What will Chevron do now that Trump is planning to restart ops offshore California?
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@ke Just a thought What ones are next
This is site is so fun. It's a zero-sum game you know. "Corporate entities" are just prawns (sp intended) on the chess board.
"Caused".... oh, I'm sure that was intentional.
3 refineries shut down permanently in California this year. No need for more oil in California plus the addition to the fact that 80% of flowlines are over 45 years old in urban and residential areas. No way will California get back to a number 2 oil producing state again.
Does Chevron even have any offshore properties anymore?
@dy Unocal caused the Santa Barbara spill you refer to so even though we have lost all historical knowledge through the years, why not give it a go for nostalgia’s sake.
Just like Venezuela, none of the majors are d-mb enough to make that investment except us.
Many examples of offshore oil spills in California. The environmental movement started there due to an oil spill in Santa Barbara in the 70’s. We should protect the coasts and concentrate on places like SJV where we can feee up more licenses and increase production. Easier and cheaper than offshore. Safer too from a PR perspective
@OP Absolutely nothing, zero, zilch, nada. Chevron, like other oil majors, does not operate there - only small independents. In 2025, volumes for offshore California were on the order of 10,000 bbl a day, maximum capacity if fully operational is maybe 50,000 bbls. In comparison, the target for TCO is one million bbls/day.