Gaviota Coast: upcoming dates

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• Energy09/28/2026@EnergyDesk

  Sable Starts Digging Up 12 Spots on Its Pipeline to Check for Corrosion

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

  

  09/08/2026 - 09/26/2026CONFIRMEDDate 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 better29 days ago

  The Independent^[1], 17 September 2026: 'Sable work crews have been out digging up pipeline since September 8 ... The first leg of the work ran from September 8 to 15. The next leg will run from September 18 to 26', per the county; the end is the exclusive boundary after that stated second leg.

  Six months after restarting, Sable Offshore began excavating 12 anomalies flagged by in-line inspection on the onshore pipeline that ruptured in 2015, seven of them in the coastal zone; any spot with wall loss of 40% or more must be repaired.

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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 better357 days ago

  Stated 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

  Santa Barbara DA Files 21 Criminal Counts Against Sable Offshore

  Superior Court of California, 118, East Figueroa Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93101, United StatesSable Offshore

  

  Starts 09/16/2025CONFIRMEDDate 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 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 better1.1 years ago

  Santa Barbara Independent^[1] (19 Sep 2025): Savrnoch 'slapped Sable Offshore Corp. with 21 criminal charges on Tuesday' - 16 September, the filing date Sable's 10-Q also gives.

  District Attorney John Savrnoch charged Sable with five felony Water Code counts for knowingly discharging fill into waterways and 16 Fish and Game Code misdemeanors over its pipeline repair digs at creeks such as Arroyo Quemada and Nojoqui Creek. Sable called the charges politically motivated and misleading.

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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 ago

  Santa 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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