What Role Does A Platform Fulfill As An Artificial Reef?
A. Actual experience, as well as extensive scientific research, shows that offshore oil platforms provide considerable habitat for marine organisms even when they are in full operation. Invertebrates like mussels and barnacles attach themselves to the steel structures, forming additional habitat by encrusting pilings and pipes as well as covering the bottom. This habitat in turn supports a vast array of fish. The immense size and extensive vertical profile of these structures promote the growth and development of large populations of diverse marine organisms.
