Ordinary_Chap said:

China was allegedly supposed to commit to established Argentine oil files through YPF however hasn't for a unknown reason so I'd suggest its extremely unlikely to get involved in a illegal exploration that costs about 50 times more than the established oil fields YPF is managing.

Essentially, its never going to happen.

Suspect China will do whats best for China for the moment, not that they really give a st what we think.

[davepoth]

Here's a link.

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Technology/2012/08...

and one about China.

http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/...

It looks like the China thing is something to do with onshore shale oil and gas. As far as deep sea drilling goes, I think they're going to be disappointed. There aren't a great many companies worldwide with the capability to drill to the depths needed for that bit of ocean, and an awful lot of them are British.

The ones that aren't British are going to take one look at the country name, and go "Hang on, didn't they illegally nationalise YPF at the drop of a hat?" and either drop their tender price to roughly three buttons, a washer and a bit of pocket lint, or drop out.

[Ordinary_Chap]

Dr Banjo said:

Ordinary_Chap said:

China was allegedly supposed to commit to established Argentine oil files through YPF however hasn't for a unknown reason so I'd suggest its extremely unlikely to get involved in a illegal exploration that costs about 50 times more than the established oil fields YPF is managing.

Essentially, its never going to happen.

Suspect China will do whats best for China for the moment, not that they really give a st what we think.

If they aren't willing to exploit the existing oil fields then they are obviously not going to illegally invest in new oil fields that may not yield any oil.

I'd agree China will do what China wants but that will not include violating British territory to get oil.

To do so would be economic suicide for China.