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.The Commission’s engineers... Read MoreRead more about Final Abandonment of PRC 421-2 Well
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,... Read MoreRead more about Unified Command to oversee and monitor excavation into root cause of 421 Pier Release
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... Read MoreRead more about The State Lands Commission terminated three offshore oil and gas leases and a pipeline right of way lease
Read more about 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... Read MoreRead more about 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.
Goleta – Since Venoco LLC quitclaimed State Lease PRC 421, which includes the PRC 421 wells, the Commission, through its agents, has undertaken the plug and abandonment operations (in Venoco’s absence) to clean up these wells that were drilled in the late 1930s.... Read MoreRead more about Crude oil release in Goleta