There’s no need for residents of central Florida to drive to the gas station and fill up, unless you actually need gas.
Florida is not largely dependent on the Colonial Pipeline for gasoline. Most of Florida’s fuel is delivered from Gulf Coast refineries via waterborne vessels. Because of this, Florida should remain well supplied with gasoline, despite the Colonial pipeline outage.
That is, unless everyone hoards gas, and artificially increased prices.
“FDACS and I are in close, ongoing communication with the EPA, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the petroleum industry regarding this matter, and all partners ask that residents not panic-buy gas, hoard gas, or form long lines at gas stations, as fuel continues to move around our state,” said Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in a statement this week.
Gasoline, diesel and jet fuel is shipped to this market by vessels, to the Kinder Morgan facility at the Port of Tampa.
It is then distributed by truck or underground pipeline, which is also operated by Kinder Morgan, to Taft, Florida adjacent to Orlando International Airport.
Consequently, Colonial Pipeline operations have no impact on central Floridians.
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