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Secretaries Wright and Burgum Tour Sable Offshore Oil Platform off Santa Barbara, Jun. 5, 2026

June 12, 2026 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:04:38

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What happened

In the CNN segment distributed by the Department of Energy, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum arrive by helicopter at a Sable Offshore platform off Santa Barbara, California. The report states that the pipeline is again producing oil under an executive action by the Trump administration — described in the segment as invocation of the Defense Production Act — while the state of California is suing to shut it down.

Wright states in the segment that President Trump is for what he called energy addition and energy dominance, and attributes California’s high gas prices, as he stated it, to environmental regulations and the state’s gas tax. According to the Department of Energy as cited in the report, Sable is ramping up to produce 200,000 barrels of oil per day. Asked about critics’ claims, Wright states that no federal money has gone into the project. The segment also carries opposition from the Environmental Defense Center, which is suing to stop Sable over pipeline-corrosion concerns, as its executive director stated them.

Why it matters

The tour is the administration’s on-camera case for restarting long-idled offshore production as an answer to high pump prices, with a named production figure and an active state lawsuit defining the fight.

Scoreboard watch

Scoreboard candidate: the ramp toward 200,000 barrels per day attributed in the report to the Department of Energy. Flagged for the scoreboard editor; no verdict given here.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretaries Wright and Burgum Tour Sable Offshore Oil Platform off Santa Barbara, Jun. 5, 2026”, off Santa Barbara, California, 2026-06-12 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-06-12). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.