Congress weighs divisive plan to turn old Gulf oil rigs into coral reefs

The legislation aims to speed up a decades old federal program for oil companies to leave their pipelines and platforms on ...
SeafoodSource

US lawmakers debate changes in regulating how oil rigs are converted into artificial reefs

The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources recently held a hearing on the Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act, which ...
ABC7

Orange County oil spill: Oil rig operator insists company responded immediately to leak

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (CNS) -- The CEO of the company that owns the oil rig and underwater pipeline at the center of a massive leak off the coast of Huntington Beach insisted Wednesday the company ...
Townhall

Rigs to Reef: A Conservation Program Environmentalists Shouldn't Oppose

As of this writing, about 600 oil rigs in the Gulf of America have been fully converted into artificial reefs. Yet, only 1,100 of 7,000 original platforms remain. Sadly, only 20% of rigs currently ...