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More than 175,000 public comments were submitted in opposition to the Bureau of Land Management’s proposal to expand oil and gas development in Santa Barbara County and other areas across the state.
The announcement comes as the Houston oil company is scheduled to be arraigned this Wednesday in Santa Barbara Superior Court on 21 criminal charges for violating state and federal environmental law.
Chevron will be removing the inactive infrastructure and restoring the land to a residential standard over the next three years.
Update: Chevron makes a deal to buy Sable’s oil after State Attorney General Rob Bonta sues Trump administration over “illegal” pipeline restart, saying president’s decree defies U.S. Constitution.
Commissioners directed staff to incorporate suggestions from an energy nonprofit and continue the discussion in May.
The Houston-based company Sable Offshore announces a restart of offshore drilling and its pipelines after President Trump invokes the Defense Production Act.
In a special ‘Newsmakers TV’ episode, ‘Independent’ columnist Nick Welsh reprises his exclusive reporting about the fast-moving Sable Oil story, as California faces off with Trump amid war with Iran.
Friday’s presidential executive order and action of the Energy Secretary come shortly on the heels of a Department of Justice legal opinion invoking the Defense Production Act as justification for the restart.
Analysts described “unprecedented” volatility as local prices went up by more than 60 cents in a week.
Update: Governor Newsom’s Office says the oil produced by the restart would be “a drop in the bucket that would have zero impact on the oil prices that have skyrocketed because of Donald Trump’s Iran war.”
