Thread: New plan for Calif. offshore oil announced

New plan for Calif. offshore oil announced

By NOAKI SCHWARTZ, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 11:46 a.m.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A revised agreement between several conservation groups and an oil company that wants to expand drilling off the coast of California's scenic Santa Barbara County has been released.

The Environmental Defense Center said Wednesday that the revision addresses concerns that sidetracked the original 2008 plan, principally by making the agreement public and by giving the state the right to enforce it.

The plan would allow Houston-based Plains Exploration & Production to drill new shafts from an existing offshore platform into an undersea formation in state waters.

PXP would shut down existing oil production from three offshore platforms in nine years and a fourth platform in 14 years. It also requires removal of two onshore facilities and hundreds of acres of onshore wells.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010 ... announced/

The what? And every Californian should start stocking up on dish liquid to be able to wash the wildlife that will wash up after a major storm gasping for breath. Ivory and Dawn are pretty good.

There have been oil and gas platforms off the CA. coast for many years.

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper -

OIL AND GAS Platforms: There are currently 20 platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel producing oil and gas . . .

http://www.sbck.org/index.php?option=co ... =view&id=5

The last major oil spill was in 1969.

1969 Santa Barbara oil spill
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Santa Barbara oil spill occurred in 1969 in the Santa Barbara Channel. The source was a January 28, 1969 blow-out on Union Oil's Platform A, . . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Santa ... _oil_spill

All oil and gas that stays in the ground is a total waste of natural resources.

DON'T WASTE NATURAL RESOURCES

California's Offshore Oil Platforms

The California coastline is home to 27 different offshore oil platforms.
Click the icons on the map below, or select an oil platform from the sidebar. ...
www.sfgate.com/maps/oil/