North Sea Oil
Norway extends its oil age
Author / Creator: Nina Berglund
Media type: Web page
Date published:
Norway was expanding its offshore oil and gas industry even before the US and Israel began bombing Iran, cutting off Persian Gulf oil supplies in the process. Now a majority of Norwegian leaders think it’s more important than ever to keep Norway’s own oil flowing, despite its contribution to climate change.
Scotland's Oil
Author / Creator: John Jappy
Media type: Video
Date published: 2014
Revelation of the amount of oil revenue taken by the UK Government
Watershed: the Turning Point for North Sea Oil and the Just Transition
Author / Creator: Rachel Tansey
Media type: Assessment report
Date published: September 2021
No new oil and gas fields can be approved for development. Given the right policies, a just transition can generate more than three jobs in clean industries for every North Sea oil job at risk
Energy Strategy Consultation
Author / Creator: Susan Brush
Media type: consultation response
Date published: 2017
This paper
― Urges the Scottish Government to add a “just and fair transition” of jobs to the low carbon economy.
― Has concerns about continued use of fossil fuels and carbon capture.
― Strongly supports exploration of alternative energy carriers, such as hydrogen.
― Supports the priority of increasing renewable generation.
― Views that increasing the flexibility, efficiency and resilience of a future energy system as fundamentally essential to underpin a future energy system