Aging Oil Tanks Coming Down in Carpinteria
John Palminteri
CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) – An aging oil facility is coming down in Carpinteria and some residents nearby are hearing all about it.
The demolition going on behind city hall has a booming sound when the metal tank is worked on.
The oil tank dates back several decades when it was part of the oil processing taking place on the Carpinteria coastline.The work underway now is to decommission the facilities.
It’s a site once owned by Venoco but taken back by Chevron during Venoco’s bankruptcy. Chevron is removing the entire oil and gas plant.
It is still to be determined how the ocean front land will be used by the city going forward.
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