September 9th, 2016 an oil spill was discovered in Alabama. There was a smell of gas, it came from an underground pipeline called Colonial Pipeline’s Line 1, built in 1963. This pipeline pushes 1.3 million barrels of gas daily. It supplies the East Coast with 40 percent of gas. We have lost around 336,000 gallons of gas. It is predicted that the worst gasoline shortages will be in Georgia, Tennessee, parts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama. The spill was contained in a retention pond and believed not to have harmed the population and the environment surrounding. Over 700 employees are helping restore the temporary pipeline and digging and cleaning up the old pipeline.
