A federal judge has ruled that Interior Department officials must disclose communications with Sable Offshore (SOC) related to permitting decisions for the company’s controversial Santa Barbara, California, pipeline system, Bloomberg’s Taylor Mills reports. The Interior Department has been ordered by Judge Michelle Williams of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to disclose internal deliberative materials as well as emails, texts, and other chats with the company and other agencies regarding the oil spill risk from restarting the offshore drilling operation. Shares of Sable Offshore are down nearly 6% in morning trading to $16.40.
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