As December 2025 progressed, notable events included PHMSA approving Sable Offshores pipeline restart despite lawsuits, CPC Black Sea terminal halting exports due to storm and drone damage at their terminal, an oil spill in Germany and the BP Olympic Pipeline leak affecting US fuel supplies; all incidents which demonstrate ongoing challenges associated with global pipeline networks.
Takeaways from the last month on offshore pipeline projects around the globe. California regulatory environment and a project update in the North Sea. Sable Offshore petitioned the federal government for permission to engage its Santa Ynez Unit pipeline that has been dormant for almost three years. The initiative to transport and store Aramis CO2 through European waters has been officially resonate, as the biggest offshore pipeline project in the world has opted to pursue a “game-changing” EU tendering procedure for its pipeline system in the North Sea.