FabSwingers.com forum: IF oil is found in the Falklands

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

At least one potential major oilfield has been discovered in the waters around the Falklands.

I am not sure about the international legalities, and putting aside the claims of Argentina for the moment; if commercially viable oilfields are discovered and tapped, I presume the Falkland Islanders and the oil companies will share the revenue.

Bearing in mind the billions of pounds (and soldiers' lives) we British taxpayers have spent protecting the islands, should the we expect a decent payback?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest

The Falkland is a British Overseas Teritory so the UK already funds them....

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

What i want to know is will the price of corn beef come down, its asstronomical

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest

"What i want to know is will the price of corn beef come down, its asstronomical"

It certainly is!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What i want to know is will the price of corn beef come down, its asstronomical"

That's the Argies payback for the Falklands.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The Falkland is a British Overseas Teritory so the UK already funds them...."

Indeed, that is why I am asking whether people think the UK would / should get a cut of the oil revenue if it comes on-stream. Payback for the fortune we have spent on the place.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"What i want to know is will the price of corn beef come down, its asstronomical

That's the Argies payback for the Falklands.

pmfsl

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *obbytupperMan
over a year ago

Menston near Ilkley

That was the reason the Argentinians tried to occupy the islands, its long been known about the oil.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

"What i want to know is will the price of corn beef come down, its asstronomical

That's the Argies payback for the Falklands.

Does that include the Steak and Kidney Pies

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"What i want to know is will the price of corn beef come down, its asstronomical

That's the Argies payback for the Falklands.

Don't be daft.

You should bomb the Gaucho hat factories. They would then have to import those big sombreros from Mexico. Chaos ensues.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"What i want to know is will the price of corn beef come down, its asstronomical

That's the Argies payback for the Falklands.

Does that include the Steak and Kidney Pies"

It includes anything with the fucking tins you cant open without ripping your fingers to shreds

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Of course we should get the oil, we're bloody British for gods sake. Also payback for those cheating gits after the world cup too.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest

"The Falkland is a British Overseas Teritory so the UK already funds them....

Indeed, that is why I am asking whether people think the UK would / should get a cut of the oil revenue if it comes on-stream. Payback for the fortune we have spent on the place."

As I understand it all the revenue would come to the UK but presumably the UK budget allocation to the Falklands would subsequently be increased, although not for the full amount

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Falkland is a British Overseas Teritory so the UK already funds them....

Indeed, that is why I am asking whether people think the UK would / should get a cut of the oil revenue if it comes on-stream. Payback for the fortune we have spent on the place.

You know what this means don't you. It means we can have one of those big posh hotel thingies they have in Dubai and we'll all be able to afford a Mercedes.

Good times ahead folks, and conventional ring pull tins for dodgy meat, no more A&E.

As I understand it all the revenue would come to the UK but presumably the UK budget allocation to the Falklands would subsequently be increased, although not for the full amount "

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

As I understand it all the revenue would come to the UK but presumably the UK budget allocation to the Falklands would subsequently be increased, although not for the full amount "

That is what I wonder about. How much would be remitted to the Islands and how much held back to pay for all the money we have spent on the place.

All I know is, I bet at the end of the day the only people happy with the final arrangements will be the oil executives.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"That was the reason the Argentinians tried to occupy the islands, its long been known about the oil.

Presumably then that was the reason we defended them. Oil?

same old same old eh?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Theres no if we find oil, I remember it being reported last year....

And in the Autumn there was talk of Argentina pushing for reclamation once again...

I said to a friend at the time- theres a surprise!

I also said that it will be interesting seeing how easily accessible the oil is and whether it will be cost effective to retrieve it, bet it will otherwise it wouldn't have been publicised that it had been found- in British waters.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What i want to know is will the price of corn beef come down, its asstronomical"

Maybe not, most seem to come from Argentina.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"... we British taxpayers have spent protecting the islands, should the we expect a decent payback?"

