Newsom Proposes More Oil Drilling In CA - Legal Planet

California Wants to Simplify the Issuance of Oil Drilling Permits

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a legislative proposal aimed at simplifying the process for issuing licenses for new oil well drilling. However, environmentalists argue that the bill would strip authorities of essential oversight, according to Bloomberg. The bill outlines a “plug-to-drill” approach through 2036: in order to drill one new well, operators would need to plug two old ones. Under certain conditions, drillers would no l…

Newsom Proposes More Oil Drilling In CA - Legal Planet

Last Thursday, the Newsom Administration proposed a new law allowing extensive additional oil drilling in California, as long as the new wells are in existing oil fields and the oil company closes one well in the oil field for each one drilled and one in health a safety designated areas.  The proposal appears to be in response to threatened oil refinery closures in the state.  In my view, there are other ways to respond to threatened refinery cl…