[pfflier]

We used to live by there at Vandenberg AFB. Going south on 101 you can see the platforms some of them flaring excess methane all they way down to Ventura. Our go to beach was Gaviota and a pipeline came ashore there to a small refinery.

Ironically that is a part of coastal California that is still picture book perfect. Still relatively unharmed by concrete and masses of people.

[eyeamok]

Local governments, environmental groups and residents have consistently pushed back, often citing safety concerns about major spills.

And every last one of them should be BANNED FROM PURCHASING ALL PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FOR LIFE

[Miami Rebel]

I went long SOC on Friday, but sold calls against it this a.m. on the strength.

[Sgt_Schultze]

This is good news, except, any accessible point along this pipeline has now become a target for activists to sabotage. A spill hurts Trump AND offshore oil. FedGov better become hyper vigilant right now.

[calico_thompson]

The first offshore oil well was drilled off a pier near Santa Barbara in about 1900. California was America’s largest oil producer until about 1930. In the mid 20th Century, ARCO considered installing a giant funnel in the water off the beaches to capture the natural oil seeping from the sea bed.

There is a lot of oil out there.

It’s amazing, if true, that Sable can restart mothballed facilities so soon.

[WKTimpco]

Then there is this article about the Sable news from Santa Barbara’s left-wing free publication, The Independent:

https://www.independent.com/2026/03/16/sable-offshore-resumes-pumping-and-transporting-oil-in-santa-barbara-county/

The Independent is the liberal rag you get in the same place Tatted NoseRing PinkHair makes your coffee in those joints. NoozHawk is conservative. Santa Barbara no longer has a traditional daily paper.