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    Does Sable Offshore (SOC) Clearing a Legal Hurdle Reframe Its Regulatory Risk or Operational Opportunity?

    Simply Wall St·01/05/2026 23:18:28
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    • In recent days, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an emergency bid by environmental groups to halt a federal special permit that allows Sable Offshore to restart key segments 324 and 325 of its Santa Ynez oil pipeline system in California.
    • This ruling, while leaving a broader legal challenge in place with briefs due through early March, moves Sable Offshore closer to reactivating its Santa Ynez Unit under closer regulatory scrutiny.
    • Against this backdrop, we’ll examine how the court’s refusal to pause the emergency permit shapes Sable Offshore’s investment narrative.

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    What Is Sable Offshore's Investment Narrative?

    To own Sable Offshore, you have to believe the Santa Ynez Unit can transition from a long-running cash drain into a producing asset under tighter oversight, before the company’s higher-cost debt and ongoing losses bite too hard. The Ninth Circuit’s refusal to pause the PHMSA emergency permit is central to that story: it materially improves the odds of near-term operational progress, which had been the key catalyst hanging over the stock, and it partly explains the sharp recent share price move. At the same time, the broader legal challenge continues, so regulatory and litigation risk remain front and center, alongside a balance sheet carrying a 15% senior term loan and no current revenue. In effect, the stock is now even more tied to execution on restart and the courtroom timeline.

    However, one risk around the costly debt structure and cash needs is easy to overlook. Our comprehensive valuation report raises the possibility that Sable Offshore is priced higher than what may be justified by its financials.

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    Five fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community span from about US$10.52 up to a very large US$105.15, underlining how far apart views can be. Set that against Sable Offshore’s binary near term catalyst around the Santa Ynez restart and ongoing legal overhang, and you can see why it pays to examine several contrasting viewpoints before deciding how this story might fit in a portfolio.

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