‘I doubt they’re going to find a resolution’, says oil expert on Total strikes

An Aberdeen-based energy expert said yesterday that he doesn’t believe the standoff between Total bosses and workers will be easily resolved.

John Scrimgeour, director of the Energy Institute at Aberdeen University, said that he has “doubts” about both sides’ ability to reach a common ground on the issue, but that the industry’s future could depend on it.

He said: “I doubt they’re going to find a resolution that makes everyone happy. It’s a difficult situation with rights and wrongs on both sides. But the issue is very important to both and that’s why it’s led to a strike.”

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