PHMSA Issues Emergency Special Permit for Santa Ynez Pipeline Segments

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• Law09/23/2026@LawDesk

  Federal Judge Rules the DPA Order Overrides California on the Santa Ynez Pipeline

  Sable Offshore·…United States Courthouse, 350, West 1st Street, Civic Center, Downtown, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90012, United States

  Starts 08/19/2026CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE35 days agoStated as done, per E&E News (19 Aug 2026): the court "allows Sable Offshore to keep carrying oil"; Noozhawk^[3] and Bloomberg Government date the ruling to the same day, two days before the Justice^[1] Department's 21 August release.

  The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied California's bid to suspend a Defense Production Act order requiring operation of Sable Offshore's Santa Ynez Pipeline, holding the federal order lawfully preempts state efforts to shut it down. The court also shifted pipeline safety oversight under the consent decree from California's Office of the State Fire Marshal to the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

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• Law09/23/2026@LawDesk

  Ninth Circuit Rejects Bid to Block Sable Offshore Pipeline Restart

  Sable Offshore·…US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States

  Starts 12/31/2025CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE266 days agoStated as an accomplished fact, per independent.com^[1]: "The December 31 court ruling was terse, offering no insights as to how the judges arrived at their conclusion."

  A two-judge Ninth Circuit panel turned down an emergency appeal by the Environmental Defense Center and Center for Biological Diversity seeking to block the federal restart permit granted to Sable Offshore's Santa Ynez Unit pipelines, sending the company's stock surging. The terse December 31 order is not the end: the court put the case on an expedited schedule, with its first deadline on January 26.

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• Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk

  Sable Restarts Santa Ynez Pipeline Oil Flow Under DPA Order

  Sable Offshore·…Las Flores Canyon, Santa Barbara County, California, 93463, United States

  Starts 03/14/2026CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE193 days agoStated as accomplished fact, per sableoffshore.com^[1]: "on March 14, 2026, the Company resumed the transportation of hydrocarbons (oil) produced at the Santa Ynez Unit ... through the ... Santa Ynez Pipeline System".

  Sable Offshore resumed shipping crude from Las Flores Canyon to Pentland Station through the Santa Ynez Pipeline System on March 14, 2026, complying with a Defense Production Act order issued by Energy Secretary Chris Wright. The company expects first sales by April 1, 2026 at a gross oil rate of 50,000 Bbls/d, which it says would raise domestic crude supply into the California market by about 17%.

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• Law09/23/2026@LawDesk

  Judge Rules Sable Offshore Needed Coastal Permits for Pipeline Repairs

  Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100, Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93121, United StatesSable Offshore·…

  

  Starts 10/15/2025CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE343 days agoStated as a completed event, per independent.com^[1]: "Late this past Wednesday afternoon, Anderle stuck to his tentative ruling" in an article dated Fri Oct 17, 2025.

  Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Thomas Anderle finalized his tentative ruling against Sable Offshore, holding that the company's repair work at 121 sites along its 135-mile Gaviota Coast pipeline required California Coastal Commission development permits and violated the Coastal Act. The ruling leaves intact the injunction halting further repairs and keeps the Commission's $18 million fine a live issue.

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• Law09/23/2026@LawDesk

  Judge Geck Upholds the Injunction Blocking Sable's Onshore Pipeline Restart

  Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100, Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93121, United StatesSable Offshore·…

  

  Starts 02/27/2026CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE208 days agoStated as a completed action, per biologicaldiversity.org^[1]: "A Santa Barbara Superior Court today upheld its July preliminary injunction" in a release dated February 27, 2026.

  A Santa Barbara Superior Court upheld its July preliminary injunction blocking Sable Offshore Corp. from restarting the Las Flores onshore pipeline system that ruptured at Refugio State Beach in 2015, requiring 10 court days' notice before any restart. The ruling also clarifies that the Trump administration's December move to seize control of the system and issue an emergency special permit does not affect the court's prior decision.

