Soaring North Sea oil prices to 'boost' independence cause, economists say

A redundant oil platform moored in the Firth of Forth near Kirkcaldy, Fife

SOARING oil and gas revenues from the North Sea could give arguments for Scottish independence a “boost”, experts have said.

Economics professors Stuart McIntyre and Graeme Roy, of Strathclyde and Glasgow Universities respectively, said that there had been a “dramatic turnaround” in energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which would see receipts from the North Sea skyrocket.