Trout, Blakeley named for fuel pipeline inquiry

Trout, Blakeley named for fuel pipeline inquiry
Gavin Evans
By Gavin Evans Dec. 7 (BusinessDesk) - Elena Trout and Rodger Blakeley have been appointed by the government to examine last year’s fuel pipeline shutdown in Northland and identify any lessons it has for the resilience of the country’s fuel supplies. The 170-kilometre pipeline from the Marsden Point oil refinery to the Wiri fuel terminal in South Auckland delivers about 95 percent of Auckland’s fuel and all its jet fuel. The 10-day shutdown in September 2017 caused widespread travel disruption. Airlines had to ration their fuel and tan...