Colonial Pipeline Has New Outage with 11,000 Gas Stations Shut, Prices at 7-Year Highs

Colonial Pipeline Has New Outage with 11,000 Gas Stations Shut, Prices at 7-Year Highs

The Colonial Pipeline shut down for a second time on Tuesday as over 11,000 gas stations across the nation remain closed due to fuel shortages. Fuel prices have also hit their highest point in seven years amid the second shutdown.

On Tuesday, Colonial Pipeline announced that ongoing "hardening efforts" to restore fuel delivery had caused its pipeline's second shutdown. Unlike the pipeline's May 7 shutdown, the Tuesday shutdown was "not related to the ransomware or any type of reinfection," the company said in a series of tweets.

"Our internal server that runs our nomination system experienced intermittent disruptions this morning," the pipeline announced in a Tuesday tweet. "We are working diligently to bring our nomination system back online and will continue to keep our shippers updated."