Posted on 06/21/2026 2:26:56 PM PDT by Angelino97
A California appeals court has delivered a major setback to efforts to bring more domestic oil production back online, siding with state regulators in a high-stakes fight over a key pipeline network that connects offshore platforms in Santa Barbara County to refineries outside the region.
The California Second District Court of Appeal this week upheld an injunction obtained by the California Coastal Commission against Sable Offshore Corp., ruling the agency acted within its authority when it issued cease-and-desist orders targeting pipeline work along the Gaviota Coast.
It comes amid heightened focus on energy supplies as war with Iran and California’s anti-oil policies have helped drive gas prices through the roof, putting a spotlight on efforts to expand US production rather than restrict it.
For Sable, the ruling marks the latest chapter in a battle over infrastructure the company says it is legally authorized to repair and operate.
The dispute traces back decades.
In 1986, coastal development permits were issued for the pipeline system that now sits at the center of the fight.
One of those lines, Pipeline 324, later became notorious after rupturing in 2015 and causing the Refugio oil spill.
At the time of the spill, the pipeline was owned by Plains All American Pipeline.
The asset was later transferred to ExxonMobil before being acquired by Houston-based Sable Offshore in 2024.
When Sable purchased the system, the pipeline remained inactive because repairs were needed and court-mandated approvals had been imposed in the aftermath of the spill.
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Offshore drilling in that area reduces natural seepage Indians used to seal their fishing boats.
Ain’t Communism wonderful.
They can use the power of wishful thinking instead of oil for their energy needs
Plenty of political hot air to power steam turbines.
Power their cars with Mexican natural gas.
Go Green Energy! Recycle - Repurpose.
Thanks to the Coastal Commission I got to live in one of the last great shacks on the So. Cal beach, for many, many years, the lot would change hands from one millionaire to another but it took a really rich tech guy and a lot of time and a professional permit company for him to finally get his permits, their power is incredible and annoying and people think of them like something out of the Soviet Union, which they are, beach property owners have lots of horror stories about them.
Offshore drilling in that area reduces natural seepage Indians used to seal their fishing boats.
One day (I hope) the oil companies are going to figure it out and decide California is just not Roth the trouble and shut it all down. Production, refining, delivery and retail.
Let’s see how far they make it itch no petroleum.
I had relatives in Goleta I used to visit as a kid in the early 60s. I remember that too. The stuff was thick and sticky with all kind of weird biological detritus embedded in it.
I’ve said that for a few years now.
California hates oil? Fine. Not one more drop goes in in any form.
No gasoline, no diesel, no kerosene. And nothing made from petroleum either. No medical supplies, no food packaging, no clothing, nothing.
Let them stew in their folly.
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California doesn’t hate big oil, but people there have a very long memory of the Union Oil fiasco in 1969. It was so big that it prompted the first Earth Day and got Nixon to sign the EPA into law.
If I still lived anywhere near the Santa Barbara coastline, I’d fight tooth and nail to prevent drilling there again, and that’s with a family deeply involved in the oil business since WWII.
You do realize ten times that leaks from the ocean floor every day. Oil is actually a benefit to ocean wildlife.
You do realize ten times that leaks from the ocean floor every day. Oil is actually a benefit to ocean wildlife.
Now there’s an “Inconvenient Truth”
That’s is a hilarious burn!
“You do realize ten times that leaks from the ocean floor every day. Oil is actually a benefit to ocean wildlife.”
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The Union Oil leak released 100,000 barrels of oil into the Pacific Ocean, and remains the largest coastal oil spill in Continental US history.
If the ocean floor was releasing 1,000,000 barrels per week, the coastline would be covered in oil from Big Sur to Mexico. There’s a huge “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico still from the Deepwater Horizon, which spilled 5 million barrels in the deep ocean. There are miles of tar covered ocean floor still.
Pure lies. The 4 years after the Deepwater Horizon was the best fishing in fifty years around the leak. There is no dead zone and fishing stayed better than ever and especially shrimping.
The entire ocean leaks oil which is eaten by microscopic organizms which feed the protozoa and an important part of the food chain. Oil killing is a figment of the envirocommies to stop oil production and apparently you are one of them.
One of the reasons fishing is so good around derricks is the leakage of oil and an abundant source of food.
