They passively collect 100-150 barrels a day from the Coal Oil Point Seep Field.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_Oil_Point_seep_field
The oil in question was not from a seep however. It came from the processing platform Elly that supports two other drilling rigs in the Beta field.
And it's also interesting that these companies have been passively capturing the oil from the seeps, which potentially reduces the amount of tar washing up on the shores.
it seems like even without a spill, these things are dangerous to ecologies over the long term. the petroleum industry has negative externalities at every end and throughout it’s operations.
Not sure where I am going with this but I just thought it was interesting.
Edited to say "area" instead of "city" - there was no city at that time.
“The flowing springs of petroleum early attracted the attention of the settlers. The oil was flowing from the earth in hundreds of places, sometimes forming large pools into which cattle, sheep, and horses, as well as wild animals, would venture and get caught, leaving their bones as a warning of danger for future visitors. Sometimes it flowed into the streams and would float away for miles before it evaporated. There were hundreds of acres, perhaps thousands, covered with the residuum left after the evaporation of the lighter parts. Springs of it also occur in the Santa Barbara Channel, and the first navigators had fears of the near vicinity of a hot place, from the villainous smell that pervaded the atmosphere where the oil was floating on the ocean.”
History of Santa Barbara County, California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers
https://archive.org/details/historyofsantaba00maso/page/n189...