Judge Allows Controversial Oil Company to Continue Pumping, Strips California of Oversight

Federal Judge Modifies Prior Court Agreement to Allow Continued Oil Production Locally

LOS ANGELES (KEYT) – A federal judge has upheld portions of an existing court order governing oil pipeline use locally and penalized Sable Offshore for violations of the agreement, but modified the court order to allow continued oil production operations and federal instead of state oversight. "Sable has violated the express provisions of the Consent The post Federal Judge Modifies Prior Court Agreement to Allow Continued Oil Production Locally …

Judge Backs Trump Admin Over California on Oil Pipeline.

A federal judge has allowed an oil pipeline off the California coast to continue operating, citing federal authority over state objections.PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge has ruled that an oil pipeline off the coast of Santa Barbara in California can continue to operate. DETAIL: Operated by Sable Offshore Corporation, the pipeline can continue operating under federal oversight. The ruling was made despite objections from California r…

Judge allows controversial oil company to continue pumping, strips California of oversight

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has ruled that a Texas-based oil firm can continue to pump oil through pipelines along the Santa Barbara County coast under an emergency order from the Trump administration. He also transferred much of the…

Sable Offshore surges as judge upholds emergency restart order (SOC:NYSE)

Sable Offshore surged after a court said it may continue to use an emergency restart order from US Energy Secretary Chris Wright as a legal authority to continue pumping oil.

E&E News: Court allows Sable Offshore to keep carrying oil

A federal judge Wednesday agreed to modify a consent decree governing the restart of a pipeline that had stopped operating after a 2015 oil spill and began operating again after a directive from the Trump administration.