An old method of receiving oil is coming back to California . The Trump administration is allowing foreign-registered oil ships to transport oil between US ports, subverting a 1920 law banning the practice. The method allows the Golden State to obtain desperately needed gas in huge quantities that cannot be supplied by in-state pipelines. California has no access to interstate pipelines , which would allow the state to receive much more oil and is how it is moved around many other parts of the