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Columbus, OH

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

OPIS rack code 315 Gasoline & diesel Aviation gasoline Biodiesel Ethanol
terminals
8
pipeline systems delivering
3
refineries in market
0
refineries supplying market
18
people in the trade area
2,008,838
gal/day gasoline · estimated demand
2,152,909
gal/day diesel · estimated demand
749,842

Terminals in this market

The racks that post prices in this market. Pipelines = systems with a tariff delivery point at the terminal.
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Terminal TCN Location Delivered by
BenchMark Biodiesel, Inc. T-31-OH-3129 Columbus, OH Buckeye Pipeline
Buckeye Terminals, LLC T-31-OH-3105 Columbus, OH Buckeye Pipeline, Inland Corporation, Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX)
Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Columbus T-31-OH-3114 Columbus, OH Buckeye Pipeline, Inland Corporation, Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX)
CITGO - Dublin T-31-OH-3120 Dublin, OH Inland Corporation, Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX)
Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP T-31-OH-3111 Columbus, OH Buckeye Pipeline, Inland Corporation, Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX)
Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP T-31-OH-3116 Columbus, OH Buckeye Pipeline, Inland Corporation, Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX)
Marathon Columbus - East T-31-OH-3101 Columbus, OH Buckeye Pipeline, Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX)
Marathon Columbus - West T-31-OH-3112 Columbus, OH Buckeye Pipeline, Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX)

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
Buckeye Pipeline 7 1 0 4
Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) 7 3 1 2
Inland Corporation 5 1 0 3

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; 11 are per research; 5 are inferred because the refinery shares a city with a tariff origin. Capacity, contracts and who actually ships are not known from tariffs. No running refinery is located in this market (nearest rack market, within 50 miles).
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Refinery Location Via Link
BP Whiting Refinery Whiting, IN Wolverine Pipeline confirmed
Marathon Catlettsburg Refinery Catlettsburg, KY Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) confirmed
CITGO Lake Charles Refinery Lake Charles, LA Explorer Pipeline per research
CITGO Lemont Refinery Lemont, IL Wolverine Pipeline per research
Cenovus Lima Refinery Lima, OH Buckeye Pipeline, Inland Corporation per research
ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery Baytown, TX Explorer Pipeline per research
ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery Beaumont, TX Explorer Pipeline per research
ExxonMobil Joliet Refinery Joliet, IL Wolverine Pipeline per research
Marathon Petroleum Detroit Refinery Detroit, MI Buckeye Pipeline per research
Motiva Port Arthur Refinery Port Arthur, TX Colonial Pipeline, Explorer Pipeline per research
Ohio Refining Company Toledo Refinery (formerly BP-Husky) Toledo, OH Buckeye Pipeline, Inland Corporation, Sunoco / Energy Transfer per research
PBF Toledo Refinery Toledo, OH Buckeye Pipeline, Inland Corporation, Sunoco / Energy Transfer per research
Valero Port Arthur Refinery Port Arthur, TX Colonial Pipeline, Explorer Pipeline per research
Chevron Pasadena Refinery (Pasadena Refining System, Inc.) Pasadena, TX Explorer Pipeline, Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX), Phillips 66 Pipeline inferred (same city)
Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery Sweeny, TX Phillips 66 Pipeline inferred (same city)
TotalEnergies Port Arthur Refinery Port Arthur, TX Colonial Pipeline, Explorer Pipeline inferred (same city)
Valero Houston Refinery Houston, TX Explorer Pipeline inferred (same city)
Wood River Refinery Wood River, IL Explorer Pipeline, Phillips 66 Pipeline inferred (same city)