Your Sierra Club lies are not working anymore.
“Pure lies. The 4 years after the Deepwater Horizon was the best fishing in fifty years around the leak. There is no dead zone and fishing stayed better than ever and especially shrimping.
The entire ocean leaks oil which is eaten by microscopic organizms which feed the protozoa and an important part of the food chain. Oil killing is a figment of the envirocommies to stop oil production and apparently you are one of them.
One of the reasons fishing is so good around derricks is the leakage of oil and an abundant source of food.
Your Sierra Club lies are not working anymore.”
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Real oceanographers don’t seem to support your claims in the least.
The DH spill killed animals from whales to plankton, and is still doing so today.
Conclusions, Gaps, and Opportunities
A broad range of mental and physical health impacts has been attributed to oil spills in general and the DWH disaster in particular, but in most cases definitive cause-and-effect linkages are lacking. Overall, mental and physical health effects and their interactions are inadequately studied for oil spill workers, their families, and others who may be exposed to or affected by them. Besides spill workers, special attention is needed to vulnerable people, including individuals with chronic illness or who suffer health and health-care disparities and/or socioeconomic deprivations, lack strong social support, the elderly, and natural-
resource-dependent communities.
A common theme across studies is the overarching role of stress (e.g., from physical exposure, job or income loss, compensation/litigation processes, or behavioral disruption) as an important factor associated with poor mental and physical health outcomes.
Human health findings were severely limited by a lack of baseline health data, long delays in implementing major health research activities following the spill, heavy reliance on self-reported and cross-sectional survey data, limited collection of clinical health information, and a paucity of long-term, longitudinal cohort studies. Health studies need to be initiated before, during, or immediately following a large spill and must continue long enough to identify long-term effects and secondary surges of chronic illnesses. Critically needed are cohort studies that start before a major spill and continue through it and onward for a long period after.
Considerable information about components of oil (e.g., benzene) and their potential toxicity to humans was available before the DWH spill, but many gaps in knowledge were identified, including effects of field-relevant exposures to oil components, engine exhaust, and other chemicals (e.g., dispersants and decontamination cleaners) as well as these in combination with additional stressors such as heat and humidity. Recent studies indicate that children who played at beaches that were cleaned after oil contamination are at low risk for acute or chronic health effects. However, further development of models to forecast the distribution of fresh and weathered oil is needed to predict potential human exposures and inform the common response question, “How clean is clean enough?” Also, toxicological profiles are not currently available for many oil chemicals and degradation products and for vulnerable populations for which information is very limited (e.g., pregnant women and children). A better understanding is needed of impacts from exposures to multiple chemicals, and that incorporates mental health impacts from oil spills that contribute to adverse physical outcomes.
When fisheries were reopened following closures after the spill, Gulf seafood was demonstrated to be safe for human consumption within guidelines existing at the time. However, there was much uncertainty and persistent worry about seafood safety, even years after the spill. For future large spills that affect fishing zones, thorough and rapid appraisals of seafood safety should be undertaken immediately after the spills, followed by plain language communication regarding consumption risks based on appropriate demographic information (e.g., race/ethnicity, age, sex/gender identification, pregnancy, chronic illness, weight, seafood consumption habits), and there should be regular updates. Better health advisories targeted to vulnerable populations and those who use beaches and coastal recreation areas are needed. Collaboration between government and stakeholder groups for monitoring of seafood should be enhanced, and additional social science research should be supported to improve risk communication strategies and outcomes.
There is a lack of systematic collection and integration of socioeconomic data necessary to assess near- and long-term societal impacts of oil spills. Also lacking is a concerted effort to aggregate existing data, identify and fill gaps in longitudinal data collection, and make data and information products broadly available to enhance community disaster resiliency and recovery. As an example, even 10 years after the DWH spill, the long-term psychosocial impacts resulting from the extensive fisheries closures have yet to be fully understood, although extensive data have been collected.
You simply posted the conclusions from the 10 year report.
Go ahead and look at the other studies that have been completed. There’s been a significant loss of whales, dolphins, turtles, etc., and the Gulf shrimp industry has still not recovered.
Oh, and the increase in cancers along the Gulf Coast also has risen since the spill, particularly blood cancers like leukemia, etc.
Enjoy your oiled fish!
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