Colonial Pipeline, the largest refined products pipeline operator in the United States, said on Tuesday it was responding to a report of a potential gasoline release in Paulding County, Georgia and that one of its mainlines was temporarily shut down.

U.S. gasoline futures touched their highest levels in three months on Tuesday, after Colonial Pipeline, the largest U.S. fuel pipeline operator, said the main artery moving gasoline from the Gulf Coast to the East Coast was shut because of a potential spill in Georgia.