Rack market
Brownsville, TX
#33 of 422 U.S. rack markets by terminals
OPIS rack code 598
Gasoline & diesel
Aviation gasoline
Biodiesel
- terminals
- 7
- pipeline systems delivering
- 2
- refineries in market
- 0
- refineries supplying market
- 26
- people in the trade area
- 244,732
- gal/day gasoline · estimated demand
- 281,352
- gal/day diesel · estimated demand
- 106,336
Terminals in this market
| Terminal | TCN | Location | Delivered by |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC Gulf Coast Terminal | T-76-TX-2845 | Brownsville, TX | Inland Waterways |
| Bluewing One | T-76-TX-2841 | Brownsville, TX | Inland Waterways |
| Bluewing Royal LLC | T-76-TX-2859 | Brownsville, TX | no pipeline tariff on file |
| Brownsville Terminal | T-74-TX-2769 | Brownsville, TX | Inland Waterways |
| CITGO - Brownsville | T-74-TX-2709 | Brownsville, TX | NuStar Pipeline, Inland Waterways |
| Port Isabel Logistical Offshore Terminal | T-76-TX-2849 | Port Isabel, TX | Inland Waterways |
| TransMontaigne - SouthWest | T-74-TX-2717 | Brownsville, TX | NuStar Pipeline, Inland Waterways |
Pipelines delivering to this market
Each system with a tariff delivery point at one of this market’s terminals, and how many running refineries can ship on it to here.
| Pipeline system | Terminals here | Delivery points | Refineries confirmed | All reachable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inland Waterways | 6 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| NuStar Pipeline | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Refineries that can supply this market
| Refinery | Location | Via | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery | Corpus Christi, TX | NuStar Pipeline, Inland Waterways | confirmed |
| CITGO Lake Charles Refinery | Lake Charles, LA | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Calcasieu Refining Company | Lake Charles, LA | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Chalmette Refinery | Chalmette, LA | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Chevron Pascagoula Refinery | Pascagoula, MS | Inland Waterways | per research |
| ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery | Baton Rouge, LA | Inland Waterways | per research |
| ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery | Baytown, TX | Inland Waterways | per research |
| ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery | Beaumont, TX | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi Refinery — West Plant | Corpus Christi West, TX | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery | Galveston Bay, TX | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Marathon Garyville Refinery | Garyville, LA | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Motiva Port Arthur Refinery | Port Arthur, TX | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Pemex Deer Park Refinery (Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership) | Deer Park, TX | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery (Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex) | Westlake, LA | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery | Sweeny, TX | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Placid Refining Company Port Allen Refinery | Port Allen, LA | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Shell Norco Manufacturing Complex (Norco Refinery) | Norco, LA | Inland Waterways | per research |
| TotalEnergies Port Arthur Refinery | Port Arthur, TX | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Valero Bill Greehey Refineries, Corpus Christi (East and West plants) | Corpus Christi, TX | NuStar Pipeline, Inland Waterways | per research |
| Valero Houston Refinery | Houston, TX | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Valero Meraux Refinery | Meraux, LA | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Valero St. Charles Refinery (Norco Refinery) | Norco, LA | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Valero Texas City Refinery | Texas City, TX | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Vertex Mobile (Saraland) Refinery | Saraland, AL | Inland Waterways | per research |
| Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi) | Corpus Christi, TX | NuStar Pipeline, Inland Waterways | inferred (same city) |
| Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter | Corpus Christi, TX | NuStar Pipeline | inferred (same city) |
Trade area
- people in the trade area · 2025 estimate
- 244,732
- rank of 422 rack markets by people
- #299
- gallons of gasoline a day · estimate, 2025
- 281,352
- gallons of diesel a day · estimate, 2025
- 106,336
- counties wholly in this market
- 0
- counties shared with other markets
- 3
| County | State | Share here | People counted here | Gasoline gal/day | Diesel gal/day | County population | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron County | TX | 55% | 240,059 | 267,204 | 100,144 | 433,946 | 11 |
| Willacy County | TX | 23% | 4,591 | 7,427 | 3,290 | 19,971 | 37 |
| Kenedy County | TX | 25% | 81 | 6,722 | 2,902 | 319 | 65 |
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
What it costs to move a gallon here from a supply origin at filed tariff rates: line-haul, the cost of financing the product on the way and in the tank, pipeline loss, and terminaling. It is a cost at filed rates, not a market price: add it to the origin spot price for a delivered cost. The figure shown is the lowest route that starts where product enters the pipeline system; where a second pipeline is needed to reach here, both are costed. Lines marked "estimate" are placeholders until the pipeline or terminal figure is on file; in the routes table, * marks a figure taken from the tariff.
Gasoline: product adder
- ¢/gal · product adder
- 6.37
- ¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
- 4.10
- ¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
- 0.46
- ¢/gal · pipeline loss · estimate
- 0.31
- ¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
- 1.50
- days financed
- 9.0
Route used: from Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County on NuStar Pipeline to Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX (Texas No. 98.15.0 item Note 2).
