North Sea Oil

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