Louisiana’s ‘Rigs to Reefs’ program offers a cost-effective solution to the energy industry and a boon to fish in the Gulf

While in its essence an environmental solution, the practice of converting offshore platforms into artificial reefs is usually a matter of financial common sense. Number crunchers working for oil and gas companies weigh a host of factors when determining if a decommissioned platform is better off scrapped or reefed. In the end, it’s a decision