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October 5, 2020

Why we should leave old oil rigs in the sea – and why we don’t

Tom Baxter, University of Aberdeen

Decommissioning offshore structures is expensive and environmentally damaging – so why is it illegal to leave them where they are?

A school of juvenile bocaccio in the midwaters of Platform Gilda, Santa Barbara Channel, Calif. Scott Gietler

May 15, 2019

Retired oil rigs off the California coast could find new lives as artificial reefs

Ann Scarborough Bull, University of California, Santa Barbara and Milton Love, University of California, Santa Barbara

Californians love their coast and strongly oppose offshore drilling. Will they support converting old oil rigs to artificial reefs – a policy that benefits both marine life and oil companies?

April 13, 2018

I asked UK government why it’s spending £25 billion dismantling oil platforms – here’s the reply

Tom Baxter, University of Aberdeen

It’s a policy to help the environment, so where’s the evidence to support it?

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Tom Baxter
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Aberdeen
Ann Scarborough Bull
Visiting Researcher, Marine Science institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
Milton Love
Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara

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