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History is (Unfortunately) About to Repeat Itself

By Mike Stoker

Nov 19, 2025
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To those opposing the Sable Offshore Corporation’s efforts to start up production of its Santa Ynez Unit, I simply ask you, if you’re old enough (which most opponents are not), to remember 40 years ago, when two to three oil tankers a day were transporting up to 300,000 barrels a day of Exxon’s oil from its Offshore Storage & Treatment Facility (OSTF).

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