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British oil dispute with Argentina escalates
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Feb 14, 2010 05:47am |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - Daily Telegraph |
| News Date | Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Argentina's government claimed the ship, the Thor Leader, was loaded with pipes bound for the Falklands and accused Britain of "illegally promoting" drilling operations.
Geologists estimate there are up to 60 billions of barrels of oil in the seabed near the Falklands and a British company, Desire Petroleum, is due to begin drilling 100 miles north of the islands before the end of the month.
A £20 million offshore oil rig, the Ocean Guardian, is expected to arrive next week.
Argentina, which still claims sovereignty over the islands, is objecting to the drilling and says it will take its case to the United Nations.
The Thor Leader, a foreign-flagged vessel, was carrying pipes made by the Techint group in Argentina and was stopped in the southern port of Campana.
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