Oil & Gas Desire dents hopes of oil bonanzaHopes that the Falkland Islands could become a major new oil province were dented yesterday. December 7th 2010, 2:52 am 3 min read Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Hopes that the Falkland Islands could become a major new oil province were dented yesterday.