England vs ArgentinaIakovos Alhadeff

The Falkland Islands belong to England since her glorious days. Argentina

considers the Islands part of her territory, and the two countries went to a

war in 1982 for these islands. England won the war and managed to keep the

Islands under British control.

http://www.operationworld.org/files/ow/maps/lginset/falk-LMAP-md.png

Picture 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War#/media/

File:Falklands,_Campaign,_(Distances_to_bases)_1982.jpg

As usual, Argentina and England fight for the control of the Islands because

their seabed are supposed to be rich in oil. As you can read at the following

Telegraph article, titled “New Falklands oil discovery could stir trouble with

Argentina”, May 2015, a field with 1 billion barrel of oil was recently

discovered near the Falklands, and this discovery increased the tension

between England and Argentina. One billion barrels of oil is not much when

compared to Venezuela’s 300 billion barrels, but in absolute terms it is a

very large quantity. And these waters are difficult to explore, so there is a

possibility of further discoveries.

After the Argentinean attack of 1982, the English have enhanced the Island’s

defense capabilities. The British aircrafts that are stationed on the Islands are

much more advanced than the Argentinean counterparts. Argentina

announced that the companies that will explore the oil reserves of the

Falklands will not have the right to participate in the development of the

Argentinean fields. Argentina is one of the richest countries in the world in

terms of shale oil and shale gas, as you can see at the following Energy

Information Table.

Picture 3

http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=14431

I must also mention that the Falklands are important for England because

they give her access to the South Ocean and the South Pole i.e. the region of

Antarctica, as you can see at the following map.

Picture 4

http :// www . worldatlas . com / img / areamap / continent / antartica _ map . gif

See also “Shale Oil and Shale Gas Reserves”

https://iakal.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/shale-oil-and-shale-gas-reserves/

For the Telegraph article see “New Falklands oil discovery could stir trouble

with Argentina”, May 2015

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/

11635627/New-Falklands-oil-discovery-could-stir-trouble-with-

Argentina.html