An Argentine court has suspended work on the Sea Lion offshore oil project involving Israeli company Navitas Petroleum and British firm Rockhopper Exploration near the Falkland Islands. The interim order prohibits drilling, infrastructure installation and hydrocarbon extraction until an environmental impact assessment is completed by the competent Argentine authority, and gives the parties 10 days to submit project information. The ruling followed a lawsuit by 1982 war veterans and environmental lawyers and comes as President Javier Milei’s administration pursues further legal action against companies operating around the British-administered territory. Argentina says the project breaches a United Nations resolution against unilateral actions while the sovereignty dispute remains unresolved. Britain rejects the jurisdiction of Argentine courts, and Falkland Islanders voted overwhelmingly in 2013 to remain British.