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By Taylor Telford - May 13, 2021 at 11:17 a.m. EDT
The nation’s largest fuel pipeline may officially be back in service, but much of the Southeast was still awaiting for relief Thursday from the panic buying that cleaned out more than half the gas stations in Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas.
Colonial Pipeline restarted operations Wednesday night and said all markets should expect product by mid-day Thursday after a ransomware hack — thought to be the biggest known cyberattack on U.S. energy infrastructure — forced it offline last week. But the Alpharetta, Ga.-based company warned that it could be a few days before kinks in the supply chain are worked out.
“Some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience, or continue to experience, intermittent service interruptions during the start-up period,” according to a company statement.
Despite warnings from government officials and experts, panicked drivers flocked to pumps all over the Eastern U.S., draining more than 12,000 stations, including many that would not otherwise have been affected by the pipeline hack. The heightened demand also pushed the national average price for a gallon of gas to $3.02 on Thursday, its highest level since 2014 according to AAA.
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