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On Monday, September 12, 2016, a leak in the Colonial Pipeline in Shelby County, Alabama, spilled an estimated 350,000 US gallons of summer-grade gasoline, requiring a partial shutdown of the pipeline, and causing gas shortages in much of the Southeastern United States.
The Colonial Pipeline is the largest pipeline system for refined oil products in the U.S. [1] The pipeline – consisting of three tubes – is 5,500 miles (8,850 km) long [1] and can carry 3 million barrels of fuel per day between Texas and New York. [2] It is operated by the Colonial Pipeline Company, which is headquartered in Alpharetta ...
The restart of pipeline operations began at 5 p.m. on May 12, [43] [44] ending a six-day shutdown, although Colonial Pipeline Company warned that it could take several more days for service to return to normal. The pipeline company stated that several markets that are served by the pipeline may experience, or continue to experience ...
The largest U.S. fuel pipeline system, Colonial Pipeline, shut down on Friday after a cyber attack, prompting worries about a spike in gasoline and diesel prices ahead of the peak summer driving ...
The Colonial Pipeline has temporarily shut its main gasoline line – America’s largest fuel pipeline – because of leak in Georgia, the pipeline’s operator and local officials said. Line 1 ...
Colonial Pipeline, operator of the largest U.S. fuel pipeline, said it is restarting operations after being shut down for five days due to a cyberattack. Colonial announces pipeline restart, says ...
The Colonial Pipeline leak in Shelby County, Alabama was first detected on September 9. [4] By September 17, the affected regions began experiencing gas shortages due to the leak and panic buying. Colonial announced the construction of a bypass pipeline, [5] which was completed on September 21. Whilst flow was now at optimal rates, Colonial ...
It will take several days for the 5,500 mile (8,850 km) pipeline to return to normal operations, Colonial said, even as motorists in southeastern states jammed stations seeking fuel.