Last I heard a private company was looking to build a new Port in San Carlos Bay, initially just to supply the fledgling oil industry. Every month that passes it looks more likely that the area is slowly becoming a new oil province which will mean expansion of the ports, airport, road network, industrial sites, housing, communications etc.
I have no doubt that once that happens a small incremental increase in the number of local naval vessels will occur, along with more helicopters and maybe a proper MPA capability.
Hammer in terms of oil extraction costs, the FI are while not the cheapest area to extrract oil, they will be more commercially attractive, than the North Sea. I have seen various industry commentators say that due to the tax and royalty regime that is in place, every Falklands barrel is worth the same as two in the north sea to the oil company that extracts it.
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