Claim: The price of oil has fallen from $100 a barrel during the Scottish independence referendum to $50 a barrel. Scottish people now have twice as much reason to reject independence.
Fact-check: The oil price and Scotland's independence - Full Fact
Verdict: the price of oil has fallen from around $90 a barrel to $50. but there isn't much evidence this has had an impact on the proportion of people saying they would vote for independence.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2016-10-14T00:00:00