Colonial Pipeline Restarts System

[MercutioATC]

http://www.colpipe.com/press_release/pr_73.asp

Colonial Pipeline today announced that it is safely restarting its pipeline. The initial restart of Colonial's Main lines 1 and 2 is scheduled to begin within the next several hours.


Initial service restoration will provide between 25% and 35% of Colonial's normal operating capacity. Both gasoline and distillate service is included in this system restart. Colonial's first priority through all of these restart activities is the protection of public safety and the environment.


Colonial anticipates that the maximum percentage of normal capacity that these interim measures will provide is between 50% and 60%. Colonial continues to work closely with local electrical utilities as they begin to restore power along the pipeline.


Colonial Pipeline, headquartered in Alpharetta, Ga., delivers a daily average of 100 million gallons of gasoline, home heating oil, aviation fuel and other refined petroleum products to communities and businesses throughout South and the Eastern United States. Colonial consists of more than 5,500 miles of pipeline, originating at Houston, Texas, and terminating at the New York harbor.

[madeline_con]

1. So, will prices ease a bit?

:shrug:

[MercutioATC]

2. It'll probably take a while, but

I think we can stop squawking about the end of the world, at least for now.

[woodsprite]

13. I wouldn't expect it. After they have us paying whatever it is for

gasoline ($2.99 in DE as of last night), I don't expect they'll be very quick about dropping it. Maybe just to stay competitive. Now, what's happening in Atlanta and some of the other areas is pure price gouging. My friend just paid $6.09 in the Atlanta area.

[notadmblnd]

3. kick

people willb e getting up soon, they will need to see this. it may provide some reassurance.

[Blue Gardener]

4. A bit of good news

Thank you, we could all use some.

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. This is good news

especially for Atlanta.

[TalkingDog]

6. Thank you. When my normally calm husband starts to worry...I panic.

Emergency planning first thing in the morning after I had drinks out the night before is, well, bottom of my list for fun ways to wake up.

The silver lining may be that this goads some people into thinking more about oil dependency and alternative fuels. Cross your fingers.

[shadowknows69]

7. how many people did we divert from saving lives

to get the gas flowing again. gotta have your priorities i guess.

[durablend]

8. So when there's no heating oil this winter

And people start dying will you still think this shouldn't be a priority? Notwithstanding NO's suffering, the last thing we need is the entire economy to collapse.

[shadowknows69]

10. there's time before winter

there are people who have been without food and water for 3 days. it shouldn't have happened. we didn't mobilize all possible resources. nice of you to write off the poor of NO though.

[MercutioATC]

14. I don't think many Colonial employees are involved in the rescue efforts.

These are pipeline workers that did their jobs, not police "diverted" from saving people.

[Strelnikov_]

9. This Underscores The Fragile Nature Of Our Energy Infrastructure

This pipeline carries 2.4 M bbl/dy, or 17% of all refined products consumed daily.

It's time for a new plan.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

11. What has Homeland Insecurity spent over 30 billion on?

[clmbohdem]

12. Aviation fuel had top priority..

I read on another DU thread that the same pipe line is used for all fuel and that aviation fuel had top priority.

[MercutioATC]

15. It probably does.

It's still a good sign.

[Shadder]

16. That's nice

I just walked over to the gas station on the corner. They ran out of gas this morning and the parking lot is filled with cars that ran out while waiting to fill up. Add to that the roads on th side and back of the stations are filled with parked semi's that also have no gas. They said that they might get a shipment in sometime late next week if they were lucky. The Citgo station down the street had a little bit left but no regular. They were selling what they had left no matter the grade at $3.49 a gallon but by the time I left there they were also out.

Good thing we made a trip to the store last night topick up a few needed items. I suspect that will be the next run today here in Atlanta

[BeFree]

17. Colonial is the culprit, eh?

So now we know. They want us to think they had no back-up generators for their pumps? They want us to believe they have no contingency plan for power failure?

This pipeline shut-down is the biggest crock of shit ever foisted on America. It has only been done to scare us into paying the high prices that are bleeding this country.

Note that the pipeline starts in Houston. Houston had power. Only a 100 mile stretch of pipeline had no power, and they want us to believe they had no back-up generators available?

Colonial Pipeline needs to be nationalized, yesterday.