Southeast sees gas shortages amid pipeline shutdown

Source: The Hill | May 11, 2021 | Rachel Frazin

Parts of the Southeastern U.S. are seeing gasoline shortages following a cyberattack that shut down Colonial Pipeline.

As of Tuesday afternoon, nearly 8 percent of Virginia gas stations, more than 6 percent of North Carolina gas stations and more than 4 percent of Georgia gas stations were without fuel, according to Gasbuddy analyst Patrick De Haan. 

Other states, like Florida and South Carolina, also saw some outages. 

In an interview with The Hill on Monday, De Haan predicted that parts of the Southeast were likely to be at the greatest risk of shortages because it’s situated between other key markets. 

“The closer you are to the refining hubs, the less of a problem,” De Haan said. “Areas of Alabama, Georgia, Eastern Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia … you’re kind of in no man’s land between two key markets: the Gulf Coast and the New York market.”

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