** Shares of U.S.-based oil and gas firm Sable Offshore SOC.N rise 6% to $26.89 in extended trading

** Company expects to restart production at the Santa Ynez Unit (SYU) offshore platforms off the coast of California in Q2

** SOC expects to restart the SYU offshore platforms sequentially, beginning with Harmony, followed by Heritage and then Hondo

** Company forecasts 2H25 net average daily production to be in the range of 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) to 25,000 boepd

** SOC forecasts 2H25 total capital expenditure of between $70 million and $90 million

** Up to last close, stock up 10.7% YTD

(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)

((Pooja.Menon@thomsonreuters.com))