Idled oil rigs off the California coast could be back up and running soon if the federal government has its way.
The Trump administration recently proposed a plan to open up the entire coast to new offshore drilling. While that plan is still in draft form, the administration is now involved in a push to restart three existing oil rigs near Santa Barbara.
Houston, Texas-based Sable Offshore Corp. has been attempting to bring them back into production more than a decade after they were shut down, but has encountered environmental and legal roadblocks…