Abandoned Pipelines From the 1960s Remain on Gulf of Mexico Floor, Report Finds

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By Climate NexusApr 20, 2021, 11:46 am315 pts
Offshore oil and gas drillers have discarded and abandoned more than 18,000 miles of pipelines on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico since the 1960s, a report from the Government Accountability Office says. The industry has essentially recovered none of the pipelines laid in the Gulf in the last six decades; the…

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