Exxon, Sable Denied Permit Transfer for California Oil Pipeline

Local California officials declined to transfer operational permits to Sable Offshore Corp. from Exxon Mobil Corp. for a pipeline connecting an offshore oil rig.

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday rejected Sable’s bid to take over permits for onshore facilities previously owned by Exxon. In the 3-1 vote the county authority effectively barred the Houston-based oil company from restarting the Las Flores Pipeline System, which forms the Santa Ynez unit Sable seeks to operationalize.

It’s the latest blow for Sable in a year-long effort to finalize the permitting needed to begin using facilities it purchased from Exxon ...