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Jun 16, 2020
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Porpoises and Platform Holly (Porpoises in foreground playing in a natural oil seep located south of Platform Holly offshore Santa Barbara , California. This area has some of the world's largest natural oil and gas seeps that have been seeping for probably over a million years. Native tribes took advantage of the area's natural seeps to use tar for building their boats.)

Natural Seep (Colorful natural oil seep next to a very active natural gas seep offshore California. There are over three hundred known seeps offshore in southern California.)

Natural Gas Seep (This is an active natural gas seep offshore southern California.)

Platform Holly (Platform Holly is scheduled to be removed by the State of California. Decommissioning and removal has been found by recent studies that it will reduce the overall fish population in the area by as much as 95%. The shutdown of the operations has already caused higher oil and gas seepage activity in nearby natural seeps that are connected to the same oil reservoir that was being produced by this platform.)

Pelicans (An active group of pelicans flying in formation offshore California.)

Pelicans (Pelicans active in the area of natural oil seeps offshore California.)

Offshore Drilling Rigs (Offshore drilling rigs "stacked" in Galveston Bay near Houston, Texas. These are jackup rigs that can lower those tall towers when on location so that they are resting on the ocean floor.)

Oilfield service boat (Oilfield service boat in Galveston Bay.)

Jackup and Semisubmersibles (One jackup drilling rig in the foreground and two semisubmersible rigs in the background, Galveston Bay.)

Tanker, Galveston Bay

Tanker, Galveston Bay

Offshore Drilling Rigs

Jackup rig (A fuel barge being pushed in the foreground with a jackup rig in the background.)

Oilfield marine (Fuel barge in the foreground with service boats and drill rigs in the background.)

Porpoises (Porpoises in Pacific Ocean offshore California)

Porpoises Bow Riding (Porpoises love to ride in the wave formed by the bow of a boat moving through water.)

Natural Gas Seep (This is an active natural gas seep. These seeps are becoming more active since some offshore production has been stopped near Santa Barbara, California.)

Pelicans in Formation (Pelicans in a v formation offshore California)

Lobster traps (California)

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