Exxon Subsidiary Ends Santa Barbara Oil Pipeline Replacement Project

The company cited federal environmental reviews and the “high degree of local permitting and business uncertainty” as factors in its decision.

Exxon’s subsidiary withdrew its application to build a new crude oil pipeline through Santa Barbara County to replace the pipeline that has been shut down since the Refugio Oil Spill in 2015. Pacific Pipeline Company will instead turn to restarting the pipelines from offshore platforms to out-of-county refineries that it purchased from Plains All Americ…