Argentina threatens UK oil firm CEO with jail over Falklands drilling

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Argentina has threatened legal action, including possible jail time, against Rockhopper Exploration CEO Sam Moody and the company’s CFO over offshore drilling at the Sea Lion project near the Falkland Islands. The warning accompanies escalating Argentine efforts to stop the project and renewed political rhetoric over the disputed British territory.

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 of Rockhopper Exploration, and his company’s chief financial officer received the correspondence this autumn as Buenos Aires began ramping up its rhetoric over the British overseas territory. Continue reading...