article_snippet.sent: Argentina has said Argentina will prosecute oil companies operating off the Falklands coast, as tension rise on the 33rd anniversary of the conflict.
article_snippet.sent: David Filmus, the Argentine minister in charge of the Malvinas, as the islands are known in Latin America, said: 'The new exploration efforts to try to find hydrocarbons in the area carry a huge environmental risk.'
article_snippet.sent: David Filmus, the Argentine minister in charge of the Malvinas, as the islands are known in Latin America said the foreign and planning ministries would undertake a joint legal filing in the coming days to try and block further exploration. '
article_snippet.sent: David Filmus, the Argentine minister in charge of the Malvinas, as the islands are known in Latin America want the owners of the companies to be tried according to Argentine laws and international statutes,' Mr Filmus said, adding that the process 'could end with an Argentine judge issuing an arrest warrant against those who operate illegally in Argentine waters'.
article_snippet.sent: The discovery at the Zebedee exploratory well comes amid worsening relations with Buenos Aires, exactly 33 years after Argentina invaded the islands.
article_snippet.sent: Lord West of Spithead, a former First Sea Lord, said last night the find would lead to further claims by the Argentinians over the long-disputed territory in the South Atlantic. '
article_snippet.sent: the Argentinians have always been worried we will find oil and, given the Argentinians economic state, the Argentinians will think, 'the Argentinians should have it'. '
article_snippet.sent: The row over the sovereignty of the islands, which Argentina calls Malvinas, could be intensified by the oil find.
article_snippet.sent: However, Mr Graham-Wood said: 'Oil is always found in difficult places, geographically and politically – look at Alaska, for instance –
article_snippet.sent: the Argentine government follows another made nearby in 2012 through a project called Sea Lion, but the price of oil has halved since June, forcing many explorers to cut back on spending.
highlights_snippet.sent: Argentina says Argentina will prosecute oil companies operating off the Falklands .