Santa Barbara County Travel Restrictions

A consortium of oil companies led by Chevron U.S.A. sued the California Coastal Commission for permission to transport oil by tanker from Chevron's operations at Point Arguello to its refinery in El Segundo, the company said Monday. The suit is the latest action by the company in its decade-long effort to produce oil from a 300-million-barrel field off Santa Barbara County, a project that the company estimated has cost the consortium about $2 billion without producing a drop of crude.

A consortium of oil companies led by Chevron U.S.A. sued the California Coastal Commission for permission to transport oil by tanker from Chevron's operations at Point Arguello to its refinery in El Segundo, the company said Monday. The suit is the latest action by the company in its decade-long effort to produce oil from a 300-million-barrel field off Santa Barbara County, a project that the company estimated has cost the consortium about $2 billion without producing a drop of crude.