Country Report
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) upstream summary
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Report summary
The Falkland Islands (known as Islas Malvinas in Spanish) is a self-governing British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. There is no hydrocarbon production, but several oil and gas discoveries were made between 2010 and 2016. Exploratory efforts were led primarily by UK independents along with US-based Noble Energy. Given the Falkland Islands' remote location, collaboration was critical to secure equipment.The Sea Lion discovery was the first major find and will ...
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Regional geology
- Southern basins
- North Falkland basin
- Structure
- Stratigraphy
- Falkland Plateau basin
- South Falkland basin
- Malvinas basin
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Licensing
- North Falkland basin
- Southern basins
- Special Co-operation Area (SCA) abandoned in 2007
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Drilling
- Early exploration
- 1998 drilling campaign
- Southern basins
- Argentine Malvinas basin
- Desire Petroleum
- Rockhopper Exploration
- Borders and Southern Petroleum
- Falkland Oil & Gas and Premier Oil
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- Key legislation
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Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Falkland/Malvinas Islands BasinsMapReserves by Sector at 01/01/2026
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