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Judge Geck Upholds Injunction Against Sable Offshore Pipeline Restart
CONFIRMED87% 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.0.87Ninth Circuit Rejects Bid to Block Sable Offshore Pipeline Restart
CONFIRMED87% 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 26.0.80Judge 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…
CONFIRMED89% 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.$18M0.77Federal Judge Rules the DPA Order Overrides California on the Santa Ynez Pipeline
CONFIRMED83% 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.0.71Sable Restarts Santa Ynez Pipeline Oil Flow Under DPA Order
CONFIRMED85% 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%.0.68PHMSA Issues Emergency Special Permit for Santa Ynez Pipeline Segments
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE274 days agoStated as a completed action, per sableoffshore.com[1]: "on December 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration ... issued an emergency special permit".The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued an emergency special permit for segments 324 and 325 of the interstate Santa Ynez Pipeline System, approving Sable Offshore's enhanced integrity management practices and setting operational conditions. It is a step toward restarting the onshore transportation that has kept Sable's restarted Santa Ynez Unit oil in storage rather than on sale.0.67Panama Canal Wins Approval for Rio Indio Reservoir
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE2.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "In 2024, a Supreme Court ruling overturned a law that had blocked the creation of the Indio River reservoir."Panama's Supreme Court overturned a 2006 law blocking new reservoirs, clearing the way for a dam on the Rio Indio meant to secure the Panama Canal's water supply against worsening droughts.$1.6B0.61Sable Restarts Platform Hondo, the Third Santa Ynez Unit Platform
DELAYED3 months late68% CONFIDENCEin 7 daysDelayed, per offshore-energy.biz[1][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.Sable Offshore expects the Hondo platform offshore California to come back online in September 2026, the third Santa Ynez Unit platform restarted after Heritage and Harmony. Hondo is expected to produce lower-sulfur crude that should bring field-wide sulfur content back to normal levels.0.61Supreme Court Opens Its Term With Boulder's Climate Case Against Suncor
SCHEDULED84% CONFIDENCEin 12 daysScheduled, per the Court's docket: "SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, October 5, 2026"; the October argument calendar lists 25-170 as case (1) that Monday and states "Court convenes at 10 a.m."[1]On the first Monday in October the Supreme Court hears Suncor and ExxonMobil's bid to end Boulder's state-law suit seeking climate-change damages. The ruling will decide whether federal law blocks more than two dozen similar suits by cities, counties and states.0.59Sable Offshore Reports Q2 2026 Results, Its First Full Quarter of Oil Sales
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE44 days agoStated as done: the release, datelined "Houston, August 10, 2026", says Sable "today announced its second quarter 2026 financial and operational results"; timed to the Item 2.02 8-K carrying it, accepted by EDGAR at 21:23 UTC.[1]Sable Offshore reported $137.1 million of revenue and $9.4 million of operating cash flow for the second quarter of 2026, its first full quarter of sales since the Santa Ynez Unit restart, and ended June selling about 40,000 net barrels of oil a day.0.59Sable Offshore Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE140 days agoStated as done, per sableoffshore.com[1]: dated "05/06/2026", Sable "today announced its first quarter 2026 financial results"; timed to the Item 2.02 8-K carrying the release, accepted by EDGAR at 20:08 UTC.Sable Offshore posted a $197.0 million net loss for Q1 2026 after resuming oil sales from the Santa Ynez Unit under a U.S. Department of Energy Defense Production Act order, and ended the quarter with $956.3 million of short-term debt against $52.2 million in cash.0.57Judge Approves the DOJ's HPE-Juniper Settlement Over States' Objections
Robert F. Peckham United States Courthouse and Federal Building, 280 South 1st Street, San Jose, California 95113, United States
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE42 days agoThe order granting the motion for entry of final judgment (Case 5:25-cv-00951-PCP, Document 482) is 'Filed 08/12/26' and signed 'Dated: August 12, 2026' by P. Casey Pitts; no time is given, so it is an all-day date.[1]Judge P. Casey Pitts entered the consent decree clearing HPE's Juniper Networks deal in a 41-page order that found DOJ leadership overrode its own antitrust staff, but held that 12 states and DC had not shown the Instant On sale and Mist source-code licence were against the public interest.0.56
