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- Sep 30, 202640% CONFIDENCELow confidencefrom the source
Sable Restarts Platform Hondo, the Third Santa Ynez Unit Platform
- Sable Offshore, a Texas-headquartered oil and gas company, expects to bring the Hondo platform — the third of its Santa Ynez Unit (SYU) platforms offshore California — back online in September 2026[1]
- The restart follows the phased return of the unit: production resumed from the Heritage platform in early April 2026, with Harmony also producing[1]
- An average of about 47 wells at Harmony and Heritage were online in July 2026, producing roughly 721 gross barrels of oil per day per well; all 77 production wells on those two platforms are expected online during Q3 2026[1]
- A wireline campaign for perforation additions and producing-well optimization at Harmony began in August 2026; five completed perforation additions at Hondo, each forecast at an incremental 600 gross barrels per day, are to come online with the platform restart in September 2026, with four more planned for early Q4 2026[1]
- Hondo is expected to produce lower-sulfur crude, bringing field-wide sulfur content back to normal levels on restart; chemical sweetening solutions are to be tested in Q4 2026 with full implementation anticipated in 2027[1]
- Sable reported $18.5 million of non-recurring demurrage charges in Q2 2026 after California refiners, unable to plan for SYU first sales, displaced imported cargoes and limited Pacific OCS throughput; refiners are expected to adjust their crude slates from September 2026 to take more SYU barrels[1]
- Chairman and CEO Jim Flores said the team made strong progress ramping up operations in the second quarter, citing higher-than-expected well productivity with minimal observable decline[1]
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- [1]40%offshore-energy.biz/sable-eyes-september-restart-for-third-oil-platform-in-california-watersoffshore-energy.biz· Posted Sep 23, 2026· Starts Sep 30, 2026 ✓· 31% of score
Delayed, per offshore-energy.biz[4] (12 Aug 2026): Sable "anticipates the Hondo platform to come online in September 2026" after the June target it gave in April; the month alone is its last day.
- [2]72%Informative production and sales update from Sable Offshore - Bud's Offshore Energybudsoffshoreenergy.com· Published Aug 11, 2026· 26% of score
Quotes the quarterly report: Sable "expects Platform Hondo to come online in September 2026".[1]
- [3]90%Sable Offshore Corp. Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial and Operational Results (8-K Exhibit 99.1)sec.gov· Published Aug 10, 2026· 26% of score
Sable's own filed release "expects Platform Hondo to come online in September 2026", with five perforation additions of about 600 gross barrels a day each coming online at the restart.[1]
- [4]80%Third oil platform offshore California coming online in June - Offshore Energyoffshore-energy.biz· Published Apr 20, 2026· 17% of score
Reported Sable's April corporate update putting the Hondo restart in June 2026 - the first promised date the September target slipped from.[1]
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