Organization, Business Operations And Going Concern	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization, Business Operations And Going Concern	NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN Organization and General Flame Acquisition Corp. (“Flame” or the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on October 16, 2020. The Company was formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”). The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end. On November 2, 2022, the Company entered into an agreement and plan of merger, dated as of November 2, 2022 (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), with Sable Offshore Corp., a Texas corporation (“SOC”), and Sable Offshore Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the parent company of SOC (“Holdco” and, together with SOC, “Sable”). The Merger Agreement provided for, among other things, the following transactions at the closing: (i) Holdco will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger (the “Holdco Merger”), and (ii) immediately following the effective time of the Holdco Merger, SOC will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger (the “SOC Merger”). The Holdco Merger together with the SOC Merger are referred to as the “Merger,” and the Merger and other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are referred to as the “Business Combination.” In connection with the Business Combination, the Company changed its name to Sable Offshore Corp. The independent members of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) approved, and recommended that the Board approve, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. Subsequently, the Board approved the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. The obligations of the parties to consummate the Business Combination are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions. The closing of the Merger occured on February 14, 2024. In connection with the Business Combination, H oldco entered into subscription agreements (the “Sable PIPE Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (such investors, the “Sable PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which the Sable PIPE Investors purchased, in the aggregate , 7,450,000 limited liability company membership interests in Holdco designated as Class B shares at $10.00 per share, for an aggregate commitment amount of approximately $74,500,000 (the “Sable PIPE Investment”). The Sable PIPE Subscription Agreements provide that, in the event the Merger is consummated, the Sable PIPE Investors will be deemed to have subscribed for and will purchase our Class A common stock at the same price per share and, by operation of law pursuant to the Merger, we will have succeeded to Holdco’s obligations under the Sable PIPE Subscription Agreements. The Sable PIPE Subscription Agreements provide that, if the Merger is consummated, we must file a registration statement within 30 calendar days after consummation of the Merger registering the resale of the shares of our Class A common stock issued to the Sable PIPE Investors, and must use our commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective by the SEC by the earlier of (i) the 90th calendar day (or 120th calendar day if the SEC notifies us that it will review the registration statement) following the closing of the Merger and (ii) the 10th business day after the date we are notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that the registration statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review. We thereafter will be required to maintain a registration statement that is continuously effective and to cause the registration statement to regain effectiveness in the event that it ceases to be effective. On November 10, 2022, the Company filed a preliminary proxy statement relating to the Business Combination (as amended, the “Proxy Statement”), which included a recommendation of the Board to the Company’s stockholders that they approve the proposals included in the Proxy Statement. The Company also filed amended preliminary proxy statements on December 23, 2022, January 27, 2023 and September 14, 2023, for the purpose of addressing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Staff comments. On February 27, 2023, at a special meeting of stockholders, the Company’s stockholders voted to approve an amendment (the “First Extension Amendment Proposal”) to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which the Company must complete a business combination (the “First Extension”) from March 1, 2023, to September 1, 2023 (the “First Extended Date”). In connection with the First Extension, stockholders holding 20,317,255 shares of Class A common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account, representing approximately 70.67% of our then issued and outstanding Class A common stock. As a result, $206,121,060 (approximately $10.15 per share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such redeeming holders on March 2, 2023. On June 13, 2023, Sable, Exxon Mobil Corporation (“Exxon”) and Mobil Pacific Pipeline Company (“MPPC,” and together with Exxon, “EM”) entered into a First Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Purchase and Sale Agreement dated November 1, 2022 among Sable and EM. Pursuant to the Amendment, Sable and EM agreed to amend the Sable-EM Purchase Agreement to, among other things, provide that the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Sable-EM Purchase Agreement was scheduled to take place on June 30, 2023 (the “Sable-EM Scheduled Closing Date”), unless one or more of the conditions to closing described in the Sable-EM Purchase Agreement was not satisfied as of the Sable-EM Scheduled Closing Date, in which case the closing would be held three business days after all such conditions were satisfied or waived, or such other date as the parties may mutually agree in