Sable Offshore brings Platform Heritage online amid ongoing pipeline dispute
Sable Offshore Corp., Houston, has started production from Platform Heritage in federal waters offshore California. Together with output from Platform Harmony, the company is producing an average 750 gross b/d of oil per well from the 40 wells currently online across the two platforms. Once all 74 production wells are brought online, Sable expects average per‑well production to be about 700 gross b/d.
The company’s third platform, Hondo, is expected to come online in June and, once fully ramped up, is forecast to produce about 10,000 gross b/d.
Court ruling constrains pipeline restart, legal challenges continue
Platforms Harmony and Heritage are part of Sable Offshore’s Santa Ynez Unit (SYU). Platform Heritage was recently cleared by the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to resume operations following completion of a final pre‑restart inspection and a directive from the US Secretary of Energy requiring Sable Offshore to restore SYU operations under authorities delegated through the Defense Production Act and certain executive orders.
A California state court, however, has refused to lift an injunction blocking restart of Sable Offshore’s onshore pipeline system, ruling that the federal directive does not override existing court orders or state permitting requirements.
From April 2026 through yearend, the operator expects to spend about $180 million on facility upgrades, maintenance capital, and production optimization, and plans to refinance its debt during the second quarter while pursuing potential federal credit support.
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