Colonial Pipeline, the country’s largest gasoline pipeline, which runs from Texas to New York, briefly shut down after sustaining damage in Georgia. “The pipeline was damaged by a third-party well-drilling crew on March 31,” Pipeline & Gas Journal stated. The damage to Colonial Pipeline’s Line 1 reportedly occurred in Paulding County, Georgia. Repairs to the pipeline were completed on April 1. First Valero Refinery, Now Largest U.S. Gasoline Pipeline Damaged In Georgia https://t.co/81n8ERMhLG — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 2, 2026 More from Pipeline & Gas Journal: Line 1 delivers roughly 1.5 million barrels of gasoline each day from Houston, Texas, to storage tanks in Greensboro, North Carolina, from where the motor fuel is distributed locally or shipped to other markets all the way up to the New York Harbor. Colonial is the largest fuel pipeline in the United States and the outage came at a bad time for U.S. consumers reeling from a surge in fuel prices due to the Iran war. U.S. average gasoline prices crossed $4 a gallon for the first time in more than three years on March 30. Early last year, Line 1 was shut for about five days after a leak in Paulding County, with limited market impact as it occurred in January, when gasoline demand is low. According to Zero Hedge, the line stopped shipping fuel after the damage in Georgia occurred. “Line 1 is out of service while our team coordinates response and repair efforts,” Colonial said in a statement, according to the outlet. Brookfield Infrastructure owned Colonial pipeline down Is it me or are we seeing tit for tat moves against energy infrastructure? First refineries, now a pipeline. pic.twitter.com/X0B6yyMs68 — Arthur Vandelay (@ArturoVandelayI) April 1, 2026 Zero Hedge has more: 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.