08/02/2016 Reporting Scotland

Good evening. It has been five years in the making but today, the

Shetland supplier said they will provide commercial gas from now on.

At the centre of this development is this new gas plant. Next door to

bestseller, it is one of the biggest construction project in the UK since

the Olympic Games. We will supply a lot of gas to the UK. A very

significant development. To make way for this development, over 1.5

tonnes of peat has been dug up. For apprentice Danny Farnworth, it

opportunity to start his career. Bye-bye oil and gas, no one comes

out of the ground, it is not in a very good state. It is my job to

operate the machinery and part of the processes making oil. Only now

is the technology in place to restrict the gas. What we have done

here is your take on one of the longest tiebacks in

the world for an installation and taking it into the UK. At the peak

of the construction, more than 2.5 thousand contractors were working on

site. With such a significant investment in Shetland, there has

been a great spin off in the local economy with local contractors

engaged in subcontracting. The project has created around 200 new

jobs. There was also gas flowing into the terminal. Instead of people

losing their jobs, that is about the future, not just in Shetland but

across the UK. Parker of being a dying industry, there is a law of

life in Shetland. -- far from being. This project is seen as keen to

opening up the region to further development. What hope is there that

this new field will be the start of a residence for a new industry? You

is Douglas Fraser. The UK's offshore industry as pumped

around 42 billion barrels of oil. Estimates are that it could

realistically extract another 15 billion or so, but making it happen

is not aetiology. Until recently, there was an investment into

developing untapped fields. Until recently, there was ?40 billion

spent on investment. Nearly 10 billion was for the tour more Latin

projects. -- Tormore-Laggan. New commitments to big investments are

rare. Why is that? Well, there is the high cost of production per

barrel in British waters. There is not the much drilling around Britain

recently with poor success rate with the little there has been. While the

oil field here has the job, it is quite tough. Elsewhere, there are

better prospects in places like Africa, Brazil and the Artic. The

price may also go up again, which is brought uncertainty. In nearly 2000

feet of the stormy Atlantic, there is no platform. Oil heads are

controlled by a recruitment on the sea bed and operated onshore. There

is a new pipeline to be cleaned with a vast new plan on Shetland to buy

it to Aberdeen. The pipeline alone cost ?1 billion. It is a pioneering

project and it has been held up by Nikos conditions. The tower...

During the cross section phase, it has been difficult. Sign given what

has happened to the gas price in the last few months, if you get the same

investment decision now, would it still get the thumbs up? It is a

difficult question. The site of the project depends on our forecast on

prices. We invest for a long period, 20 years. The UK has some advantage

and this project has some positive points. It is very difficult to say

whether two-day we could or not. Apart from the price and technical

obstacles, there is another challenge facing the industry. The

Paris climate change could put new restrictions on it as countries face

commitments to do their part. Some of the more expensive oil and gas

may happen to stay under the sea bed. The Orkney and Shetland MP has

lost his bid to have his illegal feed paid -- legal fees paid. He was

cleared in December. A further hearing today confirmed that those

who brought the case should not have to pay his legal bill, approximately

?150,000. The drama of the Scottish Cup was extended off the field this

evening during the draw for the quarterfinals. The process had to be

restarted after one of the balls being drawn broke open. I am sorry,

I will have to redraw the last two guys. -- ties. In the first draw,

Celtic were alleged to play Dundee United at Tannadice. Once it had

been redrawn, they got drawn against Greenock Morton at home. Dundee

United will be a to Ross County. -- away to. Talks in Edinburgh aimed at

ending a dispute over Scottish public spending is ended without

agreement. Both sides admit that they are still far apart. The

Treasury say that their offer was potentially better than the money

that would be delivered by the Barnett formula. They say looking

forward, looking ahead, the Treasury proposal is potentially over a

period of ten years cut billions from the Scottish budget. Both sides

are meant that they are willing to continue negotiations to continue

the talks. The next stage is likely to be an offer, a new offer or

revised offer to be tabled by the Scottish Government of which they

say they can address the concerns that remain from the Treasury. As

things stand tonight here in Edinburgh, it doesn't look like a

deal is immediately on the cards. In particular, it will track the

deadline set by the Scottish Parliament to get these negotiations

concluded by Friday, by the end of this week, that looks like slipping.

Western Isles Council has described positive, the meeting with Loganair

to discuss the reliability of their services to the islands. The LN has

been criticised following an increased number of bill flight

being delayed by technical problems. -- flight being delayed. You might

think your blog is pretty clever. You can approve it using a dog IQ

test. -- daughter is pretty clever. A full bowl of dog food. A snack

sized portion. This is the sort of experiment you may want to try at

home if your dog chooses the bigger ball ahead of the smaller one, it

might be that there are more intelligent. Not in this case then.

Sometimes it is just what is in front of your nose. I'm not sure

what that test told you about this dog's IQ but the scientist who

designed and IQ test the blogs and that it could have implications for

humans. Research says that brighter humans tend to live longer, we are

hoping to see if that can translate to dogs to, especially regarding

diseases like dementia. Some dogs do tend to get symptoms of dementia so

we hope to try and see about how it developments, if there are any links

between how quickly they get it as humans tend to get it at a rate of

about 70 years old. Scientists know a thing to other blogs and makes

them tick. A smart dog is not for everyone. We do read home dogs who

are very intelligent but a lot of people prefer the company of Scilly,

fluffy dogs who just want to play and have a good time, there is

nothing wrong with that as well. Owners think comparing dogs Anshuman

intelligence makes perfect sense. I do think we share them

characteristics, I'm quite stubborn as well. We are made to each other.

One of them was quite stupid. As thick as two short planks. It is

wonderful. How about the ultimate IQ test? What human dropout wants to be

out in this weather? -- what human would want? Now, the weather.

Well, we escaped the worst of Storm Imogen today where England and Wales

got the worst of it. There are dangerous driving conditions on the

west. Further north, it is mainly dry and clear skies in the north

east allowing some frost figures into tomorrow morning. A wet start

for the salad, snow for the higher ground and crisp sunshine to start

the day across the Highlands and north east weather will be a risk of

IT services. Still some heavy rain to come for Northern Ireland, a dry

start in Cumbria and thumbs over the Pennines. Across England and Wales,

a lot of dry, bright, crisp weather to start the day but there will be a

risk of ice. Wintry over the higher ground. As we go through the day,

that higher than the brain works its way southwards into north Wales and

the Midlands. 20 of crisp sunshine developing into central and southern

Scotland. Further north, showers in the aisles and Aberdeenshire. It

will be wintry over the high ground with some sleep injuries snow too.

Tomorrow evening, that bank brain works its way southwards with no

very high ground in New Orleans the Borders for a time. More places will

turn dry as we head into Wednesday. But when itself, dry and write with

cold, northerly winds. A scattered showers affecting northern and

eastern coast. For central and southern Scotland, it will be dry

and bright with some chilly weather. It will stay of the border the most

part. Some sunshine in the west. That is the forecast.

Thank you, good night.