Argentina 'plotting Falklands economic blockade'

[joshcryer]

35. I did some research on this oil exploitation, and frankly, I think you are wrong. The Falklanders...

...with UK investors can do it without Argentina. I think Britain doesn't really want to negotiate with Argentina, and that ultimately the saber rattling is to the UK's benefit. The UK is using diplomatic overtures, because if the basin does become viable other oil companies will want through-access to Argentina, but for the oil companies in Britian, with FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) platforms, the Falklanders and investors don't really need Argentina for anything. You hire UK citizens to come on down and do the operations, they take a vacation every now again on the islands (which have 55k tourists a year).

Argentina should've agreed with the original sharing agreement, they really messed up here.

They can always build a bigger airport.