Talk:It's Scotland's oil

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I seem to recall another survey coming to the conclusion that much of the North Sea oil might well be "English" rather than "Scottish"; if I can find it again it might be worth mentioning.


 * It would be if the border was drawn at the same angle as the land border between England and Scotland, which runs from south-west to north-east (eg Berwick-upon-Tweed is further north than Ayr). The flaw in this argument is that sea borders are not drawn at the same angle as the land border, but are instead determined by which point of land is closest. Aberdeen is much closer to most of the oil fields than anywhere in England, therefore it is reasonably estimated that 90% of the oil would be Scottish. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 15:00, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

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The link provided in footnote 3 appears now to be a dead link (as of 9 January 2012). Does anyone have another suitable map with the same information?

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Recent evidence
There's a bit under "recent evidence" that contradicts the original UK government concern of Scotland's "embarrassingly large" tax surpluses by saying "this didn't turn out to be the case" with recent Scottish government data. I'm wondering what real relevance that data has, though, as it is does not talk about Scotland as an independent sovereign state, nor is the data from the '70s. If the UK government was concerned that an independent Scotland in the '70s would have huge tax surpluses, why is tax revenue from non-independent Scotland in 2011 relevant at all? I think that contradiction should be removed altogether. Zcbeaton (talk) 00:13, 30 August 2012 (UTC)


 * The article seems to be being used as a soapbox by people who'd like to turn into something other than the evidence-based describe topic here stuff we aim for. The entire subsection looks to be an effort to either justify or refute the claims. But that's not our job. We just report what reliable sources say. We don't do original research.
 * If things don't improve, it'll soon be time to edit this article with an axe. Angus McLellan (Talk) 18:13, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Reality of the Claim section
This seems more like personal opinion than result of research. Scottish territorial waters exist under domestic law and as a necessary fact for deciding which jurisdiction any particular location lies within for international law purposes.MBRZ48 (talk) 02:48, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

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Is Evans Jones an employee? 173.32.125.100 (talk) 23:58, 23 February 2022 (UTC)