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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 '''Colonial Pipeline''' is a double pipeline that supplies gasoline and other refined petroleum products from the Gulf Coast to distribution points across the Eastern United States. The pipeline crosses into Alabama from Mississippi in Sumter County near Paynesville, continues west by northwest through the southern part of the [[Birmingham area]], and then crosses into Georgia from Cleburne County 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 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.
The pipeline was affected by two major incidents in the fall of [[2016]]. On [[September 9]] about 250,000 to 340,000 gallons of gasoline leaked from a rupture in the pipeline, triggering gas shortages in parts of the Southeast until a 500-foot by-pass was installed to restore service. On [[October 31]] a major explosion and fire took place at a point about five miles west of the earlier leak, off of [[Shelby County Highway 13]] at [[River Road]] west of [[Helena]]. The explosion occurred when a subcontractor working to drain the pipeline struck it with a trackhoe. Seven workers were injured and airlifted to [[UAB Hospital]], where one died from his wounds. The fire burned overnight, fueling a wildfire that burned about 31 acres of drought-stricken forest before it was contained with earthen dams.


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==References=
==Route==
* enters Alabama at Sumter County, west of Payneville
* pump station at 11261 Sumter County Highway 20 west of {{I-59/20}} Exit 23 (Epes)
* crosses [[Tombigbee River]] into [[Greene County]] at mile 254
* crosses {{I-59/20}} west of [[Boligee]]
* crosses [[Alabama State Route 14]] southeast of {{I-59/20}} Exit 40 ([[Eutaw]])
* crosses [[U.S. Highway 11]] north of [[Eutaw]] and south of [[Greenetrack]]
* crosses [[Black Warrior River]] into [[Hale County]] between mile 288 and 289
* crosses [[Hale County Highway 69]] south of [[Moundville]]
* crosses into [[Tuscaloosa County]] east of [[Moundville]]
* crosses [[U.S. Highway 82]] ([[McFarland Boulevard]]) southeast of [[Duncanville]]
* clips the northwest corner of [[Bibb County]] south of [[Vance]]
* pump station on [[Parsons Lane]] west of [[Vance Blocton Road]] south of [[Vance]]
* crosses [[Alabama State Route 5]] north of [[Blocton]] and south of [[Woodstock]]
* crosses [[Shades Creek]] into [[Shelby County]] just above its outlet into the [[Cahaba River]]
* crosses [[Honcock Creek]] just above its outlet into the [[Cahaba River]]
* crosses the [[Cahaba River]] just above [[Ward Creek]]
* crosses [[Shelby County Highway 91]] ([[Coalmont Road]]), 2.75 miles south of [[Helena High School]]
* crosses [[Shelby County Highway 17]] ([[Coalmont Road]]) at [[Spruce Drive]] ([[Royal Pines]] subdivision)
* passes south of [[Penhale Park]] in [[Helena]]
* crosses [[Heather Ridge Drive]] at [[Runaway Drive]] in [[Helena]]
* crosses [[U.S. Highway 31]] ([[Pelham Parkway]]) just south of [[Shelby County Highway 52]] and [[Peavine Creek]]
* crosses [[I-65]] just north of [[Shelby County Highway 52]] at [[I-65 Exit 242|Exit 242]]
* crosses [[U.S. Highway 11]] at [[Ruby Drive]] in [[Pelham]]
* crosses [[Shelby County Highway 69]] 1.3 miles south of [[Yellowleaf Game Preserve]]
* crosses [[Shelby County Highway 47]] 0.6 miles south of [[Indian Hills Country Club]]
* crosses [[Shelby County Highway 51]] just south of [[Chelsea Park Road]]
* crosses [[Shelby County Highway 55]] 0.4 miles east of [[Cheshire Drive]] in [[Westover]]
* crosses [[Shelby County Highway 83]] at [[Reynolds Road]] and [[Blue Springs Branch]] north of [[Harpersville]]
* crosses [[U.S. Highway 231]] at [[Shelby County Highway 25]] and [[Spring Creek]] just north of [[Vincent]]
* clips the southwest corner of [[St Clair County]] north of [[Childersburg]]
* crosses the [[Coosa River]] into [[Talladega County]] just below [[Elliot Island]]
* crosses [[Alabama State Route 235]] just north of [[Grasmere]]
* pump station on [[Logan Martin Dam Road]] just off [[Glovers Ferry Road]] west of [[Briarfield]]
* passes north of [[St Ives]] and south of [[Jonesview]]
* crosses [[Alabama State Route 77]] at [[Ridgewood Forest Drive]] north of [[Talladega]]
* passes north of [[Anniston Army Depot]] (Coosa River Area)
* crosses Priebes Mill road just south of [[Choccolocco Creek]] in [[Munford]]
* crosses [[Choccolocco Creek]] southwest of [[Oxford]], near [[I-20]] mile marker 181
* crosses into [[Calhoun County]] just south of the [[Anniston Metropolitan Airport]]
* crosses [[I-20]] near the [[Oxford Civic Center]]
* crosses [[Choccolocco Creek]] and [[U.S. Highway 431]] just south of [[I-20]] [[I-20 Exit 191|Exit 191]]
* crosses into [[Cleburne County]] at Highland Lakes Boulevard
* exits the [[Talladega National Forest]] just south of [[I-20]] near mile marker 199
* pump station on Cleburne County Highway 46 just north of [[I-20]] [[I-20 Exit 205|Exit 205]]
* crosses Cleburne County Highway 66 and the [[Tallapoosa River]] just north Cleburne County Highway 408
* crosses Cleburne County Highway 49 just north of Kemp Creek and south of Lebanon
* crosses into Haralson County, Georgia about 1 mile north of [[I-20]]
 
==See also==
* [[Plantation Pipeline]]
 
==References==
* "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colonial_Pipeline Colonial Pipeline]" (September 20, 2016) Wikipedia, accessed October 31, 2016
* "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colonial_Pipeline Colonial Pipeline]" (September 20, 2016) Wikipedia, accessed October 31, 2016
* Pillion, Dennis (November 1, 2016) "Alabama gasoline pipeline explosion: What we know today." {{BN}}


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 13:12, 1 November 2016

The Colonial Pipeline is a double pipeline that supplies gasoline and other refined petroleum products from the Gulf Coast to distribution points across the Eastern United States. The pipeline crosses into Alabama from Mississippi in Sumter County near Paynesville, continues west by northwest through the southern part of the Birmingham area, and then crosses into Georgia from Cleburne County 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 250,000 to 340,000 gallons of gasoline leaked from a rupture in the pipeline, triggering gas shortages in parts of the Southeast until a 500-foot by-pass was installed to restore service. On October 31 a major explosion and fire took place at a point about five miles west of the earlier leak, off of Shelby County Highway 13 at River Road west of Helena. The explosion occurred when a subcontractor working to drain the pipeline struck it with a trackhoe. Seven workers were injured and airlifted to UAB Hospital, where one died from his wounds. The fire burned overnight, fueling a wildfire that burned about 31 acres of drought-stricken forest before it was contained with earthen dams.

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See also

References

  • "Colonial Pipeline" (September 20, 2016) Wikipedia, accessed October 31, 2016
  • Pillion, Dennis (November 1, 2016) "Alabama gasoline pipeline explosion: What we know today." The Birmingham News

External links

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