Fuel Leak in Virginia Shuts Down Part of Colonial Pipeline

Traffic on I-95 passes oil storage tanks owned by the Colonial Pipeline Company in Linden, N.J., on Sept. 8, 2008. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo

NORFOLK, Va.—A diesel fuel leak in Virginia shut down part of the Colonial Pipeline, the nation’s largest fuel pipeline, which supplies roughly half the fuel consumed on the East Coast, but it is expected to restart Saturday, the company said.

The spill was discovered Tuesday. And while this particular line is shut down, the rest of the system is operating normally, spokesperson David Conti said in an email.