Sable Oil Pipeline Under Gaviota State Park

operational

An underground oil pipeline operated by Sable Offshore Corp. runs beneath Gaviota State Park in California. The pipeline system, known as the Las Flores pipeline, was ordered to restart production by the US Energy Secretary despite California's regulatory blocks. The state raised safety concerns about a depression or sinkhole forming around the pipeline, but a federal judge ruled that the operation does not imminently harm the environment and denied a preliminary injunction to block the pipeline's operation.