Rack market

Bakersfield, CA

#103 of 422 U.S. rack markets by terminals

OPIS rack code 858 Gasoline & diesel Renewable diesel Aviation gasoline Biodiesel

terminals: 3
pipeline systems delivering: 0
refineries in market: 2
refineries supplying market: 2
people in the trade area: 1,653,516
gal/day gasoline · estimated demand: 1,861,645
gal/day diesel · estimated demand: 546,698

Terminals in this market

Terminal	TCN	Location	Delivered by
Central Valley Renewable Fuels LLC	T-77-CA-4657	Bakersfield, CA	no pipeline tariff on file
Kern Oil & Refining Co.	T-77-CA-4655	Bakersfield, CA	no pipeline tariff on file
San Joaquin Refining Co., Inc.	T-77-CA-4664	Bakersfield, CA	no pipeline tariff on file

Pipelines delivering to this market

No pipeline tariff delivers to a terminal in this market on file: it is supplied by truck, rail or water, or the tariff has not been read yet.

Refineries that can supply this market

Running refineries that can reach a terminal here by published route, including across connecting carriers, confirmed links first. 2 are confirmed or named in a tariff; 0 are per research; 0 are inferred because the refinery shares a city with a tariff origin. Capacity, contracts and who actually ships are not known from tariffs. Located in this market (nearest rack market, within 50 miles): San Joaquin Refining Co., Inc.; Kern Oil & Refining Co. (dba Kern Energy).

Refinery	Location	Via	Link
Kern Oil & Refining Co. (dba Kern Energy)	Bakersfield, CA		named in a tariff
San Joaquin Refining Co., Inc.	Bakersfield, CA		named in a tariff

Trade area

people in the trade area · 2025 estimate: 1,653,516
rank of 422 rack markets by people: #56
gallons of gasoline a day · estimate, 2025: 1,861,645
gallons of diesel a day · estimate, 2025: 546,698
counties wholly in this market: 1
counties shared with other markets: 6

County	State	Share here	People counted here	Gasoline gal/day	Diesel gal/day	County population	Miles
Kern County	CA	100%	927,068	1,052,149	321,200	927,068	17
Tulare County	CA	64%	308,941	287,340	71,051	485,146	62
San Luis Obispo County	CA	71%	201,667	255,084	70,477	282,367	81
Santa Barbara County	CA	34%	148,578	138,613	30,750	442,065	81
Kings County	CA	40%	62,394	109,797	46,429	154,327	67
Inyo County	CA	26%	4,712	16,138	5,273	18,158	129
Esmeralda County	NV	20%	147	2,510	1,514	729	184

Fuel demand is an estimate: each state’s taxed gallons for the year (FHWA) are split among its counties by where the driving happens (EPA county vehicle miles, weighted by how much fuel each vehicle type burns), then shared to markets as above. Every state adds back to its FHWA total. Gasoline includes the ethanol blended into it; diesel is FHWA’s special fuels. Expect diesel to be least reliable along long-haul corridors, where trucks buy fuel in one county and burn it in another. Population: U.S. Census Bureau county estimates.

How good is it? Checked in October 2026 against the county retail sales Iowa and California publish: for gasoline, about 3–5% of gallons landed in the wrong rack market and a typical market was within 5–6%. For diesel, 14–21% landed in the wrong market and a typical market was 30–45% off, with truck-stop corridors such as Bakersfield and Stockton under-counted. Treat gasoline as a working estimate and diesel as a rough guide.

Cost to serve this market by pipeline

No published pipeline rate into a terminal here is on file yet. Markets supplied by truck, rail or water have no tariff to read.

Supply resilience

pipeline supply: No pipeline
pipeline systems delivering: 0
terminals on two or more pipelines: 0
terminals with no pipeline tariff: 3

No pipeline tariff delivers here on file: the market depends on truck, rail or water, or its tariff has not been read.

Counts pipeline systems with a tariff delivery point here, not capacity, storage or contracts. A system with two lines into the market still counts once, and a terminal with one pipeline may also receive by truck, rail or water. For a refinery or pipeline outage across every market it touches, open that facility’s page.

Delivered ethanol cost

¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · lowest in the market: +23.43
¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · highest: +23.91

An estimate for each terminal: the cheapest of published rail rates and trucking from the nearest plants, plus basis, transload, terminaling and carrying cost. Each terminal page shows the build-up line by line.

Terminal	¢/gal over Chicago	By	From	Miles
Kern Oil & Refining Co.	+23.43	rail	Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS)	1,393
Central Valley Renewable Fuels LLC	+23.91	rail	Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS)	1,403
San Joaquin Refining Co., Inc.	+23.91	rail	Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS)	1,400

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Pump prices nearby

$5.888 Regular gasoline · California · -2.4% on the week · +33.0% on the year

$8.155 Diesel · California · -1.1% on the week · +66.5% on the year

EIA weekly retail survey, week of 2026-10-26: the closest area EIA reports, not this market alone.

Fuel taxes · California

92.0 ¢/gal Gasoline · state 73.6¢ + federal 18.4¢ (excise 63.4¢, other state taxes and fees 10.2¢)

117.3 ¢/gal Diesel · state 92.9¢ + federal 24.4¢ (excise 48.2¢, other state taxes and fees 44.7¢)

Taxed at: terminal rack
Sales tax on gasoline and diesel (plus an additional sales tax amount on retail diesel)
Local municipalities and special taxing districts may add sales taxes on top of the statewide rate (no amounts given).
Gasoline and diesel excise rates are adjusted annually each July 1 for the change in the California CPI.

Rates: EIA, in effect July 1, 2026, without county or city taxes. Rules: Federation of Tax Administrators, September 2025. Not tax advice: check the state agency before relying on a rate.

Terminal operators

3 operators; the largest, Central Valley Renewable Fuels, runs 33% of the terminals.

Central Valley Renewable Fuels 1 terminal · 33%
Kern Oil & Refining 1 terminal · 33%
San Joaquin Refining Co. 1 terminal · 33%

Concentration index 3,333 (10,000 = one operator). By terminal count as named on the IRS list, not volume; affiliates under other names may be counted apart.

In the state

21 rack markets in CA.

Source

Rack markets are our own grouping of terminals, with the matching OPIS rack code shown for reference. Terminals from the IRS Terminal Control Number list; pipeline reach from published FERC and state tariffs; refinery links from tariffs and sourced research.

Rates are pipeline line-haul transcribed from published FERC tariffs; every figure cites its tariff and item. Cost to serve (netback) adds origin spot price and destination fees. "Confirmed" links match a tariff delivery point to the facility; "same city" means the point is in the facility's city — plausible, not proof; "per research" means the facility's research profile names the pipeline as an outlet.