writing, but in no event later than December 31, 2023. The Amendment also lowers the “Minimum Cash Threshold” (as defined in the Sable-EM Purchase Agreement) from $200,000,000 to $150,000,000. On June 30, 2023, the Company and Sable entered into a Second Amendment to the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which the parties agreed to extend the date by which the parties must consummate the Business Combination, or otherwise either Flame or Sable may terminate the Merger Agreement, from June 30, 2023, to March 1, 2024. On August 22, 2023, we issued an aggregate of 7,187,500 shares of Class A common stock to the Sponsor, FL Co-Investment, Intrepid Financial Partners, our independent directors and certain of our executive officers, upon the conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B common stock (the “Class B Conversion”). The 7,187,500 shares of Class A common stock issued in connection with the Class B Conversion are subject to the same restrictions as applied to the shares of Class B common stock before the Class B Conversion, including, among other things, certain transfer restrictions, waiver of redemption rights and the obligation to vote in favor of an initial business combination, as described in the prospectus for the Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) described below (See Note 3 - Initial Public Offering). After the Class B Conversion, no shares of Class B common stock remained outstanding. On August 29, 2023, at a special meeting of stockholders, the Company’s stockholders voted to approve a proposal (the “Second Extension Amendment Proposal”) to amend the amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which the Company must complete a business combination (the “Second Extension”) from September 1, 2023, to March 1, 2024 (the “Second Extension Amendment”). In connection with the Second Extension, stockholders holding 2,328,063 shares of Class A common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account, representing approximately 27.61% of our then issued and outstanding Class A common stock. As a result, $24,008,096 (approximately $10.31 per share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such redeeming holders on August 31, 2023. On August 29, 2023, in connection with the Second Extension, we filed the Second Extension Amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Second Extension Amendment extends the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination from September 1, 2023 to March 1, 2024. On December 5, 2023, the California State Lands Commission voted unanimously to approve amendments to right-of-way leases held directly or indirectly by EM, for existing infrastructure serving offshore platforms Hondo, Harmony and Heritage in SYU. The amendments, among other things, extend the holdover periods for each of the leases by five years to December 31, 2028 and January 31, 2029, increase the bonding requirements from $1,000,000 to $15,000,000 and from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000, and provide for increased inspection and monitoring requirements. These leases are expected to be subsequently assigned to Sable. Sable does not expect the assignment of the leases to have an impact on the regulatory approval process. On February 12, 2024, Flame held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”), at which the Flame stockholders considered and adopted, among other matters, a proposal to approve the Business Combination, including (a) adopting the Merger Agreement and (b) approving the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, following the Special Meeting, on February 14, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), the Business Combination was consummated (the “Closing”). On February 12, 2024, holders of 150,823 shares of Class A common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account, representing approximately 2.47% of our then issued and outstanding Class A common stock. As a result, $1,572,250 (approximately $10.42 per share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such redeeming holders on February 14, 2024. In connection with the Business Combination, Holdco and Flame entered into subscription agreements (collectively, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Initial PIPE Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (the “PIPE Investors”) for an aggregate commitment amount of $520,000,000 (the “Initial PIPE Investments”), pursuant to which such investors agreed to purchase an aggregate of 52,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value of $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), at a price of $10.00 per share upon the consummation of the Business Combination. On February 12, 2024, following the Special Meeting, a PIPE Investor that subscribed for $125,000,000 of the Initial PIPE Investment informed the Company that it would not be able to fund that subscribed amount by the Closing due to difficulties it is experiencing related to receiving called capital from certain of its foreign investors. The inability of that PIPE Investor to fund its commitment did not relieve the obligations of the other PIPE Investors to fund their commitments in connection with the Closing. On February 12, 2024 and February 13, 2024, the Company entered into subscription agreements (collectively, the “Additional PIPE Subscription Agreements” and, together with the Initial PIPE Subscription Agreements, the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”) (including an additional $25,000,000 commitment from James C. Flores, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) on substantially the same terms as those contained in the Initial PIPE Subscription Agreements to replace, in the aggregate, $55,000,000 of the amount previously committed by the PIPE Investor described above (the “Additional PIPE Investments” and, together with the Initial