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ExxonMobil loses bid to truck millions of gallons of crude oil through central California
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FILE - Workers monitor an underground oil pipe break up a hill from Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., on May 20, 2015. ExxonMobil lost a court bid on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, to truck millions of gallons of crude oil through central California, a crucial part of its efforts to restart offshore oil wells that were shut in 2015 after the pipeline leak caused the worst coastal spill in 25 years. - photo by AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, File
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — ExxonMobil lost a court bid Wednesday to truck millions of gallons of crude oil through central California — a crucial part of its efforts to restart offshore oil wells that were shut in 2015 after a pipeline leak caused the worst coastal spill in 25 years. A federal judge refused to overturn a 2022 decision by the Santa Barbara County Board Supervisors that denied ExxonMobil's request to use trucks to carry crude from the three wells. A request for comment from ExxonMobil about the decision wasn’t immediately returned.