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Edinburg, TX

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

OPIS rack city 639 Gasoline & diesel Biodiesel
terminals
1
pipeline systems delivering
1
refineries confirmed
2
more per research or by route
3
people in the trade area
798,570
gal/day gasoline · estimated demand
818,330
gal/day diesel · estimated demand
330,375

Terminals in this market

The racks that post prices in this market. Pipelines = systems with a tariff delivery point at the terminal.
Terminal TCN Location Delivered by
Nustar Energy T-74-TX-2700 Edinburg, TX NuStar Pipeline

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
NuStar Pipeline 1 1 2 5

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; 3 are inferred because the refinery shares a city with a tariff origin. Capacity, contracts and who actually ships are not known from tariffs.
Refinery Location Via Link
CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery Corpus Christi, TX NuStar Pipeline confirmed
Valero Three Rivers Refinery Three Rivers, TX NuStar Pipeline confirmed
Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi) Corpus Christi, TX NuStar Pipeline inferred (same city)
Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter Corpus Christi, TX NuStar Pipeline inferred (same city)
Valero Corpus Christi Refinery (East & West Plants) Corpus Christi, TX NuStar Pipeline inferred (same city)

Trade area

people in the trade area · 2025 estimate
798,570
rank of 422 rack markets by people
#140
gallons of gasoline a day · estimate, 2025
818,330
gallons of diesel a day · estimate, 2025
330,375
counties wholly in this market
0
counties shared with other markets
6
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.
County State Share here People counted here Gasoline gal/day Diesel gal/day County population Miles
Hidalgo County TX 82% 755,762 756,442 304,260 921,549 2
Starr County TX 55% 36,230 36,030 15,700 66,319 38
Brooks County TX 42% 2,778 15,452 6,013 6,579 45
Willacy County TX 10% 1,999 3,234 1,433 19,971 35
Jim Hogg County TX 38% 1,747 2,797 1,081 4,555 60
Kenedy County TX 16% 52 4,374 1,888 319 49

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 each pipeline 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. 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 · lowest adder
6.39
¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
4.10
¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
0.46
¢/gal · pipeline loss · estimate
0.33
¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
1.50
days financed
8.8

Lowest route: from Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County on NuStar Pipeline to Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX (Texas No. 98.15.0 item Note 2).

How the lowest 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') → Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX, 172.05 ¢/bbl
Carrying cost 0.464 calculated $3.260000/gal × 5.9000% ÷ 365 × 8.796 days (1.296 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 124 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (general estimate)
Pipeline loss 0.326 estimate flat estimate $0.0033/gal, applied 1 time
Terminaling 1.500 estimate Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal
Product adder 6.386 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 lowest route's origin 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 Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX Nustar Energy 4.10 0.46 0.33 1.50 6.39 8.8 — Texas No. 98.15.0 item Note 2
CITGO Refinery, Nueces County NuStar Pipeline Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX Nustar Energy 4.41 0.46 0.33 1.50 6.70 8.8 0.32 Texas No. 98.15.0

Diesel: product adder

¢/gal · lowest adder
6.73
¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
4.10
¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
0.67
¢/gal · pipeline loss · estimate
0.47
¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
1.50
days financed
8.8

Lowest route: from Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County on NuStar Pipeline to Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX (Texas No. 98.15.0 item Note 2).

How the lowest 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') → Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX, 172.05 ¢/bbl
Carrying cost 0.668 calculated $4.700000/gal × 5.9000% ÷ 365 × 8.796 days (1.296 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 124 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (general estimate)
Pipeline loss 0.470 estimate flat estimate $0.0047/gal, applied 1 time
Terminaling 1.500 estimate Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal
Product adder 6.735 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 lowest route's origin 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 Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX Nustar Energy 4.10 0.67 0.47 1.50 6.73 8.8 — Texas No. 98.15.0 item Note 2
CITGO Refinery, Nueces County NuStar Pipeline Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX Nustar Energy 4.41 0.67 0.47 1.50 7.05 8.8 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, 2026-10-07. Diesel: OilPriceAPI HEATING_OIL_USD, 2026-10-07. These are the New York Harbor futures benchmarks, not a Gulf Coast price.
  • Interest rate: SOFR 3.90% (2026-10-06) + 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, 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.
  • Terminaling: the carrier's terminal charge where its tariff states one (marked *), otherwise a flat 1.5¢/gal estimate.
  • 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
Published line-haul rates into a terminal here, cheapest first (10 of 10 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 19 conditional tariff fees listed on each pipeline page.
Origin Pipeline Delivery point Product ¢/bbl ¢/gal Refineries at the origin Tariff
Origin Station, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (T-74-TX-2714 'S Tx-Origin Station') NuStar Pipeline Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo 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 Corpus Christi Refinery (East & West Plants) Texas No. 98.15.0 item Note 2
CITGO Refinery, Nueces County NuStar Pipeline Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo 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 Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX gasoline, distillate 200.46 4.77 Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Corpus Christi Refinery (East & 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 Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX gasoline, distillate 200.46 4.77 Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Corpus Christi Refinery (East & 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 Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX gasoline, distillate 202.99 4.83 Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Corpus Christi Refinery (East & 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 Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX gasoline, distillate 202.99 4.83 Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Corpus Christi Refinery (East & 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 Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX gasoline, distillate 209.76 4.99 Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Corpus Christi Refinery (East & 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 Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX gasoline, distillate 209.76 4.99 Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Corpus Christi Refinery (East & 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 Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX gasoline, distillate 216.51 5.16 Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Corpus Christi Refinery (East & 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 Edinburg Terminal, Hidalgo County, TX gasoline, distillate 216.51 5.16 Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi); Magellan Corpus Christi Condensate Splitter; Valero Corpus Christi Refinery (East & West Plants) FERC No. 85.13.0 item Item 100

Supply resilience

pipeline supply
One pipeline
pipeline systems delivering
1
terminals on two or more pipelines
0
terminals with no pipeline tariff
0

One pipeline system delivers here: NuStar Pipeline. An outage on it leaves the market to truck, rail or water.

If a pipeline system goes down

Pipeline system Terminals it reaches here With no other pipeline Which
NuStar Pipeline 1 1 Nustar Energy

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
+19.51
¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · highest
+19.51

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
Nustar Energy +19.51 rail Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) 1,038

Nearby rack markets

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

Rack market Miles Terminals Pipelines
Hidalgo, TX 21 1 1
Harlingen, TX 36 4 2
Brownsville, TX 55 7 2
Three Rivers, TX 67 0 —

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.