California Coastal Commission slams Sable Offshore with $18 million dollar fine

Texas oil company smacked down by California over pipeline work

Sable Offshore said it was attempting to repair a corroded pipeline responsible for a 2015 oil spill, but California residents and state leaders spoke out.

California Coastal Commission slams Sable Offshore with $18 million dollar fine

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — On Thursday, the Coastal Commission voted 9 to 2 in favor of imposing penalties against Sable Offshore. “The people in the Commission staff and on the Coastal Commission are very frustrated that they've been trying to work cooperatively with a company that hasn't been working with them at all,” said Brady Bradshaw from the Center for Biological Diversity. For months, environmentalists have been urging the Coastal Commissi…

Texas oil company fined $18 million for unapproved work along California coast

By Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — In an action cheered by state environmentalists, the California Coastal Commission has voted to fine a Texas-based oil firm $18 million for failing to obtain necessary permits and reviews in its controversial push to revive oil production off the Gaviota Coast. After hours of public comment Thursday, the commission found that Sable Offshore Corp. has for months violated the California Co…

Sable Offshore fined record $18 million for defying state orders to stop work on pipeline

The pipeline caused a major oil spill a decade ago, fouling the ocean off Santa Barbara County. The new owners say they don’t need new permits for repairs. The fine is the Coastal Commission’s largest.

Coastal Commission Hits Sable Offshore Corp. with $18M Fine for Pipeline Work

The California Coastal Commission voted Thursday to fine Sable Offshore Corp. $18 million after a months-long conflict over work on the pipeline that caused the 2015 Refugio oil spill. The commission voted to approve $18,022,500 in administrative penalties against Sable for work it has done to the pipeline that runs through Santa Barbara County, saying that the company did not receive permission to begin construction on the line.  One of the com…

Oil company fined record $18 million for defying state orders to stop work on pipeline

In summary The pipeline caused a major oil spill a decade ago, fouling the ocean off Santa Barbara County. The new owners say they don’t need new permits for repairs. The fine is the Coastal Commission’s largest. The California Coastal Commission today fined an oil company a record $18 million for repeatedly defying orders to stop work on a corroded pipeline in Santa Barbara County that caused a major oil spill nearly a decade ago. The vote sets…