Platform Holly & Piers 421 Decommissioning Update & Town Hall Meeting
The Commission will host a community Town Hall from 6 – 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 7 at the Goleta City Hall regarding the plug and abandonment work at Platform Holly and Piers 421. We will also update the community about the upcoming CEQA process to remove two...
Information on State Tidelands Oil & Gas Leases
Lease: 91Lessee: SoCal Holding, LLCOperator: SoCal Holding, LLCCounty: OrangeAssigned: June 19, 2014Field: Huntington BeachIssue Date: 05/21/1943Status: ProducingRoyalty Rate: Price-based sliding scale on oil (16 2/3% - 25%)Bonus: Bid factor 1.63Bond: $30 Million...
Platform Holly/Piers 421/Venoco Bankruptcy
11/07/2019 Decommissioning Update & Town Hall Meeting We’ve completed the plug and abandonment of the Piers 421 wells in Goleta. Thank you to the Office of Spill Prevention and Response, the City of Goleta, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Division of Oil, Gas, and...
Terminated Offshore Oil & Gas Lease Summary
Terminated Leaseas of: Lease Type Lease Number Lessee Acres Termination Date Staff Report Number Location Leases Terminated June 2019 Oil & Gas 4000 Carone 204 06/28/2019 98 Santa Barbara Channel, Offshore Carpinteria 1 June 2019 Oil & Gas 7911 Carone 1,541...
Quitclaimed Offshore Oil & Gas Lease Status Summary
Status of Leaseas of: Total Leases Developed& Producing Developed &Non-Producing UndevelopedLeases Number of LeasesQuitclaimed Average Production(barrels per day) Leases Quitclaimed Leases Quitclaimedto Date Jan 65 - Dec 69 44 36 0 8 2 65,308 2198 & 2205 2...
Final Abandonment of PRC 421-2 Well
The California State Lands Commission and its contractors will commence the final abandonment of the PRC 421-2 well on Haskell’s Beach on or about Thursday, August 29th. This is the site of the small oil discharge that occurred in late May.
Unified Command to oversee and monitor excavation into root cause of 421 Pier Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Unified CommandNews Release Contacts: Sheri Pemberton, CA State Lands PIO, 916.477.0691Steve Gonzalez, CA Fish and Wildlife PIO, 916.715.9072 Goleta, CA – The investigation has resumed into the cause of the May 28, 2019, 421 Pier Release,...
The State Lands Commission terminated three offshore oil and gas leases and a pipeline right of way lease
Sacramento, CA –The State Lands Commission terminated three offshore oil and gas leases and a pipeline right of way lease today.Over the past few years, the Commission has sought to compel Carone Petroleum Corporation and Signal Hill Services Inc., state lessees, to...
On June 27, the Commission will host a Town Hall in Goleta to update the community about the Platform Holly and Piers 421 decommissioning projects.
The purpose of the Town Hall is to update the community on the Commission’s efforts to plug and abandon the oil and gas wells at Holly and Piers 421 and to provide an update on the recent oil release at Piers 421. View Flyer
Crude oil release in Goleta
The San Diego Ocean Planning Partnership has released an interactive, user-friendly Web Mapping Application that is designed to help users better understand the dynamic ocean space and ocean-related data offshore San Diego County.