As of this writing, about 600 oil rigs in the Gulf of America have been fully converted into artificial reefs. Yet, only 1,100 of 7,000 original platforms remain. Sadly, only 20% of rigs currently ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A new bipartisan federal bill could expand the Rigs-to-Reefs program, which converts decommissioned oil rigs into artificial reefs in the Gulf instead of fully removing them.

The 4,000 active oil rigs and platforms in the Gulf of Mexico become the homes to marine life that otherwise wouldn’t have shelter in open waters, and a well-known Gulf of Mexico conservationist is ...

TEXAS (KXAN) — The construction of the world’s largest artificial reef has been delayed again. The SS United States was scheduled for transport from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mobile, Alabama over ...