PIPE Investments, the “PIPE Investments”). On February 14, 2024, immediately following the Closing, the Company issued 44,024,910 shares of Common Stock of the Company, at a price of $10.00 per share for an aggregate PIPE Investment of $440,249,100 in accordance with the terms of the PIPE Subscription Agreements. The shares of Common Stock issued in the PIPE Investments were offered in a private placement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements. On the Closing Date, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company issued an aggregate of 3,306,370 private placement warrants pursuant to the Working Capital Loans (as defined in the Proxy Statement) (the “Working Capital Loan Issuance”) to James C. Flores, Gregory Patrinely, J. Caldwell Flores and Anthony Duenner after each of them elected, at each of their option, to convert their respective outstanding amounts into private placement warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant. On the Sable-EM Closing Date, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Sable-EM Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a five-year secured term loan with Exxon (the “Term Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which Sable agreed to pay to Exxon, on or before the payment due date, a principal amount of $622.9 million in addition to accrued interest thereon, commencing on the Effective Date. Such accrued interest is payable in arrears on each anniversary of the Effective Date unless Management elects in writing prior to an interest payment date for such accrued interest to be added to the outstanding principal on the Term Loan Agreement (any such interest, “PIK Interest”). PIK Interest shall be deemed outstanding principal under the Term Loan Agreement and accrue additional interest. Prior to the Sable-EM Closing Date, Management elected for all accrued interest under the Term Loan Agreement to be deemed PIK Interest. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) between Sable, Flame Acquisition Corp. (“Flame”), and Sable Offshore Holdings LLC (“Holdco”), on February 14, 2024, (i) Holdco merged with and into Flame, with Flame surviving such merger (the “Holdco Merger”) and (ii) Sable merged with and into Flame, with Flame surviving such merger (the “SOC Merger” and, together with the Holdco Merger, the “Mergers” and, along with the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Business Combination”). In connection with the Business Combination, Flame changed its name to “Sable Offshore Corp”. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity through December 31, 2023 relates to the Company’s formation, the Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) described below (See Note 3 - Initial Public Offering) and, since the closing of the IPO, the search for a target for our initial Business Combination, and since the signing of the Merger Agreement, completing our initial Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the com ple tion of its initial business combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the IPO and non-operating income or expense from changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities and convertible promissory notes. The accompanying financial statements as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 and for the years then ended present the financial position and results of operations of the entity f/k/a Flame Acquisition Corp., and not those of Sable Offshore Corp., and therefore, do not reflect the effects of the Business Combination. Financing The registration statement for the Company’s IPO was declared effective on February 24, 2021 (the “Effective Date”). On March 1, 2021, the Company consummated the IPO of 28,750,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the common stock included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $287,500,000, which is discussed in Note 3. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the sale of 7,750,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”), at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, which is discussed in Note 4. Trust Account Following the closing of the IPO on March 1, 2021, an amount of $287,500,000 from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) which is invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company. However, to mitigate the risk of our being deemed to be an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act) and thus subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, on February 21, 2023, we instructed American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the investments previously held in the Trust Account and to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash (which may include an interest bearing demand deposit account at a national bank) until the earlier of the consummation of our initial business combination or the liquidation of the Company. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Company to pay its tax obligations (see Note 2), the proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of (a) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (b) the redemption of any Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, and (c) the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial business combination within by March 1, 2024, subject to applicable law. