By KAREN VELIE Sable Offshore announced that it began selling oil pumped off the coast of Santa Barbara and transported through the Santa Ynez pipeline
Sable Offshore announced that it began selling oil pumped off the coast of Santa Barbara and transported through the Santa Ynez pipeline system on Sunday, according to aIn 2015, a pipe owned by Plains All American Pipeline ruptured near Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County, causing more than 100,000 gallons of oil to spill.
The spill led to the closure of the three offshore drilling platforms and the pipeline, which are now owned by Sable. Platform Harmony is currently producing approximately 22,000 barrels of oil per day, according to Sable. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement recently completed its final pre-restart inspection of Platform Heritage. Sable planed to restart production at Platform Heritage on Sunday at an expected total rate of over 30,000 gross barrels of oil per day. The third platform off the coast of Santa Barbara, Platform Hondo, is expected to be online by the end of the second quarter of 2026 at a rate in excess of 10,000 barrels of oil per day. Sable’s production of 50,000 barrels of oil per day is a “a 15% increase to California’s in-state oil production, that can replace nearly 1.5 million barrels of foreign crude each month,” according to the U.S. Department of Energy.” said Jim Flores, Sable chairman and chief executive officer. “In doing so, we are providing American oil from American soil through an American pipeline to an American refinery for American consumers and the U.S. military.” On March 13, President Donald Trump directed Sable to resume oil production off the coast of Santa Barbara under the Defense Production Act. Sable Offshore had been unable to produce oil because of ongoing disagreements over permitting its Santa Ynez pipeline. Because we believe the public needs the facts, the truth, CalCoastNews has not put up a paywall because it limits readership. However, we are seeking qualification as a paper of record, which will allow us to publish public notices, this requires 5,000 paid subscribers.The comments below represent the opinion of the writer and do not represent the views or policies of CalCoastNews.com. Please address the Policies, events and arguments, not the person. Constructive debate is good; mockery, taunting, and name calling is not.
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