Exxon Denied Summary Judgement in Santa Barbara Trucking Permit Case

Exxon alleged that Santa Barbara County Board turned consideration of trucking proposal into a referendum on the production, transportation, and use of oil in and off the Santa Barbara coast.

On September 28, 2023, a U.S. judge denied ExxonMobil’s request to reverse a decision by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors to deny the company an interim permit to truck crude oil produced from its offshore platforms to a refinery in Kern County until a pipeline becomes available. The denial of the trucking permit has prevented a restart of …