UK and Argentina clash over Falklands oil project as Hamburg tribunal starts

November 10, 2026 · 2:49 pm 3 sources

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• UK and Argentina clash over Falklands oil project as Hamburg tribunal starts
  The Guardian · November 10, 2026 14:49
  Sea Lion project in the North Falkland basin threatens to deepen sovereignty dispute Argentina has told an international tribunal that Britain’s approval of oil drilling off the Falkland islands has dramatically deepened a sovereignty dispute that led to war four decades ago. At the start of an…
• Argentina threatens UK oil firm CEO with jail over Falklands drilling
  The Guardian · November 12, 2026 09:11
  Exclusive: Legal notice comes as Buenos Aires ramps up rhetoric over UK territory and seeks to halt Sea Lion project The Argentinian government threatened a British businessman involved in an offshore Falkland Islands oil project with jail, the Guardian can reveal. Sam Moody, the chief executive…

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• What’s the Falklands oil project at the heart of latest UK-Argentina spat?
  Al Jazeera · November 11, 2026 10:28
  UK says it will defend its interests at Tribunal hearing, as Argentina seeks measures to block the offshore project.