Retired Oil Rigs off the California Coast Could Find New Lives as Artificial Reefs

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By The ConversationMay 16, 2019, 11:08 am192 pts
By Ann Scarborough Bull and Milton Love Offshore oil and gas drilling has been a contentious issue in California for 50 years, ever since a rig ruptured and spilled 80,000 to 100,000 barrels of crude oil off Santa Barbara in 1969. Today it's spurring a new debate: whether to completely dismantle 27 oil and gas…

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