Prof. Alagona in LA Times on Historical Background of Oil Spills in SB County
The 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill that changed oil and gas exploration forever On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, over 100,000 gallons of oil gushed from an underground pipeline north of Santa Barbara, near Refugio and El Capitan State Beaches. Tens of thousands of those gallons flowed into the ocean, creating an oil slick that soon covered more than 9 square […]
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