Third Wednesday Speaker Series
Channel Islands Maritime Museum, 3900 Bluefin Circle, Oxnard, CA
July 17, 2019 – 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Bob Evans, Visionary, Entrepreneur, Photographer
The First Alternative Use of an Offshore Oil Platform, California Marine Associates Growing Abalone Suspended Below Platform Holly 40 feet
Join Bob Evans in visioning a future where we are as excited about ocean exploration as space.
| Imagine living offshore. Take an elevator down to an atmospheric pressure habitat located within the structure of what is now an offshore oil platform. It is transformed into a launchpad for sub sea exploration, education and observation. Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) and manned submersibles dock and deploy.
You are a member of a team of scientists, educators, data analysts, offshore industry professionals, fisheries experts and the military, collaborating on projects. |
The decommissioning of Platforms Gail, Grace and Platform Holly, in particular, offer an unprecedented opportunity for conversion. Platform Holly belongs to the State of California. We are bearing a good percentage of the $350 million estimated cost for her removal.
Running between shore and Platform Holly is a 16,000 volt electrical cable. How might you use it?
