Ted Strachan who broke story of North Sea oil find dies aged 91
By Neil Watson Ted Strachan and his front page scoop, One of the North-east’s best-known journalists, and The Press and Journal reporter widely acclaimed for being the first to bring news of the North Sea oil boom, Ted Strachan, has died at the age of 91. The sensational scoop was broken to the world just over 50 years ago by Edward Dean Strachan, who belonged to Elgin and had been industrial correspondent at The Press and Journal since 1964. He revealed that a consortium headed by Phillips Petroleum had discovered an oilfield with an estimated 2.8 billion barrels of reserve and lay hard...
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