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### Viewing cable 10LONDON439, UK DEFENDS OIL EXPLORATION IN FALKLAND ISLANDS

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 LONDON 000439

    NOFORN
    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/24/2020
    TAGS: EPET ECON ENRG PREL AR UK
    SUBJECT: UK DEFENDS OIL EXPLORATION IN FALKLAND ISLANDS
    WATERS

    LONDON 00000439 001.3 OF 003

    Classified By: Economic Minister Counselor Richard Albright for reasons
    1.4 b & d

    ¶1. (SBU) Summary: Tensions between the UK and Argentina
    have risen over the past week over a new drilling campaign in
    the Falkland Islands Outer Conservation zone following the
    arrival of the Ocean Guardian oil rig in the North Falkland
    Basin. Argentina contested the right of the Falkland
    Island's Government to license drilling for oil off the coast
    of the islands, a British Overseas Territory. UK Foreign
    Secretary David Miliband firmly defended the oil exploration
    as being in accordance with international law. Desire
    Petroleum, a UK-headquartered company, started drilling the
    first well on February 22 following five years of
    preparation, including acquiring production licenses.
    Exploration and production licenses are approved by the
    Governor of the Falkland Islands, following consultation with
    the UK's Foreign Secretary. The new drilling campaign is
    expected to last approximately eight months, as at least two
    other companies with E&P licenses within the Falklands
    Conservation Zone make use of the rig sequentially. Desire
    confirmed that Argentina's actions will not disrupt its
    activities and said it had worked closely with the UK's
    Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to try to avoid
    inflaming tensions. With the exception of the Falklands, HMG
    seeks to continue a normal relationship with Argentina. End
    summary.

    UK Defends Oil Exploration in Falkland Islands
    ------------------------ ---------------------

    ¶2. (U) Tensions mounted between the United Kingdom and
    Argentina ahead of a drilling operation in the Falkland
    Islands conservation zones by a UK company, Desire Petroleum.
    Argentina contested the UK's right to drill for oil off the
    coast of the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory,
    and introduced a requirement that vessels traveling to the
    Falklands through Argentine waters obtain permits. Foreign
    Secretary David Miliband strongly defended the oil
    exploration during a February 18 BBC radio interview, saying
    it is being conducted in accordance with international law.
    In a statement February 23, Chris Bryant, the UK's Foreign
    Office Minister with responsibility for the British Overseas
    Territories, reiterated UK support for the oil exploration.
    He said the Falkland Islands government is entitled to
    develop a hydrocarbon industry within its waters. He said
    the UK will continue to support the islands in developing
    this "legitimate business in its territory." The Falkland
    Islands' Legislative Assembly also asserted its right to
    develop a hydrocarbon industry within the Islands' waters in
    a February 18 press release.

    ¶3. (C) Andrew Allen, Head of the Southern Oceans, team in
    FCO's Overseas Territories Directorate, told us February 24
    that no UK government would negotiate the sovereignty of the
    Falklands with Argentina without the approval of the
    islanders, who overwhelmingly opposed any such discussions.
    He emphasized HMG desire to continue cooperation with
    Argentina on all other issues. He said that Argentina
    appeared to be taking a similar same stance, noting a GOA
    statement that it would proceed in legal, diplomatic ways.
    Allen said the Argentine Government had so far applied its
    decree requiring permits for shipping between the mainland
    and the Falklands only to one ship and that cruise ships were
    continuing travel between Argentine ports and the islands.
    In any event, he said there was little shipping and air
    traffic between the Falklands and Argentina. Allen noted
    that the main supply links to the islands were a weekly
    flight to Chile and cargo shipping to and from Uruguay and
    Brazil. He expressed some concern that these countries could
    in the future be tempted to restrict those links out of
    solidarity with Argentina.

