1982 Press Photo Tenneco-Oil, Gas Production Platform off the Louisiana Coast

From rig to reef...an oil and gas drilling production platform, which operated for 16 years off the Louisiana coast, has been given to Florida by Tenneco Oil Exploration and Production as an artificial reef, to improve fishing. The 300-ton platform, shown below still drilling, had its 130-foot leg section removed before being barged to a site 175 feet deep near Pensacola. Tenneco decided not to scrap the structure after studies indicated the steel skeletons nurture marine life.

Photo is dated 1982.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.