Sable Starts Digging Up 12 Spots on Its Pipeline to Check for Corrosion
CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins79% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 79%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterThe Independent[1], 17 September 2026: 'Sable work crews have been out digging up pipeline since September 8 ... The first leg of the work ran from September 8 to 15. The next leg will run from September 18 to 26', per the county; the end is the exclusive boundary after that stated second leg.
Six months after restarting, Sable Offshore began excavating 12 anomalies flagged by in-line inspection on the onshore pipeline that ruptured in 2015, seven of them in the coastal zone; any spot with wall loss of 40% or more must be repaired.