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Originally Posted by corkyfatboy
I wish that was the case! Would be much better for the fishery if wells/platforms were cut to a depth which did not cause a hazard to navigation. Instead, government is paying to have them removed and continually keeping rec fishermen under tight scrutiny and pathetically small limits.
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The "government" doesn't pay to have them removed, the oil/gas companies do. And the permitting process to decommission a platform is just as much as drilling a well. Most "reef in place" projects are more expensive than removal of the platform and it takes longer. Again, thanks to your government regulations, this will contiue to be a "normal" occurance until common sense prevails in Washington which I do not think it will happen in our lifetime!