How this adder is worked, line by line
| Line | ¢/gal | Basis | Source or working |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line-haul tariff | 4.096 | published | NuStar Pipeline Texas No. 98.15.0 item Note 2: Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') → Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX, 172.05 ¢/bbl |
| Carrying cost | 0.457 | calculated | $3.120000/gal × 5.9200% ÷ 365 × 9.032 days (1.532 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 147 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (general estimate) |
| Pipeline loss | 0.312 | estimate | flat estimate $0.0031/gal, applied 1 time |
| Terminaling | 1.500 | estimate | Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal |
| Product adder | 6.365 | Sum of the lines above, over the origin spot price |
Every published route, lowest adder first (2 of 2). Origins are priced at the same index here. "Origin must be cheaper by" is how far below the price at the origin of the route used above a route's own origin price has to be before that route wins.
| Origin | Pipeline | Delivery point | Terminals | Line-haul | Carrying | Loss | Terminaling | Adder ¢/gal | Days | Origin must be cheaper by | Tariff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | TransMontaigne - SouthWest; CITGO - Brownsville | 4.10 | 0.46 | 0.31 | 1.50 | 6.37 | 9.0 | — | Texas No. 98.15.0 item Note 2 |
| CITGO Refinery, Nueces County | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | TransMontaigne - SouthWest; CITGO - Brownsville | 4.41 | 0.46 | 0.31 | 1.50 | 6.68 | 9.0 | 0.31 | Texas No. 98.15.0 |
Diesel: product adder
- ¢/gal · product adder
- 6.80
- ¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
- 4.10
- ¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
- 0.71
- ¢/gal · pipeline loss · estimate
- 0.49
- ¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
- 1.50
- days financed
- 9.0
Route used: from Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County on NuStar Pipeline to Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX (Texas No. 98.15.0 item Note 2).
How this adder is worked, line by line
| Line | ¢/gal | Basis | Source or working |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line-haul tariff | 4.096 | published | NuStar Pipeline Texas No. 98.15.0 item Note 2: Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') → Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX, 172.05 ¢/bbl |
| Carrying cost | 0.713 | calculated | $4.870000/gal × 5.9200% ÷ 365 × 9.032 days (1.532 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 147 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (general estimate) |
| Pipeline loss | 0.487 | estimate | flat estimate $0.0049/gal, applied 1 time |
| Terminaling | 1.500 | estimate | Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal |
| Product adder | 6.797 | Sum of the lines above, over the origin spot price |
Every published route, lowest adder first (2 of 2). Origins are priced at the same index here. "Origin must be cheaper by" is how far below the price at the origin of the route used above a route's own origin price has to be before that route wins.
| Origin | Pipeline | Delivery point | Terminals | Line-haul | Carrying | Loss | Terminaling | Adder ¢/gal | Days | Origin must be cheaper by | Tariff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | TransMontaigne - SouthWest; CITGO - Brownsville | 4.10 | 0.71 | 0.49 | 1.50 | 6.80 | 9.0 | — | Texas No. 98.15.0 item Note 2 |
| CITGO Refinery, Nueces County | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | TransMontaigne - SouthWest; CITGO - Brownsville | 4.41 | 0.71 | 0.49 | 1.50 | 7.11 | 9.0 | 0.32 | Texas No. 98.15.0 |
Inputs and assumptions behind these figures
- Product value (for carrying cost and loss only): the prior day's spot price. Gasoline: OilPriceAPI GASOLINE_RBOB_USD, 2026-10-26. Diesel: OilPriceAPI HEATING_OIL_USD, 2026-10-26. These are the New York Harbor futures benchmarks, not a Gulf Coast price.
- Interest rate: SOFR 3.92% (2026-10-23) + 2.0 points.
- Transit (estimate): straight-line miles between the tariff origin and delivery point × 1.15, at 4.0 mph unless the pipeline has its own figure.
- Days financed (estimate): transit, plus half a 5-day shipping cycle waiting to lift (once for each pipeline on a two-pipeline route), plus 5 days of stock at the terminal.
- Pipeline loss: the charge or volume deduction the tariff states, where it states one (marked *; a deduction is costed at the product value above). Otherwise an estimate of 0.10% of product value per pipeline, two for a joint rate; that includes pipelines that share out actual losses without publishing a figure, and tariffs that state no loss term.
- Terminaling: the carrier's terminal charge where its tariff states one (marked *), otherwise a flat 1.5¢/gal estimate.
- Which route sets the figure: the lowest one that starts at a supply origin. On Colonial that is Houston. A rate that starts part-way along a pipeline, or at a secondary origin, stays in the table but does not set the figure. Where a rate starts at a point another carrier delivers to, the first carrier's lowest rate into that point is added, with its loss and time in the pipe; terminaling is charged once. The same is done where one pipeline files the movement as two rates. Which origins are treated this way is our own review of each system, not a statement in a tariff.
