US East Coast fuel shortages to end in days after pipeline reopens Hits: 102 WASHINGTON--U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday reassured U.S. motorists that fuel supplies should start returning to normal this weekend, even as more filling stations ran out of gasoline across the Southeast nearly a week after a cyber attack on the nation's top fuel pipeline. Colonial Pipeline said late Thursday it had restarted its entire pipeline system and had begun deliveries in all of its markets. It will take several days for shipments to return to normal along its 5,500 mile (8,850 km) route, it said. Some markets "may experience, or continue to experience, intermittent service interruptions," Colonial Pipeline said in a statement, echoing Biden who said earlier there could be "hiccups."