Cambo oilfield: Not all barrels are created equal

You do not have to look far to find arguments that the UK is more polarised than it has been for decades.

There are a whole host of issues that divide public opinion – often with rather nasty results – and more battle lines in society really aren’t needed.

Cue Siccar Point Energy and Shell’s Cambo development.

When an exploration licence for the oil field west of Shetland was approved in 2001, it is unlikely that those who signed off on it could have imagined the backlash it would have 20 years later.