Question reference: S6W-23244
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 27 November 2023 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 December 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government where it anticipates oil extracted from the North Sea will be refined if this process ceases at the Petroineos site in Grangemouth.
Answer
As outlined in the Scottish Government’s Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, oil extracted from the North Sea is predominantly exported to international markets. The Scottish Government anticipates that this arrangement will continue and North Sea oil will continue to be refined in a number of international locations.
On 3 March 2023, the Scottish Government published the outputs of an independence analysis of Scotland’s Energy System, which provides a detailed overview of the oil and gas sector in Scotland. A link to this publication can be found here .