Thousands of oil rigs are nearing the end of their life—what will happen to them?

Massive, offshore rigs the size of skyscrapers remain at sea around the world. Here's why these environmentalists say some should be left alone.

Massive, offshore rigs the size of skyscrapers remain at sea around the world. Here's why these environmentalists say some should be left alone.

Dismantling these towering steel rigs, some of which reach the height of skyscrapers, is a multi-million-dollar endeavor involving plugging wells, removing equipment, and rehabilitating the seafloor. However, some rigs have become a habitat for marine life in the decades since they’ve been built, functioning like artificial coral reefs.

And even when wells are sealed shut, there’s the complicated question of what to do with the hundreds of feet of infrastructure that anchored them in place. Ann Bull, a marine scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has spent decades exploring and studying oil rig pilings, the large platforms anchoring a rig in place.

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