US EditionTrump administration orders restart of California offshore oil operations
Energy Secretary Chris Wright invoked the Defense Production Act to restart a pipeline system producing 50,000 barrels daily, increasing California's oil output by 15%.
- On Friday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright ordered Houston-based Sable Offshore Corp. to restart the Santa Ynez Unit and pipeline under the Defense Production Act, citing national security and energy supply needs.
- President Donald Trump invoked the 1950 Defense Production Act to expand domestic energy supplies, arguing that foreign crude reliance amid the conflict with Iran threatens national security and West Coast military readiness.
- The Santa Ynez system has been dormant since the 2015 Refugio spill released more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil, triggering court orders and regulatory restrictions that California officials argue the federal directive now overrides.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom called the order an "attempt to illegally restart a pipeline whose operators are facing criminal charges" and pledged to sue, vowing to protect the state's $51 billion coastal economy.
- Analysts expect the legal battle to reach the Supreme Court, while critics argue the project contributes just 0.05 percent to global crude output, raising questions about using the statute to override state environmental authority.
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Trump promised Oil money, so his minion used emergency powers to restart disastrous oil spill pipeline
Energy Secretary Chris Wright just issued a directive, paving the way for a company to restart an oil pipeline off the California coast that state officials have kept offline since 2015. The Energy Department stated that this is a way to reduce our reliance on oil imports that come through the Strait of Hormuz. International concern is so high that an inaccurate tweet from Wright caused the market to spiral. According to Politico, President Dona…
Federal government orders Southern California oil and gas pipeline to restart
A worker walks near pump jacks operating at the Kern River Oil Field in Bakersfield on Jan. 16, 2015. (File photo by Jae C. Hong/Associated Press) U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed a Texas-based oil and gas company Friday to restore operations in waters off southern California that were damaged by a 2015 oil spill, invoking the Defense Production Act. Restoring Sable Offshore Corp.’s Santa Ynez unit and pipeline off Santa Barbara aims …
The Epoch Times
Energy Secretary Directs Oil Company to Resume Operations in California, Citing National Security
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on March 13 directed the Texas-based oil company Sable Offshore Corp. to restore operations in water off southern California. Wright invoked the Defense Production Act to restore the company’s Santa Ynez Unit and Pipeline System near Santa Barbara to address supply disruption risks that “have left the region and U.S. military forces dependent on foreign oil,” according to a Department of Energy news release. “The Tr…
Trump administration invokes Defense Production Act to restart California offshore oil operations
The directive gives priority to bringing oil production and pipeline capacity back online so crude can move through the Las Flores Pipeline System to Pentland Station
Santa Maria Times
Independent EspañolWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright ordered a Texas oil and gas company to re-establish operations in waters off Southern California that were affected by an oil spill...
Energy expert weighs in on restarting oil drilling off California coast amid gas price spike
Energy expert weighs in on restarting oil drilling off California coast amid gas price spike U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright invoked the Defense Production Act to restore the Sable Offshore Corp.’s Santa Ynez unit and pipeline off Santa Barbara’s coastline. The post Energy expert weighs in on restarting oil drilling off California coast amid gas price spike appeared first on KION Central Coast.
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