What's the lighted structure south west of the pier that's always there?
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What's the lighted structure south west of the pier that's always there?
Oil rigs bout 9 miles outQuote:
Originally Posted by bperickson1
Natural Gas Rigs.
There are no oil wells in state waters or in federal waters within ~50 miles of the Alabama Coast.
There are a good number of gas rigs out in both state & federal waters off Alabama.
They provide a huge amount of reef habitat and great fishing.
And a good bit of revenue for the state trust funds, not as much as they used to, but still significant:
http://treasury.alabama.gov/wp-conte...eport-2016.pdf
A cool map.
Many of the rigs we used to fish south of DI back in the early to late 90s are now gone.
https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/v...da66e0cbc376ab
Didn't know that , I just figured that what it was , some one told me they were about 9 miles from the pier , doesn't look that far to meQuote:
Originally Posted by CarlF
I new they were not oil rigs. But I couldn't remember what they were. Thanks for the help Carl
Cool map Carl!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Closest one to the pier appear to be about 9.7 miles, in federal waters.