An oil rig taller than the Empire State Building is now undergoing conversion into a habitat-boosting artificial reef about 50 miles south of Grand Isle. The 1,300-foot Lena Compliant Tower is the ...
When people hear about underwater reefs, they usually picture colorful gardens created from coral. But some reefs are anchored to much more unusual foundations. For more than a century, people have ...
The MX-1 oil rig, located about 2 miles off the coast of Peru, was decommissioned in 2011 and became a thriving artificial reef, according to a study. Photo by Denisse Sotomayor Screen grab of photo ...
The new South County artificial reef pretty much has become a must stop for anglers leaving John's Pass or Pass-a-Grille. The structure holds enough bait to obscure divers' vision. For grouper diggers ...
Off the coast of California, an oil platform named Eureka is nearing the end of its lifespan and its time in the ocean—but it is home to a thriving ecosystem of marine life comparable to natural coral ...
Fifty miles southeast of Grand Isle, La., sits the Lena, which used to be an oil rig owned by Exxon Mobil. After the site stopped producing oil, the company hauled away the above-water platform and in ...
Off the coast Peru, at the junction of the cold nutrient-rich Humboldt Current and the warm Equatorial Counter Current, a decommissioned oil drilling platform stands quiet and idle. Beneath the ...
Fifty miles southeast of Grand Isle, La., sits the Lena, which used to be an oil rig owned by Exxon Mobil. After the site stopped producing oil, the company hauled away the above-water platform and in ...
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