Colonial Pipeline Restarts Line 1 After Georgia Repairs

Colonial Pipeline announced the successful restart of its main gasoline pipeline, Line 1, on Friday after it was shut down earlier in the week due to a leak in Paulding County, Georgia. The repairs were completed safely, and the line, which transports approximately 1.5 million barrels of gasoline daily from Houston to Greensboro, North Carolina, is now back in service. While market disruptions from the outage were minimal, some supply tightness was reported, and it may take time for terminals to catch up after the four-day halt in operations. Demand for gasoline is also expected to ease as terminals manage excess inventory. The company continues remediation efforts in coordination with state and local agencies but has not disclosed details on the leak's cause or the volume of fuel released.