Yes, via tax, share and loan repayments.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest

"That was the reason the Argentinians tried to occupy the islands, its long been known about the oil.

Presumably then that was the reason we defended them. Oil?

same old same old eh?"

Oil plus strategic position- same reason UK keeps Pitcairn, St Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan de Cunha etc.

But for Falklands its mainly oil and anything else they might find - same as UK bit of the Antarctica

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Argies are going to wear Falkland Isles are Argentinas at the London Olympics.

We should combat this my wearing those big hands Kenny Everett used to wear next time we play footie with them.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"At least one potential major oilfield has been discovered in the waters around the Falklands.

Bearing in mind the billions of pounds (and soldiers' lives) we British taxpayers have spent protecting the islands, should the we expect a decent payback?"

Apparently the English government are waiting for Scottish devolution before extracting all the black gold lol. Ok maybe not but maybe we should.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *aceytopWoman
over a year ago

from a town near you

"What i want to know is will the price of corn beef come down, its asstronomical

That's the Argies payback for the Falklands.

There's quite a quantity of oil been found down there and hope for more too. We should with no warning bomb Argentina before they try it on, it's the only reasonable option. Capture military targets such as the fray bentos factories and punish them for crimes against humanity."
look we are already taking over the world on another thread,you can join us if you want,but i warn you its taking some organising

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Argies are going to wear Falkland Isles are Argentinas at the London Olympics.

We should combat this my wearing those big hands Kenny Everett used to wear next time we play footie with them."

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *am sampsonMan
over a year ago

cwmbran

"At least one potential major oilfield has been discovered in the waters around the Falklands.

Bearing in mind the billions of pounds (and soldiers' lives) we British taxpayers have spent protecting the islands, should the we expect a decent payback?

Apparently the English government are waiting for Scottish devolution before extracting all the black gold lol. Ok maybe not but maybe we should.

There is no english government or did I miss something

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was very lucky to have a 2 week cruise and a 4 month holiday in the Falklands in the early 1980’s, and what a delightful place it was. I am sure it was all about, freedom, liberty and democracy, oh yeah, and Tevez is a misunderstood guy who only wants what's best for his family and fans.........

You gotta love the Argies..

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ucsparkMan
over a year ago

dudley

"That was the reason the Argentinians tried to occupy the islands, its long been known about the oil.

Presumably then that was the reason we defended them. Oil?

same old same old eh?"

Maggie was asked to double the marines force on the island because of the build up of ships in area and she refused. Fox was told by Whitehall to surrender and made the CO of marines give in to the grease balls. Fun how we had election just after we had won too.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ucsparkMan
over a year ago

dudley

"The Argies are going to wear Falkland Isles are Argentinas at the London Olympics.

We should combat this my wearing those big hands Kenny Everett used to wear next time we play footie with them.

Start a campaign to have the hand of god returned to him or kept at the Vatican, they can keep the rest of the body in Argentina

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Maggie was asked to double the marines force on the island because of the build up of ships in area and she refused. Fox was told by Whitehall to surrender and made the CO of marines give in to the grease balls. Fun how we had election just after we had won too. "

Yes, wasn't it marvellous how the British electorate rewarded Maggie for her complete fuck up by stopping the patrols by HMS Endurance and removing full UK citizenship from the Islanders through the 1981 Nationality Act, thus encouraging General Galtieri.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What i want to know is will the price of corn beef come down, its asstronomical

That's the Argies payback for the Falklands.

Fray Bentos have got shares in tin openers, I'll put diamonds on it!

3 tin openers we went through trying open just one of their tank steel tinned pies

I say make em chew them pie tins open then bomb the feckers!!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Now that we have scrapped the Ark Royal and haven't started building its replacements yet the islands are once again under protected, so it will just be a matter of time before the Argentinians try again!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *acreadCouple
over a year ago

central scotland

They have started building the replacement for the Ark Royal but are going to mothball them when they are finished and possibly sell one of the two.

