pipeline leaked 2 million gallons into the Oehler Nature Preserve near Huntersville, North Carolina without detection. After detection by a group of teenagers, it took Colonial five days to repair the in the pipeline. As of February 2021, Colonial recovered 800,000 gallons of gasoline and 200,000 gallons of contaminated water. Neither NC Department of Environmental Quality nor Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration assessed fines. Representation in media The enormous scale of the Colonial Pipeline Project attracted considerable media attention. Fortune magazine featured the project as its cover story in February 1963. Colonial was featured in an August 1964 edition of Time magazine in an article titled, "The Invisible Network: A Revolution Underground". An article in a late 1965 edition of Pipeline Magazine included: "Colonial Pipeline will perhaps do more to change America's transportation and marketing operations in the East and South than any single undertaking in which our country has participated in recent years." See also Lists of pipelines References External links Home page Kohlberg Kravis Roberts companies Companies based in Fulton County, Georgia Oil pipeline companies Oil pipelines in Texas Oil pipelines in Louisiana Pipelines in Mississippi Pipelines in Alabama Pipelines in Georgia (U.S. state) Pipelines in South Carolina Pipelines in Virginia Pipelines in Maryland Oil pipelines in Pennsylvania Oil pipelines in New Jersey Pipelines in North Carolina Pipelines in Delaware Oil pipelines in Tennessee Refined oil product pipelines in the United States