Colonial Pipeline

The Colonial Pipeline is a double gasoline and petroleum pipeline that crosses Alabama from near Livingston at the Missisppi border, through the southern part of the Birmingham area, and on to Georgia via Anniston and Heflin.

The pipeline is owned and operated by the Colonial Pipeline Company of Alpharetta, Georgia. It's development began in 1962 as a joint venture between several large petroleum companies. The ownership of the company currently consists of Koch Industries (28%), South Korea's National Pension Service / Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (23%), Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (17%), Royal Dutch Shell (16%), and Industry Funds Management (16%).

The pipeline was affected by two major incidents in the fall of 2016. On September 9 about 350,000 gallons of gasoline leaked from a rupture in the pipeline, triggering gas shortages in parts of the Southeast. On October 31 a major explosion and fire took place at a point in the pipeline off of Shelby County Highway 13 west of Helena, fuelling a wild-fire during a period of extreme drought.

=References

• "Colonial Pipeline" (September 20, 2016) Wikipedia, accessed October 31, 2016

External links

• Colonial Pipeline route on Google Maps