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Falklands risks diplomatic row with Britain over plans to drill huge oil field

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Falkland Islands poised to approve vast oil field in its waters in a diplomatic challenge to the UK and the Energy Secretary Ed Miliband ’s anti-fossil fuel policies.

The Sea Lion basin holds at least 800 m barrels of oil, making it larger than any project in the North Sea .

It sets the stage for a clash between the British Overseas Territory and the UK after Mr Miliband placed a block on all new oil and gas licences.

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