A customer gets help filling up on petrol at a Costco in Charlotte, North Carolina, as other wait in line on Tuesday. Photo: AP A customer gets help filling up on petrol at a Costco in Charlotte, North Carolina, as other wait in line on Tuesday. Photo: AP
A customer gets help filling up on petrol at a Costco in Charlotte, North Carolina, as other wait in line on Tuesday. Photo: AP
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World /  United States & Canada

Panic buying in US as petrol pumps run dry after Colonial Pipeline hack

  • Prices rise at petrol stations, with Biden administration urging motorists not to hoard
  • Authorities say the pipeline restart in a few days, after it was shut down by a ransomware attack

Topic |   Energy
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Updated: 7:57pm, 12 May, 2021

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A customer gets help filling up on petrol at a Costco in Charlotte, North Carolina, as other wait in line on Tuesday. Photo: AP A customer gets help filling up on petrol at a Costco in Charlotte, North Carolina, as other wait in line on Tuesday. Photo: AP
A customer gets help filling up on petrol at a Costco in Charlotte, North Carolina, as other wait in line on Tuesday. Photo: AP
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