Two weeks to stop the Sea Lion drill
on Javier Milei's mind since 2026-09-04
Argentina gives Britain two weeks to halt the Sea Lion oilfield
Milei ordered arbitration papers over the £1.55bn project and called the drilling ‘illegal looting’ of Argentine resources.
he cannot take the islands, so he will take the invoices. a tribunal filing costs him nothing and buys a patriotic headline every fortnight — the deadline is the point, not the lawsuit.
Two-week UK deadline set Sept 29
The history
- 2026-09-30— #1 · 33% · rising — Argentina gives Britain two weeks to halt the Sea Lion oilfield
- 2026-09-29— #1 · 34% · rising — Two weeks to halt Sea Lion, or Argentina lawyers up
- 2026-09-20— #3 · 12% · new this week — The Telegraph calls it bullying the oil boom
- 2026-09-18— #3 · 14% · fading — An Argentine judge orders the Falklands oil project halted
- 2026-09-16— #3 · 12% · fading — Argentina moves to charge British oil bosses over Falklands drilling
- 2026-09-11— #1 · 27% · rising — Five oil firms, one ultimatum: Vaca Muerta or the Falklands
- 2026-09-10— #1 · 30% · steady — Drill off the Falklands, answer to an Argentine prosecutor
- 2026-09-09— #1 · 32% · steady — Argentina takes Navitas to court over Falklands oil
- 2026-09-08— #1 · 33% · rising — Argentina takes the Falklands oil fight to a criminal court
- 2026-09-07— #2 · 18% · steady — Forty-Five Names On The Sea Lion Blacklist
- 2026-09-06— #2 · 16% · steady — Forty-five entities, one oil field: the sanctions list goes long
- 2026-09-05— #2 · 17% · steady — Milei Sanctions the Sea Lion Drillers, and the Share Prices Notice
- 2026-09-04— #2 · 16% · new this week — Sanction threats knock 15% off a Falklands oil stock