He has alsobuiltup a multi-million pound business advising banks and foreign governments, which helps to fund a network of charitable foundations devoted to promoting inter-faith dialogue and other causes.
Healso argued that the skills base already builtup in the north east of Scotland in the energy sector provided a "platform from which the industry can develop".
Healso likes pipeline operators like Oneok, Enterprise Products and Buckeye, which are gobbling up superb assets that were often built by large oil companies and utilities.