# Bay City, MI rack market

Bay City, MI wholesale fuel rack market. 1 terminal posts there, delivered by Wolverine Pipeline. 3 running refineries can reach it by published route, 1 confirmed.

- Terminals: 1 (#232 of 422 rack markets by terminals)
- Pipeline systems delivering: Wolverine Pipeline
- Refineries that can reach it: 3 (1 confirmed or named in a tariff, 1 per research, the rest inferred from a shared city)
- Trade area (estimate): 547,982 people across 24 counties (18 shared with other markets)
- Estimated fuel demand in the trade area: 788,863 gal/day gasoline, 193,845 gal/day diesel (state taxed gallons, FHWA 2025, split by EPA county vehicle miles)
- Fuel taxes in Michigan (state + federal, ¢/gal, EIA July 1, 2026, before local taxes): gasoline 71.8, diesel 77.8; taxed at terminal rack
- Pipeline supply: One pipeline system delivers here: Wolverine Pipeline. An outage on it leaves the market to truck, rail or water.
- Terminal operators: 1; largest Marathon / MPLX with 1 of 1 terminals (by count, not volume)
- Pump price, regular gasoline (PADD 2, EIA, 2026-10-05): $4.109/gal
- Pump price, diesel (PADD 2, EIA, 2026-10-05): $6.286/gal

## Cheapest published pipeline route in, by product (line-haul only)
- gasoline: 2.41 ¢/gal from Stockbridge, Ingham County, MI on Wolverine Pipeline (FERC No. 166.43.0 item Table 1)
- diesel: 2.41 ¢/gal from Stockbridge, Ingham County, MI on Wolverine Pipeline (FERC No. 166.43.0 item Table 1)

## Terminals
- Mplx Bay City (T-38-MI-3032), Bay City, MI — Wolverine Pipeline

## Refineries that can supply it
- BP Whiting Refinery, Whiting, IN — via Wolverine Pipeline (confirmed)
- CITGO Lemont Refinery, Lemont, IL — via Wolverine Pipeline (per research)
- ExxonMobil Joliet Refinery, Joliet, IL — via Wolverine Pipeline (inferred (same city))

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Source: Thinking On Energy Supply Explorer — https://thinkingonenergy.com/supply/market/market-bay-city-mi/
Built from published FERC pipeline tariffs, EIA-820, the IRS Terminal Control Number list and sourced research. Rates are line-haul only. Cite as: Thinking On Energy, Supply Explorer, 2026-10-08.