While the exploitation of Scotland's North Sea oil and gas is often hailed as an economic triumph, it is in fact a story of plundered wealth and mismanaged resources. In six chapters we explore the history of Scotland's relationship with oil, and the twists and betrayals along the way.
IN our previous five articles on the UK’s management of Scotland’s share of North Sea oil various themes emerged. First, Scottish people were likely to have been misled by UK Government Ministers about the economic potential of Scottish oil wealth.
IN my previous articles, reference was made to the ethical and moral obligation on Scottish and UK governments to protect less developed and less technically aware countries from inflicting damage on their populations by following UK fuel-exploitation policies.
TORPEDOS, napalm, nuclear detonations, kerosene, benzene, toluene, xylene, and formaldehyde...?
GIVEN the scale of North Sea oil and gas plundering over the past 50 years it is not surprising to discover that approximately 600 installations will have to be decommissioned in the next 50 years.
It was like Gordon Brown selling off our gold when it was cheap
In the first of a six-part series running all this week in The National, petroleum industry expert Professor Alex Russell examines Westminster's exploitation of Scotland's oil
