The Pentagon Press Briefing Room seal as seen March 27, 2020, Washington, D.C. (DoDo photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

By Gary Raynaldo    DIPLOMATIC  TIMES

WASHINGTON –  The Pentagon says the Colonial Pipeline shutdown following a cyber attack is not Impacting military fuel supplies.  The Colonial Pipeline came back on line late Wednesday after a six-day outage that caused widespread fuel shortages and sparked higher prices in the Eastern U.S.  “Following this restart, it will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to return to normal,” Colonial Pipeline said in a statement. “Some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience, or continue to experience, intermittent service interruptions during the start-up period.”  The Georgia-based company transports more than 100 million gallons, or 2.5 million barrels of fuel daily, including gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel and fuels for the U.S. military through its pipeline system, according to the company’s website.  

“The Defense Logistics Agency is monitoring inventory levels and we’re awaiting updates from Colonial Pipeline. There are sufficient — there’s sufficient inventory on hand for downstream customers. So there is no immediate mission impact. Obviously we’re coordinating with our inter-agency partners.”

-said  Press Secretary John F. Kirby, during a briefing at the Pentagon 

(Photo credit: Gary Raynaldo  ©Diplomatic  Times)   Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby briefs reporters at the Pentagon in Washington DC. 

Pipeline Update: Colonial now has fuel arriving via pipeline to all SC terminals, and will be operational system wide by noon today. Please do NOT hoard fuel. We have an adequate supply as long as folks slow the panic buying. pic.twitter.com/5XtoTzHbya

— Rep. Jeff Duncan (@RepJeffDuncan) May 13, 2021