The line for the gas station just off Interstate 40 snaked around the block, while just south of downtown Wilmington tanker trucks were lined up bumper to bumper waiting to enter the fuel terminals that line the Cape Fear River near the State Port.
The Colonial Pipeline had stopped pumping fuel into North Carolina, and the state was slowly grinding to a halt as gas stations ran dry.
But this wasn’t two weeks ago, when a multi-day shutdown of the pipeline caused by a ransom attack left gas stations across the Southeast -- particularly in North Carolina -- with empty tanks.
Pipeline Hack Puts North Carolina Industry on Guard
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and resulting gas shortages across North Carolina show the need for more pipelines and gas storage, officials from the energy and petroleum industry told a state Senate committee.
May 19, 2021 •
Shutterstock (TNS) — The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and resulting gas shortages across North Carolina have shown the need for more pipelines and gas storage, officials from the energy and petroleum industry told a N.C. Senate committee on Tuesday.
"Some additional interstate pipeline supply would be a very good resiliency opportunity," Nelson Peeler, Duke Energy's senior vice president and chief transmission officer, told the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Energy and the Environment.
Colonial Pipeline Hack Raises N.C. Gas Shortage Worries
Legislators want more resiliency since the state has only one natural gas pipeline. About half of all gas stations in North Carolina still don’t have fuel following the Colonial Pipeline shutdown last week.
May 19, 2021 • (TNS) — The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and resulting gas shortages across North Carolina have shown the need for more pipelines and gas storage, officials from the energy and petroleum industry told a N.C. Senate committee on Tuesday.
"Some additional interstate pipeline supply would be a very good resiliency opportunity," Nelson Peeler, Duke Energy's senior vice president and chief transmission officer, told the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Energy and the Environment.
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