Friday, September 16, 2016

Fill up the gas tanks...

"Colonial Pipeline Co ...shut its main gasoline and distillate lines - critical to East Coast product supply - on Friday, after the leak in Shelby County, Alabama, which appears to be the largest spill for this line in 20 years.

...Colonial had originally estimated a full restart of Line 1, which runs to Greensboro, North Carolina from Houston, by this weekend, but work was delayed on Wednesday evening and into Thursday morning because of gasoline vapors at the site...

...The cause of the leak has not yet been determined, Colonial spokesman Steve Baker said in an email. The company noted that it is “disappointed” that further progress has not been made in the repairs. The distillate line has since been fully restored, and Colonial is pumping batches of gasoline on that line as a workaround.

...Inventories on the East Coast are still above the 5-year average, but traders say that could change if the 1.2 million-barrel-per-day gasoline line continues to operate at reduced rates for a prolonged period..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alabama-pipeline-east-fuel_us_57dc6d4ce4b08cb1409616f9