The Office of State Fire Marshal has informed Sable Offshore that its restart plan may still have remaining steps to be completed.
In a letter sent to Sable Offshore on October 22, the Office of State Fire Marshal noted that the company had not met restart requirements regarding tool sizing tolerance found in item 9 of the safety waivers granted by the state regulator in December of last year.
The state safety regulator argued that full remediation requires a permanent repair method and that tool tolerance - the acceptable variation in tool accuracy - is included in the state's safety waivers.
The Office of State Fire Marshal indicated that there are unmet conditions within the waivers granted to Sable Offshore regarding the company's plans to restart oil production in California.
Author's summary: Sable Offshore's restart plan incomplete.