Colonial Pipeline Returns to Pre-Hurricane Delivery Rates.To Maintain Flow, Will Need Continued Access to Supplies from Gulf Coast Refineries ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- Colonial Pipeline Colonial Pipeline, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, delivers a daily average of 100 million gallons (398 million liters) of gasoline, home heating oil, aviation fuel and other refined petroleum products to communities and businesses throughout the South and Eastern United today achieved the same flow-rates for gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by deliveries as the pipeline managed before Hurricanes Gustav and Ike hit the Gulf Coast refining refining, any of various processes for separating impurities from crude or semifinished materials. It includes the finer processes of metallurgy, the fractional distillation of petroleum into its commercial products, and the purifying of cane, beet, and maple sugar region earlier this month. After each of the hurricanes, Colonial's pipeline quickly returned to full capability. However, supply shortages nonetheless occurred as a result of damage and shutdowns suffered by Louisiana and Texas oil refineries This is a list of oil refineries. The Oil and Gas Journal also publishes a worldwide list of refineries annually in a country-by-country tabulation that includes for each refinery: location, crude oil daily processing capacity, and the size of each process unit in the refinery. impacted by the hurricanes. The refineries' reduced output has resulted in market shortages and gas lines in many markets served by pipeline systems in the Southeast. Colonial is making every effort to support its shippers as they try to restore market stability. The Colonial Pipeline system begins in Houston and crosses the South and East before terminating at the New York harbor New York Harbor, a geographic term, refers collectively to the rivers, bays, and tidal estuaries near the mouth of the Hudson River in the vicinity of New York City. This is sometimes construed in the sense "the Ports of New York and New Jersey". . Colonial is a common carrier, meaning it does not own the fuels it transports but delivers them at the direction of its customers. Deliveries within specific, local markets are determined by the terminal operators Colonial serves. |
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