Trade area

people in the trade area · 2025 estimate
2,008,838
rank of 422 rack markets by people
#38
gallons of gasoline a day · estimate, 2025
2,152,909
gallons of diesel a day · estimate, 2025
749,842
counties wholly in this market
0
counties shared with other markets
16
An estimate of who lifts here. Each county goes to its nearest rack market with terminals; a market within 1.5 times that distance (or 25 miles more) shares it, up to 4 markets, weighted toward the closer one and the one with more terminals. Distances are straight-line from the county’s centre. Shares of a county always add to 100%, so the people counted across all markets add back to the U.S. total.
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County State Share here People counted here Gasoline gal/day Diesel gal/day County population Miles
Franklin County OH 96% 1,306,121 1,262,861 350,377 1,361,536 6
Delaware County OH 87% 211,221 231,750 81,737 242,032 21
Fairfield County OH 58% 98,558 83,829 26,068 169,752 30
Union County OH 84% 61,658 97,463 30,987 73,446 26
Pickaway County OH 90% 56,491 77,603 30,720 62,978 23
Ross County OH 60% 46,056 65,459 23,331 76,429 46
Madison County OH 90% 42,254 81,797 74,485 46,985 16
Clark County OH 31% 41,644 55,159 26,564 135,340 36
Marion County OH 46% 30,194 31,673 8,807 65,115 42
Knox County OH 46% 29,742 24,795 7,920 64,002 47
Morrow County OH 59% 21,358 46,593 40,902 36,305 41
Fayette County OH 55% 15,755 36,078 26,100 28,552 35
Hocking County OH 55% 15,195 21,243 8,041 27,512 48
Champaign County OH 38% 14,693 14,782 5,278 38,820 37
Logan County OH 28% 12,978 17,078 6,120 46,302 44
Vinton County OH 39% 4,945 4,768 2,407 12,645 60

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
3.64
¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
1.45
¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
0.38
¢/gal · pipeline loss · estimate
0.31
¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
1.50
days financed
7.5

Route used: from Columbus, OH on Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) to Columbus, OH (F.E.R.C. No. 76.35.0 item Item No. 1).

How this adder is worked, line by line
Line ¢/gal Basis Source or working
Line-haul tariff 1.451 published Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) F.E.R.C. No. 76.35.0 item Item No. 1: Columbus, OH → Columbus, OH, 60.94 ¢/bbl
Carrying cost 0.379 calculated $3.100000/gal × 5.9500% ÷ 365 × 7.500 days (0.000 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 0 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (general estimate)
Pipeline loss 0.310 estimate flat estimate $0.0031/gal, applied 1 time
Terminaling 1.500 estimate Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal
Product adder 3.640 Sum of the lines above, over the origin spot price

Every published route, lowest adder first (12 of 12). 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
Columbus, OH Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) Columbus, OH 5 terminals 1.45 0.38 0.31 1.50 3.64 7.5 — F.E.R.C. No. 76.35.0 item Item No. 1
Lima Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS 6 terminals 2.32 0.42 0.31 1.50 4.56 8.4 0.92 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Lima Inland Corporation Columbus 4 terminals 2.33 0.42 0.31 1.50 4.56 8.4 0.92 FERC No. 31.38.0 item 1
Heath, OH Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) Columbus, OH 5 terminals 2.63 0.40 0.31 1.50 4.84 7.9 1.20 F.E.R.C. No. 76.35.0 item Item No. 1
Fostoria Inland Corporation Columbus 4 terminals 3.66 0.43 0.31 1.50 5.90 8.5 2.26 FERC No. 31.38.0 item 1
Toledo (incl. Cedar Point) Inland Corporation Columbus 4 terminals 3.71 0.45 0.31 1.50 5.98 8.9 2.34 FERC No. 31.38.0 item 1
Toledo Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS 6 terminals 3.93 0.45 0.31 1.50 6.20 8.9 2.56 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Huntington Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS 6 terminals 4.53 0.46 0.31 1.50 6.80 9.2 3.16 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Findlay starts part-way along the line Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS 6 terminals 4.64 0.43 0.31 1.50 6.88 8.5 3.24 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Detroit Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS 6 terminals 6.26 0.48 0.31 1.50 8.54 9.4 4.90 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Woodhaven Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS 6 terminals 6.54 0.47 0.31 1.50 8.82 9.3 5.18 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Chicago Complex Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS 6 terminals 7.97 0.53 0.31 1.50 10.31 10.6 6.67 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing

Diesel: product adder

¢/gal · product adder
4.01
¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
1.45
¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
0.58
¢/gal · pipeline loss · estimate
0.48
¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
1.50
days financed
7.5

Route used: from Columbus, OH on Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) to Columbus, OH (F.E.R.C. No. 76.35.0 item Item No. 1).

