Coal Oil Point seep field - Revision history

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	The '''Coal Oil Point seep field''' offshore from [[Santa Barbara, California]] is a [[petroleum seep]] area of about three [[square kilometer]]s, and releases about 40 [[ton]]s per day of [[methane]] and about 19 tons of reactive organic gas ([[ethane]], [[propane]], [[butane]] and higher [[hydrocarbon]]s), about twice the hydrocarbon air pollution released by all the cars and trucks in the county in 1990.<ref>[http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ J. Scott Hornafius and others, "The world's most spectacular marine hydrocarbon seeps (Coal Oil Point, California): quantification of emissions," ''Journal of Geophysical Research'', v.104, n.C9, 15 September 1999, p.20,709], PDF file, downloaded 28 January 2009.</ref> The liquid [[petroleum]] produces a slick that is many [[kilometer]]s long and when degraded by [[evaporation]] and [[weathering]], produces tar balls which wash up on the [[beach]]es for miles around.<ref name=UCSB> http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ Hornafius et al.</ref>		The '''Coal Oil Point seep field''' offshore from [[Santa Barbara, California]] is a [[petroleum seep]] area of about three [[square kilometer]]s, and releases about 40 [[ton]]s per day of [[methane]] and about 19 tons of reactive organic gas ([[ethane]], [[propane]], [[butane]] and higher [[hydrocarbon]]s), about twice the hydrocarbon air pollution released by all the cars and trucks in the county in 1990.<ref>[http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ J. Scott Hornafius and others, "The world's most spectacular marine hydrocarbon seeps (Coal Oil Point, California): quantification of emissions," ''Journal of Geophysical Research'', v.104, n.C9, 15 September 1999, p.20,709], PDF file, downloaded 28 January 2009.</ref> The liquid [[petroleum]] produces a slick that is many [[kilometer]]s long and when degraded by [[evaporation]] and [[weathering]], produces tar balls which wash up on the [[beach]]es for miles around.<ref name=UCSB> http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ Hornafius et al.</ref>
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	This seep also releases on the order of 100 to 150 barrels of liquid petroleum per day. The field produces about 9 [[cubic meter]]s of natural gas per barrel of petroleum.<ref name=UCSB/>		This seep also releases on the order of 100 to 150 barrels of liquid petroleum per day. The field produces about 9 [[cubic meter]]s of natural gas per barrel of petroleum.<ref name=UCSB/>

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	The '''Coal Oil Point seep field''' offshore from [[Santa Barbara, California]] is a [[petroleum seep]] area of about three [[square kilometer]]s, and releases about 40 [[ton]]s per day of [[methane]] and about 19 tons of reactive organic gas ([[ethane]], [[propane]], [[butane]] and higher [[hydrocarbon]]s), ~~which is~~ about the ~~same as that~~ released by all the cars and trucks in the county.~~{{Fact\|date=November 2008}}~~ The liquid [[petroleum]] produces a slick that is many [[kilometer]]s long and when degraded by [[evaporation]] and [[weathering]], produces tar balls which wash up on the [[beach]]es for miles around.<ref name=UCSB> http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ Hornafius et al.</ref>		The '''Coal Oil Point seep field''' offshore from [[Santa Barbara, California]] is a [[petroleum seep]] area of about three [[square kilometer]]s, and releases about 40 [[ton]]s per day of [[methane]] and about 19 tons of reactive organic gas ([[ethane]], [[propane]], [[butane]] and higher [[hydrocarbon]]s), about twice the hydrocarbon air pollution released by all the cars and trucks in the county in 1990.<ref>[http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ J. Scott Hornafius and others, "The world's most spectacular marine hydrocarbon seeps (Coal Oil Point, California): quantification of emissions," ''Journal of Geophysical Research'', v.104, n.C9, 15 September 1999, p.20,709], PDF file, downloaded 28 January 2009.</ref> The liquid [[petroleum]] produces a slick that is many [[kilometer]]s long and when degraded by [[evaporation]] and [[weathering]], produces tar balls which wash up on the [[beach]]es for miles around.<ref name=UCSB> http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ Hornafius et al.</ref>

	This seep also releases on the order of 100 to 150 barrels of liquid petroleum per day. The field produces about 9 [[cubic meter]]s of natural gas per barrel of petroleum.<ref name=UCSB/>		This seep also releases on the order of 100 to 150 barrels of liquid petroleum per day. The field produces about 9 [[cubic meter]]s of natural gas per barrel of petroleum.<ref name=UCSB/>

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	*[http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ UCSB Hydrocarbon Seeps Project]		*[http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ UCSB Hydrocarbon Seeps Project]

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References: UCSB Hydrocarbon Seeps Project

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	==References==		==References==
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			==External links==
			*[http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ UCSB Hydrocarbon Seeps Project]

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	The '''Coal Oil Point seep field''' offshore from [[Santa Barbara, California]] is a [[petroleum seep]] area of about three [[square kilometer]]s, and releases about 40 [[ton]]s per day of [[methane]] and about 19 tons of reactive organic gas ([[ethane]], [[propane]], [[butane]] and higher [[hydrocarbon]]s), which is about the same as that released by all the cars and trucks in the county {{Fact\|date=November 2008}} . The liquid [[petroleum]] produces a slick that is many [[kilometer]]s long and when degraded by [[evaporation]] and [[weathering]], produces tar balls which wash up on the [[beach]]es for miles around.<ref name=UCSB> http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ Hornafius et al.</ref>		The '''Coal Oil Point seep field''' offshore from [[Santa Barbara, California]] is a [[petroleum seep]] area of about three [[square kilometer]]s, and releases about 40 [[ton]]s per day of [[methane]] and about 19 tons of reactive organic gas ([[ethane]], [[propane]], [[butane]] and higher [[hydrocarbon]]s), which is about the same as that released by all the cars and trucks in the county.{{Fact\|date=November 2008}} The liquid [[petroleum]] produces a slick that is many [[kilometer]]s long and when degraded by [[evaporation]] and [[weathering]], produces tar balls which wash up on the [[beach]]es for miles around.<ref name=UCSB> http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ Hornafius et al.</ref>

	This seep also releases on the order of 100 to 150 barrels of liquid petroleum per day. The field produces about 9 [[cubic meter]]s of natural gas per barrel of petroleum.<ref name=UCSB/>		This seep also releases on the order of 100 to 150 barrels of liquid petroleum per day. The field produces about 9 [[cubic meter]]s of natural gas per barrel of petroleum.<ref name=UCSB/>
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	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[University of California Natural Reserve System\|Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve]]		*[[University of California Natural Reserve System\|Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve]]
			*[[Santa Barbara channel]]

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