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Platform Holly is an offshore oil platform in the Santa Barbara Channel in Santa Barbara County, California that has been decommissioned. Situated in 211 feet (64 m) of water off the Gaviota Coast about two miles (3.2 km) southwest of Coal Oil Point, it was built by ARCO in 1966. From the platform, they began drilling wells into the various zones in the South Ellwood Offshore field. Mobil operated Platform Holly until 1997, when Venoco acquired all rights to the field.[1] Three pipelines – one oil, one gas, and one for utilities – connected the platform to the processing plant on the mainland. In addition, an oil pipeline transported oil from "tents" constructed over some of the natural seeps on the ocean floor to the processing plant.[2]
The platform has been inactive since May 2015 when the Refugio Oil Spill ruptured the pipeline it relies on to transport oil to market.[3] Venoco filed for bankruptcy, ownership of the platform reverted to the state, and the platform is being decommissioned.[4] The California State Lands Commission began work to plug and abandon the well in 2019, with an estimated two to three years until completion.[5][6]
Offshore oil and gas in California provides a significant portion of the state's petroleum production.[7] State and federal, first
Studies of Southern California oil platforms show they have produced a slight increase on bocaccio rockfish population.[8][9][10]
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edit- ^ Orozco, Lance (August 26, 2020). "Work Continues On Removal of Oil Platform, Oil Facilities On South Coast". KCLU News. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ "County of Santa Barbara Energy Division". Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2008.
- ^ Holland, Brooke (November 24, 2020). "Oil Transport from Ellwood Onshore Facility in Goleta Planned for First 2 Weeks of December". Noozhawk. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- ^ Sam Goldman (April 23, 2017). "Venoco Bankruptcy Effectively Ends Santa Barbara Channel Oil, Gas Operations in State Waters". The Mercury News. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ^ "Platform Holly / Venoco, LLC Bankruptcy". California State Lands Commission. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ^ Vasoyan, Andy (November 25, 2020). "Thousands Of Gallons Of Oil To Be Moved From Decomissioned [sic] South Coast Well". KCLU News. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ Polakovic, Gary (January 28, 1999). "Legacy of an Offshore Disaster". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Gerretsen, Isabelle (January 26, 2021). "The new use for abandoned oil rigs". BBC News. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ Bernstein, Brock B (October 2015). "Evaluating alternatives for decommissioning California's offshore oil and gas platforms: Evaluating Oil and Gas Platform Decommissioning Alternatives" (PDF). California Ocean Science Trust.
- ^ "Environmental Studies Program: Ongoing Study | Net Environmental Benefit Analysis of Pacific Platform Decommissioning Scenarios (NSL #PC-16-x07)" (PDF). Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. January 22, 2021.