The major difference between how Norwegian citizens have benefited from oil extraction and how British citizens have benefited from it is still less a matter of policy differences and more a matter of oil extraction per capita though
$156 billion sounds huge until you divide it by a population averaging 60 million and make it accrue over 40 years.
Such is national scale finance. We can cut it up to sound worthless, or make it sound like a fair chunk of change. Would have bought a lot of infrastructure or regional development.
Perhaps most relevant to today, it's 1/8 the national debt.
That's quite a lot to just leave on the table. Per capita? That's where the Scots, especially SNP, angle starts. They do have a similar population to Norway after all...
$156 billion sounds huge until you divide it by a population averaging 60 million and make it accrue over 40 years.