argie-bargie again ? - oil this time

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Wallace, Feb 18, 2010.

  1. 'Royal Navy warships on standby over Falklands oil dispute'
    "Argentinian officials have revived the country's claims to sovereignty over Falklands
    as it contests British claims on the potentially lucrative deep sea oilfields within the islands
    200-mile economic zone."
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ps-on-standby-over-Falklands-oil-dispute.html

    "Deep in the South Atlantic Ocean, just off the Falklands Islands, lies an estimated
    60 billion barrels of untapped oil. That’s so much oil that The Times dubbed these
    British islands “the new Kuwait”, if it can be brought on tap."
    http://www.thefreepressonline.co.uk/news/1/1764.htm
    the idea there is any oil remains highly speculative