‘Panic-buying’ leaving gas stations dry amid Colonial Pipeline shutdown WSOCTV.com News Staff
Many local gas stations are running out of fuel while others are raising prices amid the Colonial Pipeline shutdown. Channel 9 was out at several gas stations early Wednesday and most of them had cars lined up with drivers waiting to fill their tanks. One driver said he had waited for more than four hours before sunrise to fill up.
Some drivers have been waiting for hours overnight to fuel up at this gas station along Ballantyne Commons Parkway. I talked to one driver who told me he ran out of gas & had to push his car to the one working pump here. @wsoctvpic.twitter.com/WA9FpoNPxx Anthony Kustura (@AnthonyWSOC9) May 12, 2021
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The American Automobile Association says the forced shutdown of a vital pipeline due to a cyberextortion attempt could soon affect the prices and supply in the eastern and southeastern US
A gasoline station that ran out of gas for sale displays an out of service sign on the pump on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in Atlanta. Gasoline futures are ticking higher following a cyberextortion attempt on the Colonial Pipeline, a vital U.S. pipeline that carries fuel from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast. Ben Margot
In this aerial image taken with a drone, numerous vehicles line up for gasoline at Costco on Wendover Avenue in Greensboro, N.C., on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.
Cathy Bussewitz, Ben Finley And Tom Foreman, Jr.
Drivers line up for fuel at a Shell Gas Station on Old Forest Road in Lynchburg, Va., Tuesday, May 11, 2021. More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, as the shutdown of a major pipeline by hackers entered its fifth day. In response, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency. (Kendall Warner/The News & Advance via AP) May 12, 2021 - 6:43 PM
CLEMMONS, N.C. (AP) â The nation s largest fuel pipeline restarted operations Wednesday, days after it was forced to shut down by a gang of hackers.
After Cyberattack Pipeline Officials Hope To Have Service Back By The Weekend But Oil Prices Fall Syndicated Local – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) The operator of a major U.S. fuel pipeline that runs from Texas to the northeast said it hopes to have services mostly restored by the end of the week after a massive cyberattack.
The FBI and administration officials have identified the culprits as a gang of criminal hackers.
U.S. officials sought to soothe concerns about price spikes or damage to the economy by stressing that the fuel supply had so far not experienced widespread disruptions, and the company said Monday that it was working toward “substantially restoring operational service” by the weekend.