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Platform Shoos
Abandoned oil rigs host thriving ecosystems, stir debate |
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12 Apr 2005 |
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| Platform Shoos Abandoned oil rigs host thriving ecosystems, stir debate Discovery of thriving ecosystems on some abandoned oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico is refueling a debate over what to do with old rigs once their oil-drilling life is over. Some conservationists have been advocating a "Rigs to Reefs" program whereby old platforms are tipped over, cut down below the water's surfa ... |
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| Topics: energy, environmental planning, Gulf of Mexico, news, oil (all these topics) |
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