Response to "Western Isles oil reserves worth trillions"

Response to "Western Isles oil reserves worth trillions":  http://www.hebrides-news.com/western-isles-oil-reserves-worth-trillions-14914.html

Assertion

"The seas off the Western Isles could be in line for a new oil boom, according to a new independent industry report."

Response

The report is a 989 word document written by Oil and Gas People Ltd. and published on its own website.  It has not been published in any industry or academic publications, and has not been peer reviewed.

Reference

http://www.oilandgaspeople.com/news/1039/scottish-west-coast-untapped-oil-and-gas-reserves-worth-trillions/

Assertion

"The report suggested the west coast alone could provide oil and gas for at least 100 years with an estimated value of more than £1 trillion."

Response

Professor Dorrik Stow, the only academic quoted in the report, stated, "It's clutching at straws to suggest that sort of level and I’m surprised to be quoted in that context."

Reference

http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scottish-independence-1-trillion-oil-claim-1-3529183

Assertion

"Oilandgaspeople.com, the world’s largest oil and gas industry jobs board, and independent North Sea oil and gas industry experts…"

Response

Oil and Gas People Ltd. is a small company registered to a detached house in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.  As a recruiter for oil and gas employees, it has a vested interest in promoting the industry in Scotland.

Reference

http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk//wcframe?name=accessCompanyInfo

Assertion

"The report said there is a "consensus among industry experts and companies that it’s not a case of if, but when oil and gas reserves larger than in the North Sea will be discovered in the Atlantic Margin.""

Response

No expert industry sources are provided to substantiate this statement.

Reference

http://www.oilandgaspeople.com/news/1039/scottish-west-coast-untapped-oil-and-gas-reserves-worth-trillions/