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the Company’s public stockholders. In conjunction with the closing of the Business Combination, all funds in the Trust Account were transferred to the Company’s operating cash account. Initial Business Combination The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be generally applied toward consummating a business combination. The Company’s business combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in the Trust Account (net of taxes payable) at the time of the signing of an agreement to enter into a business combination. However, the Company will only complete a business combination if the post-business combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a business combination. The Company will provide its public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of the initial business combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the initial business combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a proposed initial business combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The stockholders will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (initially $10.00 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations). The shares of common stock subject to redemption are recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the IPO, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”). The Company will proceed with a business combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either immediately prior to or upon consummation of a business combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the business combination. The Company had until March 1, 2024 to consummate a business combination (the “Combination Period”). If the Company had been unable to complete a business combination within the Combination Period, the Company would have redeemed 100 % of the outstanding Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company for the payment of taxes, and less up to $ 100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, subject to applicable law, and then seek to dissolve and liquidate. Flame Acquisition Sponsor, LLC a Delaware company (the “Sponsor”), and the Company’s officers and directors have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares (see Note 5), Private Placement Warrants and Public Shares in connection with the completion of the initial business combination, (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and Public Shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, and (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants if the Company fails to complete the initial business combination within the Combination Period. The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per Public Share and (ii) the actual amount per Public Share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations. The Company has not independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believes that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot be certain that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. Going Concern As of December 31, 2023, the Company had cash outside the Trust Account of $267,816 available for working capital needs and a working capital deficit of $16,407,803. All remaining cash held in the Trust Account is generally unavailable for the Company’s use, prior to an initial business combination, and is restricted for use either in a Business Combination, to redeem common stock or to use for payment of taxes. As of December 31, 2023, $2,969,263 of the amount in the Trust Account was available to be withdrawn as described above, which is net of the $1,446,193 the Company withdrew for payment of taxes during the period ended December 31, 2023. Through December 31, 2023, the Company’s liquidity needs have been satisfied through various promissory notes from its sponsor (see further discussion of the individual promissory notes in Note 5). Management has addressed near-term capital funding needs with the PIPE capital raise and the consummation of the Business Combination and believes the Company has sufficient capital to maintain operations and complete the repairs necessary to restart production at SYU. However, the Company’s plans for production restart are contingent upon approvals from federal, state and local regulators. Additionally, if the Company’s estimates of the costs of restarting production are less than the actual amounts necessary to do so, the Company may have insuffi cie nt funds available to operate its business prior to first production and will need to raise additional capital. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, among other things, suspending repair efforts and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. Due to the remaining regulatory approvals necessary to restart production, along with the timing of ongoing construction repair efforts, substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements included in this annual report do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that could be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern. Risks and Uncertainties Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine and the surrounding region, and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that these risks and uncertainties could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties. Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from whom shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases made during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “U.S. Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax. Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the U.S. Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete a Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination. The Company determined that the $230,129,156 in Trust Account value relating to the Class A common stock redeemed during the year ended December 31, 2023, (as noted above) is currently subject to the excise tax. Accordingly, an excise tax payable of $2,308,378 was recognized upon the redemptions and was recorded as a liability on the balance sheet and as a charge to Accumulated Deficit. The Company will continue to assess the excise tax payable recognizing an additional excise tax liability for any future stock repurchases/redemptions and netting such liability for any future qualifying stock issuances within the same annual period.