    ¶4. (SBU) Desire Petroleum started the new drilling campaign
    on February 22. Drilling on the "Liz" well in the North
    Falkland Basin is expected to last 30 days. An oil rig
    platform, the Ocean Guardian, which is owned by U.S. based
    Diamond Drilling, was towed from Scotland and arrived
    approximately 62 miles north of the islands in the South
    Atlantic on February 19. Desire said the rig is firmly
    inside British waters and that Argentine protestations would
    not disrupt its activities. (Note: Julia Painting, Head of
    the Falkland Islands section within the FCO's Overseas
    Territories Directorate, said the Falkland Islands' waters
    extend 200 nautical miles off the coast of the islands and
    consist of the Falkland Interim Conservation Zone of 100
    nautical miles (FICZ) and the Falkland Outer Conservation

    LONDON 00000439 002.3 OF 003

    Zone of 200 nautical miles (FOCZ). There are several "kinks"
    in the conservation zones where they meet the Argentinean
    Exclusive Economic Zone. End note.) Another official in the
    same office explained to us that the FOCZ is the Falkland's
    Exclusive Economic Zone, in all but name. Earlier
    governments had decided to use FICZ and FOCZ to avoid
    arousing tensions over the term. The official noted that a
    drilling rig had operated in the FOCZ in the late 1990s,
    provoking no protests from Argentina. According to FCO, this
    was a period when then President Menem was seeking
    cooperation with the Falklands.

    Falkland Islands Oil Licensing System
    -------------------------------------

    ¶5. (SBU) Oil exploration and production within the
    Falkland's conservation zones require licenses granted by the
    Islands' government. Plans to drill must be approved by the
    Governor of the Falkland Islands. The Governor grants
    approval having consulted with the UK's Foreign Secretary.
    All applications are scrutinized by both the Falkland Islands
    and UK authorities. The Falkland Islands' Department of
    Mineral Resources advises the Islands' Governor with regard
    to local exploration concerns. Officials from the UK's
    Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) told us DECC
    only offers technical advice to the UK's Foreign and
    Commonwealth Office (FCO). However, they noted that
    decisions regarding the development of the Falkland Islands'
    hydrocarbon industry are ultimately a matter for the Falkland
    Islands government.

    ¶6. (U) The licensing system consists of exploration licenses
    and production licenses. Exploration licenses allow
    companies to gather seismic, gravity, magnetic, geochemical,
    and sea-bed data and do not allow drilling deeper than 350
    meters below the sea-bed. They are not area-specific and can
    apply to all of the designated area ) which covers 400,000
    kilometers squared, approximately 50 percent bigger than the
    UK's North Sea. Licenses are typically awarded for one year,
    but can be renewed for up to three years. Production
    licenses are area-specific and provide exclusive rights for
    surveying, drilling and production. They are awarded through
    occasional competitive rounds or, more typically, under an
    open-door system. Bids for open-door production licenses can
    be made at any time for any number of whole blocks (12'
    longitude by 10' latitude) up to a total of 30 continuous
    blocks in any one license. Applicants can determine the size
    and shape of the area they bid for and there is no limit to
    the number of licenses that can be applied for at any time.

    ¶7. (U) The Falklands' fiscal system comprises a variable
    acreage rental, 9 percent royalty on production, and 26
    percent corporation tax on profits. Acreage rentals are
    payable annually in advance. Rents vary depending on the
    license phase and whether the license was awarded as a result
    of a competitive licensing round or as the result of an
    open-door invitation. There are no signature bonuses, no
    production sharing contracts, no back-rights and no local
    market discounts. The Falkland Islands welcome applications
    from companies worldwide. However, according to the
    Department of Mineral Resources, the Falkland Islands
    government is unlikely to grant a license to any applicant in
    which Argentine interests hold more than a 49 percent stake.

    ¶8. (U) Existing production license holders are: Desire
    Petroleum, Argos Resources, Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd/BHP
    Billiton, Borders and Southern Petroleum, and Rockhopper
    Exploration. Previous operators have included Shell, Amerada
    Hess, Lasmo and IPC/Lundin Oil. Most of the current license
    holders are listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative
    Investment Market (AIM). All combined, they have raised in
    excess of GBP 250 million in recent months to fund drilling
    operations.

