Leaky Summerland Oil Wells Finally Fully Plugged
Barge and Work Crew Leave Clean Ocean and Beach in Their Wake
The barge funneled cement down into and around the wells | Credit: Harry Rabin
Efforts to plug two leaky oil wells that had plagued Summerland Beach since they were improperly abandoned many decades ago came to a happy conclusion this week.
On Friday, November 27, while the rest of the South Coast was shaking off the effects of turkey tryptophan from the night before, a barge contracted by the State Lands Commission headed down the coast from its mooring near the Santa Barbara Harbor to cap the NorthStar well. Earlier in the month, it had completed its work on the Treadwell well.
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