But will that move calm or further stoke public fears?
"The problem isn't the pipeline, the problem is you panicking," wrote industry trade publication Convenience Store News in a Tweet late Tuesday.
Some parts of Volusia County weren't immune from that frenzy.
On Daytona Beach's beachside, tensions rose among motorists waiting in line to refuel their cars at the Sunoco gas station on the corner of A1A and Grandview Boulevard on Wednesday morning.
The reason: the decision by a customer at one of only two pumps that still had fuel to fill up not only his pickup, but also more than a half-dozen gas cans.