An oil company engaged in a battle to restart the oil pipeline, which ruptured on the Gaviota Coast in 2015 and caused a significant spill, has a new proposal to circumvent the controversy.
Sable Offshore Corporation suggests it could use ships to transport oil from three idle offshore oil platforms off the Santa Barbara County coastline to oil processing facilities.
Sable has faced fierce opposition to its efforts to restart the pipeline. Opponents contend that even with repairs, the decades-old infrastructure is a disaster waiting to happen. They’re fighting the effort in court…