Get Oil Out

The three proposed cyclic steaming oil projects in Cat Canyon were withdrawn.
Phillips 66 decided that, as of January, 2023, its Rodeo Plant in the Bay Area will be converted to recycled oil. It will also shut down its Nipomo Plant and several pump stations, including the one in Santa Maria that Exxon planned to use as part its trucking operation.
AB 3214 (Limon) which will increase fines for knowingly discharging oil into State Waters, was signed into law by Governor Newsom.
Two Summerland Legacy wells, the Treadwell and North Star wells have been remediated.
The proposal for the Chumash National Marine Sanctuary was given a five year extension.
Plug and Abandonment activities have commenced on Platforms Hidalgo, Harvest and Hermosa, as well as on Platforms Grace and Gail, all owned by Chevron.
The Draft Five Year Leasing Plan released by the Trump Administration in January, 2018, which proposed to lease all of the available leases around the entire country, is all but dead due to the election of Joe Biden as President.
The Strauss Wind Energy project is now under construction.
The Carone leases in State Waters expired in October (Platforms Hogan and Houchin).