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Trump officials back firm in fight over California offshore oil drilling after huge spill

Trump officials back firm in fight over California offshore oil drilling after huge spill
business10/15/2025

One of California’s worst oil spills occurred off the Santa Barbara coast in 2015, when a corroded pipeline burst.

When the corroded pipeline burst in 2015, inky crude spread along the Southern California coast, becoming the state’s worst oil spill in decades. More than 140,000 gallons (3,300 barrels) of oil gushed out, blackening beaches for 150 miles (240 kilom... [6681 chars]