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Peter A Walker

Most Scots see North Sea energy industry 'as a benefit to economy'

Most Scots think North Sea energy firms benefit the economy - and that the UK should work to supply its own oil and gas.

Some 61% of adults in Scotland think the energy firms operating in British waters have a positive effect on the UK economy, according to Survation research for True North.

Just over 9% of the 1,009 people asked said it had a negative effect, while some 75% of people told the pollster that the UK should meet its demand for oil and gas from domestic production, rather than importing energy from overseas.

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