Sable Offshore announced that it began selling oil pumped off the coast of Santa Barbara and transported through the Santa Ynez pipeline system on Sunday, according to a press release. The oil is flowing at a rate of more than 50,000 barrels per day.
In 2015, a pipe owned by Plains All American Pipeline ruptured near Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County, causing more than 100,000 gallons of oil to spill. The spill led to the closure of the three offshore drilling platforms and the pipeline, which are now owned by Sable.
Platform Harmony is currently producing approximately 22,000 barrels of oil per day, according to Sable…