David Cameron and Alex Salmond have clashed over the future of Scotland's oil and gas industry as they held rival Cabinet meetings within a few miles of each other. The Prime Minister warned that leaving the UK would harm the key sector.
The Prime Minister will use retired oil tycoon Sir Ian Wood's review of the oil and gas industry to announce measures to boost production ahead of the vote on Scottish Independence.
Measures in the review, which the UK Government says it will accept and fast-track for implementation, include:
It is claimed the measures could result in up to four billion more barrels being recovered, bringing in over £200 billion to the UK economy.
David Cameron is expected to claim that only the UK Government has the financial muscle to boost oil production in the North Sea.
Is it a coincide the Cabinets of both the UK and Scottish governments are meeting in Aberdeenshire on the same day? Of course not.