Flame Acquisition Corp. (“Flame” or the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on October 16, 2020. The Company was formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”). The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

On November 2, 2022, the Company entered into an agreement and plan of merger, dated as of November 2, 2022 (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), with Sable Offshore Corp., a Texas corporation (“SOC”), and Sable Offshore Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the parent company of SOC (“Holdco” and, together with SOC, “Sable”). The Merger Agreement provided for, among other things, the following transactions at the closing: (i) Holdco will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger (the “Holdco Merger”), and (ii) immediately following the effective time of the Holdco Merger, SOC will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger (the “SOC Merger”). The Holdco Merger together with the SOC Merger are referred to as the “Merger,” and the Merger and other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are referred to as the “Business Combination.” In connection with the Business Combination, the Company changed its name to Sable Offshore Corp. The independent members of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) approved, and recommended that the Board approve, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. Subsequently, the Board approved the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.

In connection with the Business Combination,

oldco entered into subscription agreements (the “Sable PIPE Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (such investors, the “Sable PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which the Sable PIPE Investors purchased, in the aggregate

, 7,450,000 limited liability company membership interests in Holdco designated as Class B shares at $10.00 per share, for an aggregate commitment amount of approximately $74,500,000 (the “Sable PIPE Investment”).

The Sable PIPE Subscription Agreements provide that, in the event the Merger is consummated, the Sable PIPE Investors will be deemed to have subscribed for and will purchase our Class A common stock at the same price per share and, by operation of law pursuant to the Merger, we will have succeeded to Holdco’s obligations under the Sable PIPE Subscription Agreements. The Sable PIPE Subscription Agreements provide that, if the Merger is consummated, we must file a registration statement within 30 calendar days after consummation of the Merger registering the resale of the shares of our Class A common stock issued to the Sable PIPE Investors, and must use our commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective by the SEC by the earlier of (i) the 90th calendar day (or 120th calendar day if the SEC notifies us that it will review the registration statement) following the closing of the Merger and (ii) the 10th business day after the date we are notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that the registration statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review. We thereafter will be required to maintain a registration statement that is continuously effective and to cause the registration statement to regain effectiveness in the event that it ceases to be effective.

On November 10, 2022, the Company filed a preliminary proxy statement relating to the Business Combination (as amended, the “Proxy Statement”), which included a recommendation of the Board to the Company’s stockholders that they approve the proposals included in the Proxy Statement. The Company also filed amended preliminary proxy statements on December 23, 2022, January 27, 2023 and September 14, 2023, for the purpose of addressing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Staff comments.

On February 27, 2023, at a special meeting of stockholders, the Company’s stockholders voted to approve an amendment (the “First Extension Amendment Proposal”) to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which the Company must complete a business combination (the “First Extension”) from March 1, 2023, to September 1, 2023 (the “First Extended Date”). In connection with the First Extension, stockholders holding 20,317,255 shares of Class A common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account, representing approximately 70.67% of our then issued and outstanding Class A common stock. As a result, $206,121,060 (approximately $10.15 per share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such redeeming holders on March 2, 2023.

On June 13, 2023, Sable, Exxon Mobil Corporation (“Exxon”) and Mobil Pacific Pipeline Company (“MPPC,” and together with Exxon, “EM”) entered into a First Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Purchase and Sale Agreement dated November 1, 2022 among Sable and EM. Pursuant to the Amendment, Sable and EM agreed to amend the Sable-EM Purchase Agreement to, among other things, provide that the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Sable-EM Purchase Agreement was scheduled to take place on June 30, 2023 (the “Sable-EM Scheduled Closing Date”), unless one or more of the conditions to closing described in the Sable-EM Purchase Agreement was not satisfied as of the Sable-EM Scheduled Closing Date, in which case the closing would be held three business days after all such conditions were satisfied or waived, or such other date as the parties may mutually agree in writing, but in no event later than December 31, 2023. The Amendment also lowers the “Minimum Cash Threshold” (as defined in the Sable-EM Purchase Agreement) from $200,000,000 to $150,000,000.

On August 22, 2023, we issued an aggregate of 7,187,500 shares of Class A common stock to the Sponsor, FL Co-Investment, Intrepid Financial Partners, our independent directors and certain of our executive officers, upon the conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B common stock (the “Class B Conversion”). The 7,187,500 shares of Class A common stock issued in connection with the Class B Conversion are subject to the same restrictions as applied to the shares of Class B common stock before the Class B Conversion, including, among other things, certain transfer restrictions, waiver of redemption rights and the obligation to vote in favor of an initial business combination, as described in the prospectus for the Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) described below (See Note 3 - Initial Public Offering). After the Class B Conversion, no shares of Class B common stock remained outstanding.

On August 29, 2023, at a special meeting of stockholders, the Company’s stockholders voted to approve a proposal (the “Second Extension Amendment Proposal”) to amend the amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which the Company must complete a business combination (the “Second Extension”) from September 1, 2023, to March 1, 2024 (the “Second Extension Amendment”). In connection with the Second Extension, stockholders holding 2,328,063 shares of Class A common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account, representing approximately 27.61% of our then issued and outstanding Class A common stock. As a result, $24,008,096 (approximately $10.31 per share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such redeeming holders on August 31, 2023.

