Fuel shortages worsen after pipeline network hacked – MENAFN.COM

Fuel shortages worsen after pipeline network hacked – MENAFN.COM

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Fuel shortages worsened in the southeastern US yesterday, as the shutdown of the largest US fuel pipeline network entered its sixth day and Washington officials pledged to help alleviate supply issues. A ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline last week halted 2. 5mn barrels per day of fuel shipments. The pipeline stretches 8, 850km from US Gulf Coast oil refineries to consumers in Mid-Atlantic and Southeast states. US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the Biden administration is working around the clock to help deal with fuel shortages and restore Colonial operations, including moving gasoline to places that need it. The White House also said top officials were considering new ways to alleviate the shortages, following a raft of waivers easing quality standards for gasoline and extending working hours for fuel truckers to boost shipments. ''Our top priority right now is getting the fuel the communities that need it, and we will continue doing everything that we can to meet that goal in the coming days," Buttigieg told reporters at the White House. Congressional committee members have asked for a formal briefing from a White House interagency task force about the federal response to the most disruptive