Monday, December 9, 2019
On May 19, 2015, a rupture in an onshore pipeline transporting oil from offshore drilling platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel to onshore refineries spilled 120,000 gallons of crude oil on the California coastline. This pipeline rupture is representative of how the production, transportation and processing of oil and natural gas offshore can affect the health and well-being of people, wildlife and the environment onshore.