Determining the ecological value of fish resources at platform decommissioning sites using remotely operated vehicles and trapping techniques in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA

Krause, P. R., R. W. Hill, W. R. Gala, and S. Larew

As part of decommissioning four platforms off the coast of California (USA), the underlying drill cutting mounds were left behind.

Use of oil and gas platforms as habitat in Louisiana's artificial reef program

Kasprzak, R. A.

Louisiana's offshore oil and gas industry began in 1947 when the first well was drilled out of sight of land south of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.

Ecological and political issues surrounding oil platform decommissioning in the Southern California Bight

Schroeder, D. M. and M. S. Love

To aid legislators, resource managers, and the general public, this paper summarizes and
clarifies some of the issues and options that the federal government and the state of California

Rigs-to-reefs: will the deep sea benefit from artificial habitat?

Macreadie, P. I., A. M. Fowler, and D. J. Booth

As a peak in the global number of offshore oil rigs requiring decommissioning approaches, there is growing pressure for the implementation of a “rigs-to-reefs” program in the deep sea, whereby obsolete rigs are converted into artificial reefs.

Drilling platforms as artificial reefs: distribution of macrobenthic assemblages of the “Paguro” wreck (northern Adriatic Sea)

Ponti, M.

Offshore drilling raises the issue of disposal of platforms at the end of their productive cycle and re-use as artificial reefs has been proposed.

Platform Science

platform decommissioning