Oil drilling begins off Falkland Islands

Published: 3:48PM GMT twenty-two February 2010

The North Sea oil supply Ocean Guardian Photo: C4

Desire Petroleum"s height Ocean Guardian was towed 8,000 miles from Scotland to the South Atlantic isles for the exploration.

The association pronounced in a matter released on Monday that work had begun.

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Argentina has rigourously objected to the move and tightened shipping regulations in the region, but Britain has pronounced any training off the islands is in suitability with general law.

Desire Petroleum is handling around 60 miles north of the main archipelago, where it estimates there are 3.5 billion barrels of recoverable oil as well as 9 trillion cubic feet of gas.

Argentina"s President Cristina Fernandez maintains the Falklands - desired as Las Malvinas by Buenos Aires - are assigned by Britain illegally.

She additionally claims the UK has unsuccessful to imitate with United Nations resolutions requiring negotiations on their future.

But a orator for Desire Petroleum pronounced on Sunday the supply was sitting "firmly inside UK waters".

David Willie told the BBC: "Desire is an oil association and it"s exploring for oil and not removing concerned in what Argentina is observant about going to the UN."

Even if commercially viable amounts are found, it is approaching to take most years prior to oil descent starts.