A few other taxes might also be devolved (mostly minor ones, such as air-passenger duty, and explicitly not big earners such as corporation tax or North Sea oil and gas levies).

一些其他税收也可能下放，不过主要都是次要的税收，如飞机旅客税，以及其他显然的非纳税大户，如企业税和北海石油天然气税。

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Dong, which began as a North Sea oil and gas company before buying the country's electricity utilities, trades on its green image in a country that likes to be thought of as green.

在购买该国电力设施之前，东能源公司的前身是北海石油和天然气公司。它利用其在喜欢标榜自己是绿色的国家中的绿色形象做交易。

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To harvest oil and gas profitably from the North Sea, we must focus on the exploitation of small reserves as the big wells run dry.

由于大油井的枯竭，要想从北海有利地获取石油和天然气，我们必须集中精力于小储量油井的开采。

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Nationalists argue that, mostly thanks to North Sea oil and gas, Scotland subsidises the union and would be better off alone.

ECONOMIST: Scottish independence would come at a high price

Welcoming the deal, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond said it was a "massive vote of confidence" in the North Sea oil and gas industry.

BBC: NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland

And it is also because high energy prices, while hurting consumers, boost government revenues thanks to the remnants of North Sea oil and gas production.

ECONOMIST: Britain's economy