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The plan would almost certainly run into opposition from Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks in front of Sable Offshore Corporation's oil processing facility in Santa Barbara County, California, on Friday. | Noah Baustin/POLITICO
SANTA BARBARA, California — The Trump administration is in “active dialogue” on creating a petroleum reserve in California, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told POLITICO on Friday, a move that would boost oil infrastructure in the state and undermine Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s bid to shrink the state’s fossil fuel footprint.
A June 2 document that lawyers for Sable Offshore Corp., which owns a trio of oil platforms off the California coast, sent to the Energy Department and seen by POLITICO shows the company has proposed a West Coast Strategic Petroleum Reserve “in response to the inquiries made by the Trump administration and in the furtherance of Sable’s ongoing discussions with the Department of War for the supply of oil and gas to California.”
