offshore oil drilling

Sable Offshore Corporation hosted the U.S. Energy Secretary and the Interior Secretary for a tour of the company's Santa Barbara County facilities.

The fire was reported just after 7 a.m. Monday on Platform Habitat, about eight miles southwest of Carpinteria. It was knocked down in about four hours.

Federal proposal calls for allowing fracking on up to 16 wells on Platform Gilda.

A new state law may require Sable Offshore Corporation to undergo an additional level of review.

Santa Barbara County Supervisors rejected an ownership transfer of oil facilities to Sable Offshore Corporation, a decision that affects their operating permits.

Exxon-Mobil had sought permission to use trucks to move oil from three oil platforms until damaged pipeline is replaced.

Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation by a South Coast lawmaker to try to block new offshore oil drilling in federal waters off the California…