The First Minister will be aware that, in evidence to the Environment and Rural Development Committee recently, the company behind the controversial ship-to-ship oil transfer that is proposed in the Firth of Forth described itself as having an "excellent record" on ship-to-ship oil transfer, citing just three or four barrels of oil spilled in 10 years. However, SPT Marine Service Limited failed to report that it had spilled 35,000 gallons of oil in a pristine natural marine area in the Gulf of Mexico in 1995.