Trump administration in ‘active dialogue’ on strategic petroleum reserve in California

Trump administration in ‘active dialogue’ on strategic petroleum reserve in California

SANTA BARBARA, California — The Trump administration is in “active dialogue” on creating a petroleum reserve in California, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told POLITICO on Friday, a move that would boost oil infrastructure in the state and undermine Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s bid to shrink the state’s fossil fuel footprint. A June 2 document that lawyers for Sable Offshore Corp., which owns a trio of oil platforms off the California coast, se…