How this adder is worked, line by line
Line ¢/gal Basis Source or working
Line-haul tariff 1.451 published Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) F.E.R.C. No. 76.35.0 item Item No. 1: Columbus, OH → Columbus, OH, 60.94 ¢/bbl
Carrying cost 0.584 calculated $4.780000/gal × 5.9500% ÷ 365 × 7.500 days (0.000 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 0 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (general estimate)
Pipeline loss 0.478 estimate flat estimate $0.0048/gal, applied 1 time
Terminaling 1.500 estimate Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal
Product adder 4.013 Sum of the lines above, over the origin spot price

Every published route, lowest adder first (12 of 12). 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
Columbus, OH Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) Columbus, OH 5 terminals 1.45 0.58 0.48 1.50 4.01 7.5 — F.E.R.C. No. 76.35.0 item Item No. 1
Lima Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS 6 terminals 2.32 0.65 0.48 1.50 4.95 8.4 0.94 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Lima Inland Corporation Columbus 4 terminals 2.33 0.65 0.48 1.50 4.96 8.4 0.94 FERC No. 31.38.0 item 1
Heath, OH Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) Columbus, OH 5 terminals 2.63 0.62 0.48 1.50 5.22 7.9 1.21 F.E.R.C. No. 76.35.0 item Item No. 1
Fostoria Inland Corporation Columbus 4 terminals 3.66 0.66 0.48 1.50 6.30 8.5 2.29 FERC No. 31.38.0 item 1
Toledo (incl. Cedar Point) Inland Corporation Columbus 4 terminals 3.71 0.70 0.48 1.50 6.39 8.9 2.37 FERC No. 31.38.0 item 1
Toledo Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS 6 terminals 3.93 0.70 0.48 1.50 6.61 8.9 2.60 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Huntington Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS 6 terminals 4.53 0.71 0.48 1.50 7.22 9.2 3.21 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Findlay starts part-way along the line Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS 6 terminals 4.64 0.66 0.48 1.50 7.27 8.5 3.26 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Detroit Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS 6 terminals 6.26 0.73 0.48 1.50 8.97 9.4 4.96 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Woodhaven Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS 6 terminals 6.54 0.72 0.48 1.50 9.24 9.3 5.23 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Chicago Complex Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS 6 terminals 7.97 0.82 0.48 1.50 10.77 10.6 6.76 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
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, 2026-10-28. Diesel: OilPriceAPI HEATING_OIL_USD, 2026-10-28. These are the New York Harbor futures benchmarks, not a Gulf Coast price.
  • Interest rate: SOFR 3.95% (2026-10-27) + 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.
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Published line-haul rates, all products and rate types

