State lawmakers are missing the boat when it comes to what to do with obsolete oil rig platforms that dot the horizon off the California coast. As described in a recent Desert Sun story by Mark Olalde ...

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- One solution for disposal of oil rigs that, like the Mr. Gus II, have reached the end of their useful lives in energy production is to turn them into man-made underwater ...

A primer for those interested in Artificial Reefs as a way to dispose of old offshore structures, rigs and ships. The quandary of what to do with a non-productive well and the associated rig ...

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 ExxonMobil. After the site stopped producing oil, the company hauled away the above-water platform and in ...

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 ...

Chevron Corporation CVX, the American energy giant, has outlined a plan for decommissioning oil platforms off the Pilbara Coast in Western Australia that has received approval from the state ...

Alabama is blessed with the most successful and extensive artificial reef programs in the world. And it’s in the process of getting even better. Thanks to a program called Rigs to Reefs, derelict gas ...

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 ...