Bloomberg Reports Says Gas Stations Run Dry as Pipeline Races to Recover From Hacking
Bloomberg May 11, 2021; Joe Carroll, Andres Guerra Luz and Jill R. ShahGas reported that gas stations along the U.S. East Coast are beginning to run out of fuel as North America’s biggest petroleum pipeline races to recover from a paralyzing cyberattack that has kept it shut for days.
From Virginia to Florida and Alabama, stations are reporting that they’ve sold out of gasoline as supplies in the region dwindle and panic buying sets in. An estimated 7% of gas stations in Virginia were out of fuel as of late Monday, according to GasBuddy analyst Patrick DeHaan.
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Colonial Pipeline said it expects to substantially restore all service by the weekend.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
PublishedMay 11, 2021, 8:38 am SGT
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Publishing date: May 11, 2021 • 2 days ago • 6 minute read • Four days into the crisis, Colonial Pipeline Co. has only managed to manually operate a small segment of the pipeline as a stopgap measure and doesn t expect to be able to substantially restore service before the weekend. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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Gas stations along the U.S. East Coast are starting to run out of fuel as North America’s biggest petroleum pipeline fights to recover from a cyberattack that has paralyzed it for days.
From Virginia to Florida and Alabama, fuel stations are reporting that they’ve sold out of gasoline as supplies in the region dwindle and panic buying sets in. The White House said it was aware of shortages in the Southeast of the country and was trying to alleviate the problem.
From North Carolina to Florida to Alabama, gas stations are reporting that they’ve sold out of fuel as supplies in the region dwindle and panic buying begins to set in. At least two gas stations in Tallahassee, Florida, were completely out of stock, according to employees who asked not to be named. In Asheville, North Carolina, Aubrey Clements, a clerk at an Exxon Mobil station answered the phone with “Hello, I’m currently out of gas.”
Colonial Pipeline said it’s manually operating a segment of the pipeline running from North Carolina to Maryland and expects to substantially restore all service by the weekend. The restart may not come fast enough to avert immediate shortages in the southeast, where North Carolina declared a state of emergency as gas stations reported running of out gasoline.
by Bloomberg
|Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Gas stations along the USA East Coast are starting to run out of fuel.
(Bloomberg) Gas stations along the U.S. East Coast are starting to run out of fuel as North America’s biggest petroleum pipeline fights to recover from a cyberattack that has paralyzed it for days.
From Virginia to Florida and Alabama, fuel stations are reporting that they’ve sold out of gasoline as supplies in the region dwindle and panic buying sets in. The White House said it was aware of shortages in the Southeast of the country and was trying to alleviate the problem.