More Stations in Southeast Running Out of Gas

May 13, 2021 at 08:42 AM CST
Drivers waited in long lines at gas stations in the Southeast on May 12 after a hack of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline led to distribution problems and panic buying, draining supplies at thousands of gas stations. There is no gasoline shortage, according to government officials and energy analysts. But there is a problem getting the fuel from refineries on the Gulf Coast to the states that need it, and officials are scrambling to find alternate routes to deliver that fuel.

May 13, 2021 at 08:42 AM CST

Drivers waited in long lines at gas stations in the Southeast on May 12 after a hack of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline led to distribution problems and panic buying, draining supplies at thousands of gas stations. There is no gasoline shortage, according to government officials and energy analysts. But there is a problem getting the fuel from refineries on the Gulf Coast to the states that need it, and officials are scrambling to find alternate routes to deliver that fuel.