Posted on 01/16/2025 12:34:27 PM PST by EBH
NEW YORK, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Colonial Pipeline's main U.S. gasoline artery is expected to remain shut through Friday as the company continues to search for the source of a suspected leak in Paulding County, Georgia, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
Line 1, one of two mainlines on the more than 5,500-mile Colonial system, was shut on Monday night after Colonial received reports of a gasoline release. The pipeline moves gasoline from Texas to North Carolina and was earlier expected to resume service on Tuesday night, according to market sources.
"Colonial continues on-site work to identify the source of the suspected release on our gasoline pipeline," a Colonial spokesperson said on Wednesday. "At this time, we estimate that Line 1 will remain down through Friday," they added.
That timeline puts Line 1's outage on par with a high-profile 2021 cyberattack that forced the entire Colonial network to shut down. During that attack, the company's mainlines were out for about a week, leaving gas stations empty and lifting fuel prices in multiple cities along the East Coast.
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Hmmm... let’s see with Trump’s inauguration on Monday isn’t about time for a refinery to blow up or something?
Gas lines are pretty close to the surface...dogs or walk it..should be able to smell...I think.
The timing is curious....
Did they check with Schiff yet?
That’s what I thought was odd, it shut down Monday and as of yesterday they hadn’t found the leak?
Just seems very odd, but it is a few thousand miles of pipeline.
Not interstate transport lines.
For gas or gasoline.
Should be easy to locate. Monitor wells and double wall piping with leak detectors. Could be a faulty mechanical detector at a pump. Electrical leak detectors will go off even if h20 gets into the outer wall.
Kind of odd not being able to find it.
Secondary containment allows for product delivery regardless.
Sensors can determine water or hydrocarbons. Faulty monitors or DEI hires somewhere.
Hope they don’t look for it with a match.
I’ll take Colonial Pipeline in the Conservatory with the mustard gas.
Helium.
Maybe miles but there are people all along the way and valves all over. The systems are very methodical. And they’re under pressure.
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