In the United States, the top fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline has said that it will take some time for supplies to recover fully from a cyber attack that left thousands of gas stations without fuel even though lines were fully operational since yesterday.<br />'' <br />''Last week's closure of Colonial Pipeline's 8,900-km system was the most disruptive cyberattack on record, preventing millions of barrels of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from flowing to the East Coast from the Gulf Coast.<br />'' <br />''On Monday, 11,667 gas stations were without fuel, down from a peak last week of more than 15,000 stations, according to tracking firm Gas Buddy. Fuel prices spiked across the southeast, with smaller increases further north.<br />'' <br />''The Southeast bore the brunt of the outage, as the region is almost entirely without refineries. Panic buying caused 90 per cent of fuel stations in Washington, D.C. and dropped to 69 per cent till yesterday. Outages in North Carolina fell to about 50 per cent, while outages in South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia were under 50 per cent, Gas Buddy said.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The national gas price yesterday rose to USD 3.045 a gallon, the highest since October 2014, according to data from the American Automobile Association.</span><br />