Motorists across a broad swath of the U.S. East Coast and South are struggling to find gasoline and diesel as filling stations run dry amid the unprecedented pipeline disruption caused by a criminal hack.
From Virginia to Louisiana, convenience stores and corner gas stations are turning away customers as tanks tap out amid panic buying. The White House relaxed some environmental rules in a bid to allow gasoline to flow in from other parts of the country.
One Washington D.C.-area fuel distributor warned that “catastrophic” shortages are imminent and called on government officials to order school buses to stay off the roads.
Gas pumps run dry in U.S. South as pipeline shutdown bites By Jeffrey Bair and Jill R. Shah on 5/11/2021
(Bloomberg) â Motorists across a broad swath of the U.S. East Coast and South are struggling to find gasoline and diesel as filling stations run dry amid the unprecedented pipeline disruption caused by a criminal hack.
From Virginia to Louisiana, convenience stores and corner gas stations are turning away customers as tanks tap out amid panic buying. The White House relaxed some environmental rules in a bid to allow gasoline to flow in from other parts of the country.
One Washington D.C.-area fuel distributor warned that âcatastrophicâ shortages are imminent and called on government officials to order school buses to stay off the roads. Four days into the crisis, Colonial Pipeline Co. has only managed to restart a small segment of the pipeline as a stopgap measure and doesnât expect to be able to substantially restore servic
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(Bloomberg) Gasoline stations and terminals from Florida to New Jersey are running dry as shortages worsen five days into the shutdown of the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline.
(Bloomberg) Gasoline stations and terminals from Florida to New Jersey are running dry as shortages worsen five days into the shutdown of the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline.
As the Colonial Pipeline system hit by a cyberattack and forced to shut on May 7 struggles to recover, fuel terminals are being drained. In parts of the U.S. South, three in every four gas stations have run dry, while in Washington, D.C., cars are lined up for blocks as they wait to fill up. U.S. pump prices have topped $3 a gallon for the first time in six years.