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Nicola Sturgeon’s ministers have refused to attend the first shipment of shale gas from the US to Scotland despite the owner of the Grangemouth refinery stating the move would save 10,000 jobs and the plant from closure.


A tanker carrying 27,5...lds sailed down the Forth in central Scotland to the plant, owned by petrochemical plans Ineos,Kicksokok.com, as part of a ?1.6 billion project that will secure its future for the next 20 years.


David Mundell, the Scottish Secretary, attended the event on behalf of the UK Government but there was no representative from the Scottish Government. It was claimed the relevant ministers had “previous diary commitments.”


Derek Mackay, Ms Sturgeon’s Finance Minister, and Keith Brown, her Economy Minister, were spotted shortly afterwards eating lunch in the Scottish Parliament canteen in nearby Edinburgh.


The snub came after Ineos urged Ms Sturgeo...import American shale gas. The Scottish Government is currently considering whether to allow the controversial technique but the First Minister has said she is “highly sceptical,http://users.atw.hu/bagitc96/index.php?site=forum_topic&topic=12515cheapjordanshoesfreeshipping.com/bolg.”









Jim Ratcliffe meets David Mundell at Grangemouth as the first shipment of shale gas arrives from the US

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Jim Ratcliffe, the company’s founder and chairman, argued that fracking could help reverse the sharp decline in British manufacturing and revive areas of the country that are in decline thanks to the closure of heavy industries.


He said Grangemouth was “on its knees” and would have closed without the US shale gas, before expressing his “disappointment” that no SNP ministers attended the event, which was attended by around 200 people. A senior Ineos source later went further and described the snub as “shocking”.


In contrast, Ms Sturgeon will attend the official reopening of the Dalzell steel mill in Motherwell on Wednesday, which new owners Liberty House say will employ 120 people, potentially rising to 200.


Murdo Fraser, the Scottish Tories’ Shadow Finance Minister, said the SNP should drop its “infantile objections” to fracking. He said: “There is a startlingly blatant hypocrisy in the Scottish Government welcoming the arrival of shale, yet ruling Scotland out of ever generating its own.


“Frankly, it’s insulting that no Scottish Government minister could be bothered turning up to this arrival.”











The Grangemouth refinery

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The tanker was prevented from docking by high winds at midday, as scheduled, and was anchored outside the port in the Forth estuary. Another attempt was due to be made at midnight.


It is one of eight vessels forming a "virtual pipeline" between the US and the UK and Norway, which Ineos claims will transform Grangemouth’s economic viability.


The site is said to contribute about three per cent of Scottish GDP and is home to Europe’s largest ethane tank. Mr Ratcliffe said that "for the next 20 years, now Grangemouth's future is totally assured, those 10,000 jobs will be in very safe hands".


He also repeated his warning to Ms Sturgeon that it would be difficult for her to get independence without fracking, given Scotland’s annual deficit is ?15 billion.









None of Nicola Sturgeon's ministers including Keith Brown (front row, left) or Derek Mackay (back row, centre) attended the Ineos event

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SNP ministers imposed a moratorium on fracking pending further scientific tests and public consultation. Although ministers say they have yet to decide whether to impose a permanent ban, a majority of SNP members are hostile to it.


Scottish Government insiders said Mr Brown could not attend as he was at Scottish Cabinet, although it was not clear why he could not excuse himself. Ms Sturgeon was not there as she was in London.


Paul Wheelhouse, the E... was chairing a taskforce that is trying to mitigate the impact of the Longannet power station. They did not say where Mr Mackay was, although he could also have been at Cabinet.


A Scottish Government spokesman said: “Grangemouth is a site of significant importance for the Scottish economy and we will go on working to support its long term future, as we have in the past.”