- Rates used: each pipeline's ordinary filed rate. Committed, volume-tier, discount and bid rates are left out, as are conditional fees (shown on each pipeline page), additives, taxes and the value of line space.
- Assumption set in force from 2026-10-01; review by 2027-01-01.
Published line-haul rates, all products and rate types
- ¢/gal · cheapest gasoline · from Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County on NuStar Pipeline
- 4.10
- ¢/gal · cheapest diesel · from Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County on NuStar Pipeline
- 4.77
- ¢/gal · cheapest jet fuel · from Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County on NuStar Pipeline
- 4.10
| Origin | Pipeline | Delivery point | Product | ¢/bbl | ¢/gal | Refineries at the origin | Tariff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US/Mexico International Boundary near Penitas (naphtha) | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | naphtha | 101.38 | 2.41 | FERC No. 71.21.0 item Table of Rates | |
| US/Mexico International Boundary near Penitas (naphtha) | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | naphtha | 123.01 | 2.93 | FERC No. 71.21.0 item Table of Rates | |
| US/Mexico International Boundary near Penitas (naphtha) | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | naphtha | 132.66 | 3.16 | FERC No. 71.21.0 item Table of Rates | |
| Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | gasoline, kerosene, diesel, jet fuel, natural gasoline, normal butane, iso butane | 172.05 | 4.10 | Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Bill Greehey Refineries, Corpus Christi (East and West plants) | Texas No. 98.15.0 item Note 2 |
| CITGO Refinery, Nueces County | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | gasoline, kerosene, diesel, jet fuel, natural gasoline, normal butane, iso butane | 185.28 | 4.41 | Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery; Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter | Texas No. 98.15.0 |
| Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | gasoline, distillate | 200.46 | 4.77 | Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Bill Greehey Refineries, Corpus Christi (East and West plants) | Texas No. 114.1.0 item Item 100 |
| Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | gasoline, distillate | 200.46 | 4.77 | Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Bill Greehey Refineries, Corpus Christi (East and West plants) | FERC No. 85.13.0 item Item 100 Note 2 |
| Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | gasoline, distillate | 202.99 | 4.83 | Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Bill Greehey Refineries, Corpus Christi (East and West plants) | Texas No. 114.1.0 item Item 100 |
| Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | gasoline, distillate | 202.99 | 4.83 | Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Bill Greehey Refineries, Corpus Christi (East and West plants) | FERC No. 85.13.0 item Item 100 |
| Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | gasoline, distillate | 209.76 | 4.99 | Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Bill Greehey Refineries, Corpus Christi (East and West plants) | Texas No. 114.1.0 item Item 100 |
| Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | gasoline, distillate | 209.76 | 4.99 | Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Bill Greehey Refineries, Corpus Christi (East and West plants) | FERC No. 85.13.0 item Item 100 |
| Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | gasoline, distillate | 216.51 | 5.16 | Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Bill Greehey Refineries, Corpus Christi (East and West plants) | Texas No. 114.1.0 item Item 100 |
| Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') | NuStar Pipeline | Brownsville Terminal / Connected Terminals in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX | gasoline, distillate | 216.51 | 5.16 | Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Bill Greehey Refineries, Corpus Christi (East and West plants) | FERC No. 85.13.0 item Item 100 |
Supply resilience
- pipeline supply
- Limited
- pipeline systems delivering
- 2
- terminals on two or more pipelines
- 2
- terminals with no pipeline tariff
- 1
Two pipeline systems deliver here: one can cover for the other where a terminal is on both.
If a pipeline system goes down
| Pipeline system | Terminals it reaches here | With no other pipeline | Which |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inland Waterways | 6 | 4 | ABC Gulf Coast Terminal; Bluewing One; Brownsville Terminal; Port Isabel Logistical Offshore Terminal |
| NuStar Pipeline | 2 | 0 |
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
- +20.02
- ¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · highest
- +20.02
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Isabel Logistical Offshore Terminal | +20.02 | rail | Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) | 1,084 |
| ABC Gulf Coast Terminal | +20.02 | rail | Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) | 1,091 |
| Bluewing One | +20.02 | rail | Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) | 1,087 |
| Bluewing Royal LLC | +20.02 | rail | Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) | 1,090 |
| Brownsville Terminal | +20.02 | rail | Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) | 1,090 |
| CITGO - Brownsville | +20.02 | rail | Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) | 1,090 |
| TransMontaigne - SouthWest | +20.02 | rail | Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) | 1,090 |
Nearby rack markets
Rack markets within 75 miles (straight line): where a buyer here could also lift.
| Rack market | Miles | Terminals | Pipelines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harlingen, TX | 21 | 4 | 2 |
| Edinburg, TX | 55 | 1 | 1 |
| Hidalgo, TX | 55 | 1 | 1 |
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.