Summerland Oil Capping Images by Night & Rincon Area Cleanup by Day
Heal the Ocean would like to share with you, our supporters, scenes we know you’ll love.
By Night: Summerland Oil Capping (Ohlssen 805)
HTO Field Advisor Harry Rabin was on the scene last night (July 21, 2021) and provides these photos of State Lands Commission contractors excavating, and capping the Ohlssen 805 well at the west end of Summerland Beach. Harry, who stayed on scene until 3 a.m., said the workers reached the “blue clay” layer (where hydrocarbons can’t escape) very fast and got the well cemented. Today (Thursday, July 22, 2021), the contractors will cut the top of the pipe, cap it, and finish it off in the next few days.
By Day: Cleanup of Rincon Area Underpass Mess
Our Folk Hero, Andrew V. of Earthcomb, got a call from HTO regarding a mess in the Rincon offramp area – and he went right to work on July 19, 2021, and just posted his work on YouTube. It’s cleaned up and done. Click here and have a look! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC7p4sDZtHk
Thank you, everyone, for helping us do all this.
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