Santa Barbara County Action Network recently received an $8,000 grant from the Fund for Santa Barbara to review Santa Maria Energy’s proposal to drill more than 100 new onshore oil wells between Lompoc and Orcutt.
“Santa Barbara County Action Network is trying to assist local community groups and their members to better understand and know how to participate in reducing the impact of this type of project,” said Ken Hough, SB CAN executive director.
SB CAN is part of the North County Oil Coalition which includes the Environmental Defense Center, PUEBLO, Get Oil Out! and the Los Padres Sierra Club. It was formed to review the oil company’s proposal and its enhanced drilling technique called “cyclic steam injection” (also referred to as “huff and puff” or “steam soaking”) which is somewhat similar to “fracking” (hydraulic fracturing).
For more information about SB CAN, visit www.sbcan.org.
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An old can of worms.
dou4now (anonymous profile)
January 7, 2013 at 6:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Supervisor Adam told us simply to trust the oil industry for what is best for us. After all, they have such a perfect record of looking out for the public good, which is why he wants to dismantle the county regulation and permitting of this industry while simultaneously expanding it.
John_Adams (anonymous profile)
January 7, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)