Refugio Oil Spill

President Donald Trump is expanding the Interior Department’s authority over energy projects under the Defense Production Act. The order could affect the Central Coast where the administration has already invoked the federal law to support a pipeline restart off the Santa Barbara coast.

The company behind the controversial restart of an oil pipeline on the Gaviota Coast is now asking the Trump Administration to help secure land to continue operations.

California Democrats are demanding answers from an oil company that overstepped state law to restart offshore oil production near Santa Barbara.

Oil production near the Santa Barbara coast is ramping back up. A Texas-based oil company announced it started selling oil through the same pipeline system tied to the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill.

A legal battle over Central Coast oil pipelines is escalating, as California's attorney general now accuses the federal government of helping an oil company sidestep state law.

After hours of heated debate, the future of offshore oil production off the Santa Barbara coast continues to be uncertain. County Supervisors rejected a proposal that would allow an oil company to operate an offshore oil field connected to the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill.

A California judge has sided with state regulators in the fight over restarting the oil pipeline that ruptured at Refugio Beach in 2015.

California lawmakers are pressing federal regulators for answers about an offshore oil field off the Santa Barbara Coast. Federal agencies say oil production has resumed, but state regulators and environmental groups dispute that claim, warning it can’t legally operate without approval from state agencies.

Santa Barbara County Superior Court has approved a temporary restraining order blocking efforts to restart the Refugio Oil Spill pipeline.

Sable Offshore Corp. announced Monday it has restarted oil production at the Santa Ynez Unit nearly 10 years after the Refugio Oil Spill spill shut it down.