¢/gal · cheapest gasoline · from Lima on Inland Corporation
0.23
¢/gal · cheapest diesel · from Lima on Inland Corporation
0.23
Published line-haul rates into a terminal here, cheapest first (23 of 23 routes). Add the origin spot price for a delivered cost; compare that with the rack price for the netback. Not included: terminal throughput and rack fees, and the 20 conditional tariff fees listed on each pipeline page.
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Origin Pipeline Delivery point Product ¢/bbl ¢/gal Refineries at the origin Tariff
Lima Inland Corporation Columbus same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 9.66 0.23 Cenovus Lima Refinery FERC No. 31.38.0 item 1
Lima Inland Corporation Columbus same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 9.66 0.23 Cenovus Lima Refinery Ohio Rate Sheet No. 6.21.1
Toledo (incl. Cedar Point) Inland Corporation Columbus same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 14.70 0.35 Ohio Refining Company Toledo Refinery (formerly BP-Husky); PBF Toledo Refinery FERC No. 31.38.0 item 1
Toledo (incl. Cedar Point) Inland Corporation Columbus same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 14.70 0.35 Ohio Refining Company Toledo Refinery (formerly BP-Husky); PBF Toledo Refinery Ohio Rate Sheet No. 6.21.1
Heath, OH Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) Columbus, OH same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 41.14 0.98 F.E.R.C. No. 76.35.0 item Item No. 2
Columbus, OH Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) Columbus, OH same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 60.94 1.45 F.E.R.C. No. 76.35.0 item Item No. 1
Lima Inland Corporation Columbus same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 76.89 1.83 Cenovus Lima Refinery Ohio Rate Sheet No. 6.21.1
Lima Inland Corporation Columbus same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 82.89 1.97 Cenovus Lima Refinery Ohio Rate Sheet No. 6.21.1
Lima Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS per research gasoline, distillate 85.19 2.03 Cenovus Lima Refinery FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 2
Lima Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS per research gasoline, distillate 97.59 2.32 Cenovus Lima Refinery FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Lima Inland Corporation Columbus same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 97.70 2.33 Cenovus Lima Refinery FERC No. 31.38.0 item 1
Lima Inland Corporation Columbus same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 98.89 2.36 Cenovus Lima Refinery Ohio Rate Sheet No. 6.21.1
Heath, OH Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) Columbus, OH same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 110.31 2.63 F.E.R.C. No. 76.35.0 item Item No. 1
Fostoria Inland Corporation Columbus same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 153.79 3.66 FERC No. 31.38.0 item 1
Toledo (incl. Cedar Point) Inland Corporation Columbus same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 156.02 3.72 Ohio Refining Company Toledo Refinery (formerly BP-Husky); PBF Toledo Refinery FERC No. 31.38.0 item 1
Toledo (incl. Cedar Point) Inland Corporation Columbus same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 158.12 3.77 Ohio Refining Company Toledo Refinery (formerly BP-Husky); PBF Toledo Refinery Ohio Rate Sheet No. 6.21.1
Fostoria Inland Corporation Columbus same city (inferred) gasoline, distillate 159.43 3.80 Ohio Rate Sheet No. 6.21.1
Toledo Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS per research gasoline, distillate 165.26 3.94 Ohio Refining Company Toledo Refinery (formerly BP-Husky); PBF Toledo Refinery FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Huntington Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS per research gasoline, distillate 190.25 4.53 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Findlay Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS per research gasoline, distillate 194.80 4.64 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Detroit Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS per research gasoline, distillate 262.82 6.26 Marathon Petroleum Detroit Refinery FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Woodhaven Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS per research gasoline, distillate 274.71 6.54 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Chicago Complex Buckeye Pipeline COLUMBUS per research gasoline, distillate 334.74 7.97 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1

Supply resilience

pipeline supply
Diversified
pipeline systems delivering
3
terminals on two or more pipelines
7
terminals with no pipeline tariff
0

3 pipeline systems deliver here.

If a pipeline system goes down

Pipeline system Terminals it reaches here With no other pipeline Which
Buckeye Pipeline 7 1 BenchMark Biodiesel, Inc.
Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) 7 0
Inland Corporation 5 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
+2.91
¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · highest
+3.32

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
Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP +2.91 truck Valero Renewable Fuels LLC (Bloomingburg, OH) 35
BenchMark Biodiesel, Inc. +2.93 truck Valero Renewable Fuels LLC (Bloomingburg, OH) 36
Buckeye Terminals, LLC +2.93 truck Valero Renewable Fuels LLC (Bloomingburg, OH) 36
Marathon Columbus - West +2.93 truck Valero Renewable Fuels LLC (Bloomingburg, OH) 36
Marathon Columbus - East +2.94 truck Valero Renewable Fuels LLC (Bloomingburg, OH) 36
Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Columbus +2.94 truck Valero Renewable Fuels LLC (Bloomingburg, OH) 36
Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP +2.95 truck Valero Renewable Fuels LLC (Bloomingburg, OH) 36
CITGO - Dublin +3.32 truck POET Biorefining - Marion LLC (Marion, OH) 43

Nearby rack markets

Rack markets within 75 miles (straight line): where a buyer here could also lift.

Rack market Miles Terminals Pipelines
Heath, OH 34 1 1
Dayton, OH 57 4 2
Lebanon, OH 73 2 1
Lima, OH 73 4 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.