Colonial Restarts Largest U.S. Gasoline Pipeline After Georgia Damage

Apr 02, 2026 ·
Colonial Restarts Largest U.S. Gasoline Pipeline After Georgia Damage

Summary:

  • Colonial Pipeline's Line 1 flows were restored after the damaged section was repaired in Georgia.

  • Colonial Pipeline's Line 1 halted operations on Thursday night after a third-party work crew caused damage in Paulding County, Georgia.

Colonial Pipeline's Line 1 Flows Restart  

The good news for U.S. East Coast drivers is that Colonial Pipeline's Line 1 did not suffer a prolonged shutdown.

Flows on the nation's largest gasoline pipeline, which runs from Texas to New York, resumed within hours after a third-party work crew damaged a section of the line in Paulding County, Georgia, late Wednesday. 

Colonial Pipeline's Line 1 Halted 

Colonial Pipeline's Line 1, the largest U.S. gasoline pipeline running from Houston toward the East Coast, has halted operations after a third-party work crew damaged a section of the line in Georgia.

Bloomberg reported that the line stopped shipping fuel after the damage occurred on Tuesday in Paulding County, Georgia.

"Line 1 is out of service while our team coordinates response and repair efforts," Colonial said in a statement cited by the outlet.

The outage hits a critical fuel artery that carries about 1.5 million barrels per day of gasoline from Houston to North Carolina, supplying an East Coast market that remains heavily dependent on pipeline deliveries due to limited local refining capacity.

While the rest of Colonial's pipeline system remains operational, any prolonged shutdown risks further tightening fuel supplies at a time when the war in Iran has pushed the U.S. national average price for regular gasoline to the politically sensitive level of $4 per gallon.

Let's remind readers that the 380,000-barrel-per-day Port Arthur, Texas, Valero refinery experienced an explosion last week at its 47,000-bpd unit 243 diesel hydrotreater. The good news is that the refinery has since restarted operations. 

First a refinery, now a pipeline. One has to wonder whether these "industrial accidents" are early signs of sabotage, particularly at a time when energy infrastructure is being destroyed across Russia, Ukraine, and the Middle East.

Certainly lots of questions here. 

Tyler Durden Thu, 04/02/2026 - 06:32