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Retired oil rigs off the California coast could find new lives as artificial reefs

An offshore oil platform is seen in Huntington Beach, California September 28, 2014. Brent oil prices fell more than $2 a barrel to less than $88 on Monday, its lowest since 2010, after key Middle East producers signalled they would keep output high even if that meant lower prices. Brent oil prices have tanked by nearly 25 percent since June as ample supply coincided with weak demand, raising the possibility that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting countries could cut output. Picture taken September 28, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Many thousands of fishes and millions of invertebrates use offshore rigs as marine habitat. Image: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Ann Scarborough Bull
Visiting Researcher, Marine Science institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
Milton Love
Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute, University of California
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