And apparently they are not the suitable for the aircraft we have.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Would the Argies want the islands if there was no oil, I seriously doubt it given the state of their economy as they'd have to fund it too.

I notice that the Argies have managed to round up a few other countries into barring ships flying the Falklands flag from docking in their ports - so what, it's not like Brazil are going to turn down business from a major coffee consuming country like Britain is it.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Now that we have scrapped the Ark Royal and haven't started building its replacements yet the islands are once again under protected, so it will just be a matter of time before the Argentinians try again!"

They can try, but after the last time it became enshrined in UN law that the Falklanders have a right to determine which country they belong to. If Argentina try to invade again they'll find themselves sanctioned to the back teeth.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *bking1669Man
over a year ago

Dundee

Has anyone in this Forum looked at the reports from the 2 welltests that they carried out in the falklands last year?

I hear a lot about all the oil in the Falklands but the share price of the exploration company did not exactly rocket after the tests, also where do you think the oil is going to be piped to?

It will not be the UK and the nearest mainland country and therefore shortest pipeline option is ??? You guessed it Argentina.

Argintinian refineries, Argentinian jobs taxes etc

Lets not get too excited about this "Massive" discovery

Just my tuppence worth

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

[Removed by poster at 18/01/12 19:53:15]

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

After we have bombed the Argies into submission and closed their pies of mass destruction factories down we need to then sort out the world real threat.....Belgium.

Mark my words they're up to something.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"After we have bombed the Argies into submission and closed their pies of mass destruction factories down we need to then sort out the world real threat.....Belgium.

Mark my words they're up to something. "

While we at it lets bomb the the french and be done with it! Garlic munching hairy armpitted toss pots

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *arambarMan
over a year ago

swindon

"While we at it lets bomb the the french and be done with it! Garlic munching hairy armpitted toss pots

Easy, tiger.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *herokee18Couple
over a year ago

Carlisle

"What i want to know is will the price of corn beef come down, its asstronomical

That's the Argies payback for the Falklands.

Does that include the Steak and Kidney Pies"

We could always air drop the hairy bikers in under the cover of darkness and shame them into submission with a well baked good old english steak and kidney pie.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *aGaGagging for itCouple
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

"After we have bombed the Argies into submission and closed their pies of mass destruction factories down we need to then sort out the world real threat.....Belgium.

Mark my words they're up to something. "

Wise up to what the Germans are doing - they are infilltrating the whole of mainland Europe in campervans! There are now German campervan based sleeper cells everwhere waiting for the signal - I know, I've seen them! Watch out and report them cos we will be next!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"After we have bombed the Argies into submission and closed their pies of mass destruction factories down we need to then sort out the world real threat.....Belgium.

Mark my words they're up to something.

So you swinehund, ve has zis t4 campervan you talk about. Ve are Inglanderz zo we do hav a teeny accent schnell.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

[Removed by poster at 20/09/22 03:36:53]

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *uke OzadeMan
over a year ago

Ho Chi Minge City

He searched for Falklands ^

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"At least one potential major oilfield has been discovered in the waters around the Falklands.

Bearing in mind the billions of pounds (and soldiers' lives) we British taxpayers have spent protecting the islands, should the we expect a decent payback?"

I'm out here now, you do realise the FI Government pay something in the order of £175M a year to have us down here? A tiny percentage of their fisheries income. Pretty much pays for itself and hardly costs the uk anything at all. And that's been the way for at least the last 30yrs that I've been coming down here

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Is there news on this topic, hence reopening ir, after 10 years?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

"[Argentinians Removed by British forces at 14/6/82 03:36:53]"

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

During the Falklands war the UK military had loads of cheap corned beef from Argentina as they couldn't sell it in the shops. Talk about rubbing it in!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Holy necro bump, Bat Man

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

Post new Message to Thread