Judge Geck Bars Sable's Pipeline Restart Until 10 Days After Final Permits

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• Law09/23/2026@LawDesk

  Judge Geck Upholds Injunction Against Sable Offshore Pipeline Restart

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

  

  Starts 04/17/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 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 better165 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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• 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 02/27/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%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 better214 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

  Ninth Circuit Rejects Bid to Block Sable Offshore Pipeline Restart

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

  

  Starts 12/31/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%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 better272 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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• 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 10/15/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 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 better349 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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• Law09/28/2026@LawDesk

  California Sues in the Ninth Circuit Over PHMSA's New Sable Pipeline Permit

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

  

  Starts 07/20/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%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 better71 days agoThe Attorney General's release, dated Monday, July 20, 2026: 'California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a second petition against the Trump Administration'; the petition itself is signed 'this 20th day of July, 2026'.^[1]

  Attorney General Rob Bonta and the State Fire Marshal petitioned the Ninth Circuit to overturn PHMSA's 25 June special permit, which lets Sable Offshore run the onshore CA-324 and CA-325 lines without the rule to repair longitudinal seam weld corrosion within 180 days.

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• Law09/28/2026@LawDesk

  Ninth Circuit Holds a Hearing on the Challenges to Sable's Pipeline Permits

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

  

  Starts 10/05/2026 8:30PMSCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins73% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 73%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 from 50% to 74% confidencein 6 daysScheduled on the Ninth Circuit's calendar: '2026-10-05', San Francisco, 'Courtroom 2, 3rd Floor Rm 330', '1:30 pm', cases 26-4629, 26-508 and 25-8059, 'Environmental Defense Center, et al. v. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration', 20 minutes each.^[1]

  The Ninth Circuit has set a hearing in San Francisco on three consolidated petitions by California and conservation groups against PHMSA's takeover of Sable Offshore's onshore pipelines from state regulators and its approval of their restart.

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• Law09/28/2026@LawDesk

  California Appeals the Ruling That Keeps Sable's Pipeline Running Under the DPA

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

  

  Starts 08/20/2026CONFIRMEDDate 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 better40 days agoSable's 8-K of 24 August 2026: 'On August 20, 2026, the State of California filed notice of appeal of the Court's order denying the motion for preliminary injunction and stay'; Bloomberg Tax^[4] reports 'a notice filed Thursday'.

  California asked the Ninth Circuit to reverse Judge Stephen Wilson's refusal to block Energy Secretary Chris Wright's Defense Production Act order, which keeps oil flowing through Sable Offshore's onshore Santa Ynez Pipeline System over state objections.

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• Energy09/28/2026@EnergyDesk

  PHMSA Grants Sable a 10-Year Special Permit for the Las Flores Pipelines

  Las Flores Canyon, Santa Barbara County, California, 93463, United StatesSable Offshore

  

  06/25/2026 - 06/25/2036CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 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 better96 days agoPHMSA special permit PHMSA-2026-0464: 'Original Issuance Date: June 25, 2026'; 'Effective Dates: June 25, 2026, to June 25, 2036' - a permit in force, so it ends at the exclusive boundary after 25 June 2036.^[1]

  The federal pipeline regulator waived its 180-day deadline for repairing longitudinal seam weld corrosion on Lines CA-324 and CA-325 until June 2036, in exchange for in-line inspections every six to nine months and stricter repair criteria. It replaces the emergency permit that expired in February.

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• Energy09/28/2026@EnergyDesk

  Coastal Commission Fines Sable $18 Million and Orders Pipeline Work Stopped

  633, East Cabrillo Boulevard, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93103, United StatesSable Offshore

  

  Starts 04/10/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins84% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 84%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 better1.5 years agoSanta Barbara Independent^[1], Thu Apr 10, 2025: 'the California Coastal Commission voted on April 10 to impose a more than $18 million fine on oil company Sable Offshore'.

  Meeting in Santa Barbara, the California Coastal Commission voted 8-3 for an $18,022,500 penalty and unanimously issued a cease-and-desist order and a restoration order over Sable's unpermitted repair work on the Las Flores pipelines along the Gaviota Coast. Sable says the work is authorized by permits issued in the 1980s.

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• Law09/28/2026@LawDesk

  California State Parks Sues Sable for Trespassing Through Gaviota State Park

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

  

  Starts 03/17/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins86% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 86%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 better196 days agoOrder in California Department of Parks and Recreation v. Sable Offshore Corp. (C.D. Cal., 28 May 2026): 'Plaintiff filed this case for continuing trespass on March 17, 2026, in Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.'^[1]

  State Parks sued Sable and its Pacific Pipeline Co. for continuing trespass, saying the 30-year easement for the four miles of Line CA-325 under Gaviota State Park expired in 2016, and asked a court to stop the oil and order the pipe removed. A federal judge later refused to halt the flow.

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• Law09/23/2026@LawDesk

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

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

  

  Starts 08/19/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 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 better41 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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• Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk

  PHMSA Issues Emergency Special Permit for Santa Ynez Pipeline Segments

  Las Flores Canyon, Santa Barbara County, California, 93463, United StatesSable Offshore

  

  Starts 12/23/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 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 better280 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.

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