Let’s start with my latest viral post on X, detailing a big announcement by Chevron on Tuesday that is a figurative punch in the nose to Gavin Newsom:
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BREAKING: Chevron just gave Gavin Newsom the middle finger with a major move that could finally help ease California’s sky-high gas prices!
They’re buying American oil from Sable Offshore’s Santa Barbara platforms and running it through their El Segundo refinery.
• Starts with 20,000 barrels/day in April • Ramping up to 45,000–55,000 bpd soon • First oil flowing through the pipeline since 2015 (thanks to Trump’s Defense Production Act order) • Directly cuts reliance on foreign crude — CA still imports 63% of its oil while sitting on billions of barrels in reserves
Chevron exec Andy Walz nailed it: “We’re taking American crude oil, putting it in American pipelines, running an American refinery and selling those products to American motorists — and it’s going to be cheaper than importing.”
