Trash to eventual treasure

Ninety miles off the Texas coast rests a 95-foot production platform, owned by Houston-based El Paso Production Corp. Workers spent a week deconstructing the rig so that it can eventually serve as an artificial reef attracting marine life from invertebrates to whale sharks. Companies donate half the money they save from not having to tow decommissioned rigs to shore in order to support the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Rigs to Reef program.
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