Santa Barbara Spill and Aftermath
- Main article: 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill
The Union Oil Company discovered the Dos Cuadras oil field in federal waters of the Santa Barbara Channel in 1968, but success turned to disaster in 1969, when large quantities of oil began escaping to the sea floor near a drilling well in the field. The resulting oil slick came ashore along 35 miles (56 km) of coastline in Santa Barbara County, and turned public opinion against offshore drilling in California. In response to the oil spill, US Secretary of the Interior Walter Hickel removed 53 square miles (140 km2) of federal tracts near Santa Barbara from oil and gas leasing.
Read more about this topic: Offshore Oil And Gas In California
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