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• Law09/23/2026@LawDesk

  Judge Geck Upholds Injunction Against Sable Offshore Pipeline Restart

  Sable Offshore·…Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100, Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93121, United States

  Starts 04/17/2026CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE159 days agoStated as a completed event, per independent.com^[1]: "On Friday morning, in the Santa Barbara courtroom of Judge Donna Geck... Geck refused to lift the injunction," with the article dated Fri Apr 17, 2026.

  Santa Barbara County Judge Donna Geck refused to lift the injunction blocking Sable Offshore Corp. from restarting its Santa Ynez Unit pipelines, rejecting for the first time the company's claim that a federal Defense Production Act order overrides California law. She set a May 22 hearing on whether Sable, which resumed moving oil in March, should be held in contempt.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  Hidroituango Dam Crisis Forces Mass Evacuation in Colombia

  EPMItuango, Antioquia, Colombia

  Starts 05/12/2018CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCE8.4 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "On 12 May, a sudden release of water from the dam flooded municipalities of Puerto Valdivia and Taraza downstream."

  A blocked diversion tunnel at Colombia's roughly $4 billion Hidroituango hydroelectric project triggered flooding and landslides that forced thousands of people downstream to evacuate.

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  New Manila International Airport Runway Delayed to 2028

  New Manila International Airport, Bulakan, Bulacan, Central Luzon, PhilippinesSan Miguel Corporation

  

  Starts 06/30/2028DELAYED58% CONFIDENCEin 1.8 yearsGiven as delayed, per the source^[1]: "San Miguel Corp expects a delay in the construction and operation of the Bulacan New Manila International Airport due to the lack of sand."

  San Miguel Corporation's New Manila International Airport in Bulacan has seen its first-runway target pushed back to 2028 after a sand shortage stalled land reclamation.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  BART's Silicon Valley Extension Reaches Downtown San Jose and Santa Clara

  E Santa Clara St at 2nd St, San Jose, CA 95113Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

  

  Starts 01/01/2037DELAYED11 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 10.3 yearsThe article gives the phase as "Targeted for completion in 2037" with no month, so the pin uses the first day of that year.^[1]

  VTA's Phase II extension carries BART on from Berryessa through a five-mile single-bore tunnel to three new subway stations in San Jose - 28th Street/Little Portugal, Downtown San Jose and Diridon - plus a surface station at Santa Clara. Excavation of the tunnel boring machine entrance pit at Newhall Yard was in progress in late 2025.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  NYC Targets 2030s for the Interborough Express

  Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, USAMetropolitan Transportation Authority

  

  Starts 12/31/2033ESTIMATED66% CONFIDENCEin 7.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "officials said they expect the first trains to run in the 2030s."

  The MTA is pushing ahead on a new light rail line linking Brooklyn and Queens via a freight corridor that has never had passenger subway service.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  EBRD-backed remediation of Kyrgyzstan's Mailuu-Suu tailings dam

  European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentMailuu-Suu, Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan

  Starts 12/31/2030SCHEDULED75% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: the remediation works agreement covers "seven years of remediation works" with a "contract scheduled completion date" of 31/12/2030.

  A €23M EBRD-backed grant funds a seven-year project to relocate radioactive uranium tailings from Mailuu-Suu's most dangerous dam, away from the Fergana Valley's water supply.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Mexico's AIFA-Pachuca Passenger Train Starts Running

  AIFA terminal, Zumpango, State of Mexico, MexicoSecretariat of National Defense

  

  Starts 01/01/2027ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 100 daysThe federal project page gives the AIFA-Pachuca section an "Execution period and start of operations: 2 years (2025-2027)", a year rather than a fixed day.^[1]

  The third stage of the Mexico-Pachuca "Felipe Angeles" train runs 65 km of electrified double track from the AIFA airport terminal in the State of Mexico to Pachuca in Hidalgo, with stations at AIFA, Xaltocan II, Tizayuca-Temascalapa, Jaguey de Tellez and Pachuca plus four intermediate stops, and is meant to carry over 100,000 passengers a day in 1 hour 15 minutes end to end. The Felipe Angeles Engineers Corps of the defence ministry began construction in March 2025 and reported 37.06 per cent overall progress in June 2026.

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