On December 5, 2023, the California State Lands Commission voted unanimously to approve amendments to right-of-way leases held directly or indirectly by EM, for existing infrastructure serving offshore platforms Hondo, Harmony and Heritage in SYU. The amendments, among other things, extend the holdover periods for each of the leases by five years to December 31, 2028 and January 31, 2029, increase the bonding requirements from $1,000,000 to $15,000,000 and from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000, and provide for increased inspection and monitoring requirements. These leases are expected to be subsequently assigned to Sable. Sable does not expect the assignment of the leases to have an impact on the regulatory approval process.

On February 12, 2024, Flame held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”), at which the Flame stockholders considered and adopted, among other matters, a proposal to approve the Business Combination, including (a) adopting the Merger Agreement and (b) approving the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, following the Special Meeting, on February 14, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), the Business Combination was consummated (the “Closing”).

connection with the Business Combination, Holdco and Flame entered into subscription agreements (collectively, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Initial PIPE Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (the “PIPE Investors”) for an aggregate commitment amount of $520,000,000 (the “Initial PIPE Investments”), pursuant to which such investors agreed to purchase an aggregate of 52,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value of $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), at a price of $10.00 per share upon the consummation of the Business Combination.

On February 12, 2024, following the Special Meeting, a PIPE Investor that subscribed for $125,000,000 of the Initial PIPE Investment informed the Company that it would not be able to fund that subscribed amount by the Closing due to difficulties it is experiencing related to receiving called capital from certain of its foreign investors. The inability of that PIPE Investor to fund its commitment did not relieve the obligations of the other PIPE Investors to fund their commitments in connection with the Closing.

On February 12, 2024 and February 13, 2024, the Company entered into subscription agreements (collectively, the “Additional PIPE Subscription Agreements” and, together with the Initial PIPE Subscription Agreements, the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”) (including an additional $25,000,000 commitment from James C. Flores, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) on substantially the same terms as those contained in the Initial PIPE Subscription Agreements to replace, in the aggregate, $55,000,000 of the amount previously committed by the PIPE Investor described above (the “Additional PIPE Investments” and, together with the Initial PIPE Investments, the “PIPE Investments”).

On February 14, 2024, immediately following the Closing, the Company issued 44,024,910 shares of Common Stock of the Company, at a price of $10.00 per share for an aggregate PIPE Investment of $440,249,100 in accordance with the terms of the PIPE Subscription Agreements. The shares of Common Stock issued in the PIPE Investments were offered in a private placement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements.

On the Closing Date, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company issued an aggregate of 3,306,370 private placement warrants pursuant to the Working Capital Loans (as defined in the Proxy Statement) (the “Working Capital Loan Issuance”) to James C. Flores, Gregory Patrinely, J. Caldwell Flores and Anthony Duenner after each of them elected, at each of their option, to convert their respective outstanding amounts into private placement warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant.

On the

Sable-EM

Closing Date, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the

Sable-EM

Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a five-year secured term loan with Exxon (the “Term Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which Sable agreed to pay to Exxon, on or before the payment due date, a principal amount of $622.9 million in addition to accrued interest thereon, commencing on the Effective Date. Such accrued interest is payable in arrears on each anniversary of the Effective Date unless Management elects in writing prior to an interest payment date for such accrued interest to be added to the outstanding principal on the Term Loan Agreement (any such interest, “PIK Interest”). PIK Interest shall be deemed outstanding principal under the Term Loan Agreement and accrue additional interest. Prior to the

Sable-EM

Closing Date, Management elected for all accrued interest under the Term Loan Agreement to be deemed PIK Interest.

Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) between Sable, Flame Acquisition Corp. (“Flame”), and Sable Offshore Holdings LLC (“Holdco”), on February 14, 2024, (i) Holdco merged with and into Flame, with Flame surviving such merger (the “Holdco Merger”) and (ii) Sable merged with and into Flame, with Flame surviving such merger (the “SOC Merger” and, together with the Holdco Merger, the “Mergers” and, along with the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Business Combination”). In connection with the Business Combination, Flame changed its name to “Sable Offshore Corp”.

