---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001831481-26-000108"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOC"
cik: "0001831481"
company_name: "Sable Offshore Corp."
filed_at: "2026-08-24T10:15:47+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-24T10:20:07.350774+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sable Offshore cleared to keep SYPS running; $1.449M penalty, injunctions denied

## Summary
- Court imposed $1.449M penalty for restarting SYPS without OSFM authorization; denied injunctive shutdown.
- Consent Decree modified: PHMSA substituted for OSFM as regulator; Plains dismissed; no restart violation found.
- California's bid to enjoin DPA Order denied; state filed appeal Aug 20, 2026.
- Court declared DPA Order bars Parks trespass claims; Sable wins Quintero; appeal filed Aug 21, 2026.
- CBD v. CDFPP remanded to state court; collateral estoppel noted re DPA preemption.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001831481-26-000108
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOC
- cik: 0001831481
- company_name: Sable Offshore Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-08-24T10:15:47+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831481/000183148126000108/0001831481-26-000108-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831481/000183148126000108/socc-20260819.htm

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