History
In the early 1900s coastal oil exploration and drilling began around the United States. Initially, no laws governed this activity. In 1979, Exxon relocated their experimental subsea production system from offshore Louisiana to a permitted artificial reef site off Apalachicola, Florida. The first platform jacket was donated by Tenneco and towed from Louisiana to Pensacola, Florida.
By 2000, companies had donated 141 platforms to the effort.
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