SOS California and Offshore oil Production

[stanleythughes]

The people that are opposed to drilling should speak with their money and buy the oil rights

[SOSCaliforniaOrg]

Regarding FSB2204-Please stop listening only to some pseudo-environmental groups and actually read the studies and California and EPA regulations on pollution sources. The UCSB study you are referring to calls the natural oil seeps "a large source of coastal pollution" which offshore oil production has reduced causing an unexpected net environmental benefit (all the authors, including L, stand by those conclusions).

[SOSCaliforniaOrg]

Less oil and tar on the beach is clearly an environmental benefit. Check the records in January 2005 off the coast of Santa Barbara- as many as 5000 marine birds killed in one week from offshore seeps. Hundreds of birds die off our SB coast every year from oil seeps. Bird rehab centers document these deaths. In Washington the same pseudo-environmental groups claim all oil in the ocean is pollution-even small traces.

[SOSCaliforniaOrg]

In Santa Barbara they argue that 80,000 barrels per year of natural crude oil seepage in a localized area is not pollution. Its ridiculous. The published research also points out that expanded offshore drilling in seep zones would be expected to further reduce seepage pollution. Geologists including the ex-chairman of the UCSB Geology Department confirms this view. Read the 1999 UCSB study conclusions for yourselves.

[SOSCaliforniaOrg]

Also read the May 1991 Journal of Applied Meteorology research that documents the offshore seeps are a large source of coastal air pollution. Published research also documents that significant reductions in air pollutants has occurred because offshore oil and gas production in the Santa Barbara area is drying up the ROC seep gases. The same type of ROC gases that cars emit and are heavily regulated. The only way to reduce offshore oil and gas seeps is to drain them through production.

[FSB2204]

The UCSB Professor that you site--L--has gone on public record twice stating that your organization exaggerated the authors' finding to benefit your claims. Natural seeps (according to the study you site) are not as harmful. They occur over a long period of time (22 years--according to the study you site) and disperse over a large area. The environment can handle natural seeps. What the environment can't handle are large spills in a concentrated are in a short period of time. Big difference.