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity through December 31, 2023 relates to the Company’s formation, the Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) described below (See Note 3 - Initial Public Offering) and, since the closing of the IPO, the search for a target for our initial Business Combination, and since the signing of the Merger Agreement, completing our initial Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the com

ple

tion of its initial business combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate

non-operating

income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the IPO and

non-operating

income or expense from changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities and convertible promissory notes.

Following the closing of the IPO on March 1, 2021, an amount of $287,500,000 from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) which is invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185

days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule

2a-7

of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company. However, to mitigate the risk of our being deemed to be an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act) and thus subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, on February 21, 2023, we instructed American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the investments previously held in the Trust Account and to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash (which may include an interest bearing demand deposit account at a national bank) until the earlier of the consummation of our initial business combination or the liquidation of the Company. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Company to pay its tax obligations (see Note 2), the proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of (a) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (b) the redemption of any Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, and (c) the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial business combination within by March 1, 2024, subject to applicable law. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the Company’s public stockholders. In conjunction with the closing of the Business Combination, all funds in the Trust Account were transferred to the Company’s operating cash account.

The Company’s business combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in the Trust Account (net of taxes payable) at the time of the signing of an agreement to enter into a business combination. However, the Company will only complete a business combination if the post-business combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a business combination.

The Company will provide its public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of the initial business combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the initial business combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a proposed initial business combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The stockholders will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (initially $10.00 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations).

The shares of common stock subject to redemption are recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the IPO, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”). The Company will proceed with a business combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either immediately prior to or upon consummation of a business combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the business combination.

The Company had until March 1, 2024 to consummate a business combination (the “Combination Period”). If the Company had been unable to complete a business combination within the Combination Period, the Company would have redeemed

100

of the outstanding Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company for the payment of taxes, and less up to

100,000

of interest to pay dissolution expenses, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, subject to applicable law, and then seek to dissolve and liquidate.

Flame Acquisition Sponsor, LLC a Delaware company (the “Sponsor”), and the Company’s officers and directors have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares (see Note 5), Private Placement Warrants and Public Shares in connection with the completion of the initial business combination, (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and Public Shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, and (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants if the Company fails to complete the initial business combination within the Combination Period.

The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per Public Share and (ii) the actual amount per Public Share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations. The Company has not independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believes that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot be certain that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations.

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had cash outside the Trust Account of $267,816 available for working capital needs and a working capital deficit of $16,407,803. All remaining cash held in the Trust Account is generally unavailable for the Company’s use, prior to an initial business combination, and is restricted for use either in a Business Combination, to redeem common stock or to use for payment of taxes. As of December 31, 2023, $2,969,263

of the amount in the Trust Account was available to be withdrawn as described above, which is net of the

$1,446,193

the Company withdrew for payment of taxes during the period ended

December 31, 2023.

Management has addressed near-term capital funding needs with the PIPE capital raise and the consummation of the Business Combination and believes the Company has sufficient capital to maintain operations and complete the repairs necessary to restart production at SYU. However, the Company’s plans for production restart are contingent upon approvals from federal, state and local regulators. Additionally, if the Company’s estimates of the costs of restarting production are less than the actual amounts necessary to do so, the Company may have insuffi

cie

nt funds available to operate its business prior to first production and will need to raise additional capital. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, among other things, suspending repair efforts and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.

Due to the remaining regulatory approvals necessary to restart production, along with the timing of ongoing construction repair efforts, substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements included in this annual report do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that could be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.

Management continues to evaluate the impact of the

COVID-19

pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine and the surrounding region, and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that these risks and uncertainties could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from whom shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases made during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “U.S. Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax.

Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the U.S. Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete a Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination.

The Company determined that the $230,129,156 in Trust Account value relating to the Class A common stock redeemed during the year ended December 31, 2023, (as noted above) is currently subject to the excise tax. Accordingly, an excise tax payable of $2,308,378

was recognized upon the redemptions and was recorded as a liability on the balance sheet and as a charge to Accumulated Deficit. The Company will continue to assess the excise tax payable recognizing an additional excise tax liability for any future stock repurchases/redemptions and netting such liability for any future qualifying stock issuances within the same annual period.