    Desire Petroleum
    ----------------

    ¶9. (SBU) Desire Petroleum, which has started the new
    drilling campaign, is dedicated to explore for oil and gas in
    the North Falkland Basin. It was founded in 1996 and is
    listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment
    Market (AIM). It participated in the first round of drilling
    in the North Falkland Basin in 1998 and currently operates
    six licenses in the area. It estimates recoverable oil
    potential in the region at 3.5 billion barrels, with gas
    reserves of over 9 trillion cubic feet. (Note: ExxonMobil
    International Chairman Brad Corson told us he does not

    LONDON 00000439 003.3 OF 003

    believe there is enough oil on the Falkland Islands
    Continental Shelf to be profitable, citing Shell's earlier
    oil exploration attempts which they abandoned. End note.)

    ¶10. (SBU) The current drilling campaign is expected to last
    approximately eight months, according to Ben Willey, a
    spokesman for Desire. Willey told us that if all runs
    smoothly, the Ocean Guardian rig will drill between six and
    eight wells. The first well, already underway, is for Desire
    in the North Falklands Basin. The drilling is expected to
    last 30 days. After this, the rig will start on a second
    well, also in the North Basin, for Rockhopper Exploration.
    The third well will be drilled for the Falkland Oil and
    Gas/BHP Billiton joint venture, the fourth for Rockhopper and
    the fifth for Desire. Depending on the success of these
    wells, Desire may decide to drill up to three additional
    wells. Its contract with Diamond Drilling, the rig owner,
    allows for up to eight wells.

    ¶11. (SBU) Willey stressed that Desire worked very closely
    with the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) over the
    past five years throughout the planning stages of the
    drilling campaign. During the past few weeks, while tensions
    with Argentina have mounted, he said Desire has sought
    further advice from the FCO and cleared all statements with
    the department to ensure the company does not further inflame
    the situation. Willey said Desire has also built good
    relations with the Falkland Islands government. He confirmed
    that the rig passed entirely through international waters on
    its journey from Scotland to the North Falkland Basin.

    Additional Companies Operating In The Falklands
    --------------------- -------------------------

    ¶12. (U) -- Rockhopper Exploration, also AIM-listed, has
    licenses to explore for oil and gas in the North Falkland
    Basin. It raised GBP 50 million through an equity placement
    in late 2009 to finance its 2010 drilling campaign in the
    Falklands.

    -- Falkland Oil and Gas, which is also an
    AIM-listed UK company, focuses on oil and gas exploration in
    the undrilled South and East Falkland Basins. It is involved
    in a joint venture with BHP Billiton.

    -- BHP Billiton is an Anglo-Australian natural
    resources company. It is one of world's largest mining
    companies and its products include petroleum, aluminum, iron
    ore, diamonds, manganese and coal. BHP Billiton owns a 51
    percent stake in its joint venture with Falkland Oil and Gas.
    The joint venture was agreed in October 2007.

    -- Borders & Southern Petroleum focuses on
    emerging hydrocarbon systems. Its first project is based in
    an untested basin to the south of the Falkland Islands. The
    company was awarded its first exploration license in the
    Falkland Islands in 2004 and in 2005 listed on the AIM,
    raising GBP 10 million.

    -- Argos Resources is a private exploration
    company and holds a production license in the North Falkland
    Basin.

    ¶13. (C) Comment: UK government officials have made public
    statements asserting the right of the Falkland Islands to
    issue exploration and production licenses in its conservation
    zones in accordance with international law. However, they
    have sought to downplay the row and the impact it could have
    on the UK's relationship with Argentina and other Latin
    American countries. HMG has attempted to avoid escalating
    tensions and has stressed HMG's desire to pursue normal
    relations with Argentina in all other matters. FCO hopes
    that Argentina will proceed similarly.

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