1969 Santa Barbara oil spill
- 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill
The Santa Barbara oil spill occurred in 1969 in the Santa Barbara Channel. The source was a January 28, 1969 blow-out on Union Oil's Platform A, six miles offshore, in the Dos Cuadras Offshore Oil Field. Over a 10-day period, an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 barrels of crude oil spilled into the channel and onto the beaches of Santa Barbara County in Southern California, fouling the coastline from Goleta to the Rincon, and all four of the northern Channel Islands.
ee also
*California Coastal Commission
*List of oil spills
*History of Santa Barbara, California
Further reading
* Easton, Robert (1972). "Black Tide: The Santa Barbara Oil Spill and its Consequences." Delacorte Press.
* Daniel Haier (2005, January 28). " [http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=8795 ‘69 Oil Spill Leaves Mark on SB Environmentalism] ." "UCSB Daily Nexus" 85(67).
* Daniel Haier (2005, January 31). " [http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=8801 A Lasting Legacy of Offshore Drilling] ." "UCSB Daily Nexus" 85(68).
External links
* [http://www.countyofsb.org/energy/information.asp County of Santa Barbara, Energy Division]
* [http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/sb_69oilspill/ A history of the 1969 oil spill event]
* [http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/~dhardy/1969_Santa_Barbara_Oil_Spill/ 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill]
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