On Friday, February 20, AB 2716 was introduced at CIPA’s request by Assembly Member Anamarie Avila Farias to fix Public Resources Code § 3205.8, the AB 1167-era “transfer bonding” section that has caused a market freeze and prevented sales of oil wells and facilities for over two years.

NOPEC has launched a new fundraising campaign to support its ongoing legal challenge to SB 1137, California’s Energy Shutdown Law.

A new analysis highlighted by Extracting Fact underscores a reality Sacramento keeps trying to wish away: SB 237 was a meaningful step, but it is not big enough to stabilize California’s crude supply chain, the pipelines and refineries that keep transportation fuels flowing.

Sen. Scott Wiener has introduced SB 982 (2025–26), a new “climate disasters” bill pitched as a way to recoup insurance-related costs from oil and natural gas companies and route recoveries toward the state’s insurance instability (including FAIR Plan-related losses and assessments).

A new federal lawsuit is taking direct aim at California’s 3,200-foot “health protection zone” drilling ban under SB 1137, arguing the state has effectively wiped out the productive use of privately owned mineral rights without compensation.