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- May 15, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Sable Restarts Production at Platform Harmony After a Decade Shut In
- On 15 May 2025 Sable Offshore restarted production at the Santa Ynez Unit, flowing oil from six wells on Platform Harmony to its Las Flores Canyon plant at about 6,000 barrels a day[1]
- Sable announced it on Monday 19 May, the 10th anniversary of the Refugio spill that shut the unit in[2][4]
- Harmony's well tests ran stronger than at the 19 May 2015 shut-in, when the unit produced about 45,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day; about 30% of its 32 producing wells had been tested by 18 May[1][3]
- The onshore pipeline was still closed, so Sable planned to fill about 540,000 barrels of storage at Las Flores Canyon by mid-June and resume oil sales in July 2025, with Platform Heritage's 44 wells in July and Platform Hondo's 26 in August[1]
- Sable finished the last Gaviota State Park anomaly repairs on 18 May and had hydrotested seven of the eight onshore sections[1]
- The State Fire Marshal said the restart involved offshore lines outside its authority, and that repairs, hydrotesting and an approved startup plan were still required before the onshore lines could run[2]
- Chairman and CEO Jim Flores said the well tests 'confirm the prolific nature of the Santa Ynez Unit reservoir after being dormant for ten years'[1]
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- [1]90%sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831481/000119312525122079/d943067dex991.htmsec.gov· Posted Sep 28, 2026· Starts May 15, 2025 ✓· 69% of score
Sable's 19 May 2025 release: 'On May 15, 2025, Sable initiated the flow of oil production from six wells on Platform Harmony of the SYU to LFC at a rate of ~6,000 barrels of oil per day.'
- [2]84%Sable Offshore announces it has restarted oil production in Santa Barbara County | News Channel 3-12keyt.com· Published May 19, 2025· 10% of score
KEYT reports Sable's Monday announcement that it restarted production on 15 May, with six Harmony wells flowing 6,000 barrels a day, and quotes the State Fire Marshal that the restart concerned offshore lines outside its authority and that repairs, hydrotests and an approved startup plan were still needed onshore.
- [3]78%Sable Offshore restarts oil production from Santa Ynez Unit 10 years after shut-in | World Oilworldoil.com· Published May 19, 2025· 10% of score
Trade press rewrite of the release: ~6,000 bopd from six Harmony wells, well tests stronger than at the 19 May 2015 shut-in when the unit made about 45,000 boe/d, and Heritage and Hondo expected in July and August 2025.[1]
- [4]76%Sable Announces Oil Platform Restart on 10th Anniversary of Refugio Oil Spill | Noozhawknoozhawk.com· Published May 19, 2025· 10% of score
Noozhawk notes the restart was announced on the 10th anniversary of the Refugio spill, after Sable took over the Santa Ynez Unit assets in 2024; the article body is only partly readable without a subscription.
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