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Flint, MI

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

OPIS rack code 342 Gasoline & diesel Ethanol
terminals
2
pipeline systems delivering
1
refineries in market
0
refineries supplying market
17
people in the trade area
830,061
gal/day gasoline · estimated demand
1,048,540
gal/day diesel · estimated demand
255,329

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
Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP T-38-MI-3029 Owosso, MI Buckeye Pipeline
Marathon Flint T-38-MI-3016 Mt. Morris, MI Buckeye 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
Buckeye Pipeline 2 2 0 4

Refineries that can supply this market

Running refineries that can reach a terminal here by published route, including across connecting carriers, confirmed links first. 1 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
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 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, Sunoco / Energy Transfer per research
PBF Toledo Refinery Toledo, OH Buckeye Pipeline, 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
830,061
rank of 422 rack markets by people
#135
gallons of gasoline a day · estimate, 2025
1,048,540
gallons of diesel a day · estimate, 2025
255,329
counties wholly in this market
1
counties shared with other markets
12
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
Genesee County MI 100% 401,093 479,141 106,163 401,093 13
Saginaw County MI 63% 118,581 146,893 41,506 187,688 20
Shiawassee County MI 90% 60,588 84,682 32,810 67,681 11
Livingston County MI 27% 53,097 81,204 18,439 197,315 31
Ingham County MI 14% 39,719 39,233 8,226 289,709 37
Lapeer County MI 40% 36,138 46,641 14,083 89,516 37
Midland County MI 30% 25,419 31,735 4,592 83,754 47
Isabella County MI 36% 23,127 32,204 5,417 64,691 61
Gratiot County MI 44% 18,173 29,763 6,105 41,190 37
Tuscola County MI 32% 16,736 18,427 3,587 52,680 40
Clare County MI 41% 12,898 21,434 4,452 31,543 79
Clinton County MI 16% 12,821 21,914 6,509 80,432 33
Sanilac County MI 29% 11,680 15,288 3,445 40,083 72

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
6.05
¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
3.80
¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
0.42
¢/gal · pipeline loss · estimate
0.32
¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
1.50
days financed
8.2

Route used: from Detroit on Buckeye Pipeline to FLINT (FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1).

How this adder is worked, line by line
Line ¢/gal Basis Source or working
Line-haul tariff 3.801 published Buckeye Pipeline FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1: Detroit → FLINT, 159.63 ¢/bbl
Carrying cost 0.425 calculated $3.200000/gal × 5.8800% ÷ 365 × 8.239 days (0.739 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 71 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (general estimate)
Pipeline loss 0.320 estimate flat estimate $0.0032/gal, applied 1 time
Terminaling 1.500 estimate Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal
Product adder 6.045 Sum of the lines above, over the origin spot price

Every published route, lowest adder first (15 of 15). 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
Detroit Buckeye Pipeline FLINT Marathon Flint 3.80 0.42 0.32 1.50 6.05 8.2 — FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Woodhaven Buckeye Pipeline FLINT Marathon Flint 3.95 0.43 0.32 1.50 6.20 8.3 0.15 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Toledo Buckeye Pipeline FLINT Marathon Flint 4.49 0.45 0.32 1.50 6.75 8.7 0.71 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Inkster (Joan Jct) Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 4.57 0.43 0.32 1.50 6.82 8.3 0.78 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Findlay starts part-way along the line Buckeye Pipeline FLINT Marathon Flint 4.99 0.47 0.32 1.50 7.28 9.2 1.24 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Detroit Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 5.19 0.43 0.32 1.50 7.44 8.4 1.40 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Woodhaven Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 5.33 0.44 0.32 1.50 7.58 8.4 1.54 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Lima Buckeye Pipeline FLINT Marathon Flint 5.38 0.49 0.32 1.50 7.69 9.5 1.64 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Huntington Buckeye Pipeline FLINT Marathon Flint 5.65 0.50 0.32 1.50 7.97 9.6 1.92 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Toledo Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 5.85 0.45 0.32 1.50 8.12 8.7 2.08 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Findlay starts part-way along the line Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 6.74 0.47 0.32 1.50 9.03 9.2 2.98 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Lima Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 6.80 0.49 0.32 1.50 9.10 9.4 3.06 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Huntington Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 6.89 0.48 0.32 1.50 9.20 9.4 3.15 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Chicago Complex Buckeye Pipeline FLINT Marathon Flint 8.72 0.52 0.32 1.50 11.06 10.1 5.02 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Chicago Complex Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 9.97 0.50 0.32 1.50 12.29 9.8 6.25 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing

Diesel: product adder

¢/gal · product adder
6.45
¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
3.80
¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
0.66
¢/gal · pipeline loss · estimate
0.50
¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
1.50
days financed
8.2

Route used: from Detroit on Buckeye Pipeline to FLINT (FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1).

How this adder is worked, line by line
Line ¢/gal Basis Source or working
Line-haul tariff 3.801 published Buckeye Pipeline FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1: Detroit → FLINT, 159.63 ¢/bbl
Carrying cost 0.657 calculated $4.950000/gal × 5.8800% ÷ 365 × 8.239 days (0.739 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 71 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (general estimate)
Pipeline loss 0.495 estimate flat estimate $0.0050/gal, applied 1 time
Terminaling 1.500 estimate Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal
Product adder 6.453 Sum of the lines above, over the origin spot price

Every published route, lowest adder first (15 of 15). 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
Detroit Buckeye Pipeline FLINT Marathon Flint 3.80 0.66 0.50 1.50 6.45 8.2 — FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Woodhaven Buckeye Pipeline FLINT Marathon Flint 3.95 0.66 0.50 1.50 6.61 8.3 0.15 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Toledo Buckeye Pipeline FLINT Marathon Flint 4.49 0.69 0.50 1.50 7.17 8.7 0.72 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Inkster (Joan Jct) Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 4.57 0.66 0.50 1.50 7.23 8.3 0.78 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Findlay starts part-way along the line Buckeye Pipeline FLINT Marathon Flint 4.99 0.73 0.50 1.50 7.71 9.2 1.26 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Detroit Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 5.19 0.67 0.50 1.50 7.85 8.4 1.40 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Woodhaven Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 5.33 0.67 0.50 1.50 7.99 8.4 1.54 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Lima Buckeye Pipeline FLINT Marathon Flint 5.38 0.76 0.50 1.50 8.13 9.5 1.68 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Huntington Buckeye Pipeline FLINT Marathon Flint 5.65 0.77 0.50 1.50 8.42 9.6 1.96 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Toledo Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 5.85 0.69 0.50 1.50 8.54 8.7 2.09 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Findlay starts part-way along the line Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 6.74 0.73 0.50 1.50 9.46 9.2 3.01 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Lima Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 6.80 0.75 0.50 1.50 9.54 9.4 3.09 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Huntington Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 6.89 0.75 0.50 1.50 9.64 9.4 3.18 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Chicago Complex Buckeye Pipeline FLINT Marathon Flint 8.72 0.81 0.50 1.50 11.52 10.1 5.07 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Chicago Complex Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP 9.97 0.78 0.50 1.50 12.74 9.8 6.29 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, 2026-10-19. Diesel: OilPriceAPI HEATING_OIL_USD, 2026-10-19. These are the New York Harbor futures benchmarks, not a Gulf Coast price.
  • Interest rate: SOFR 3.88% (2026-10-16) + 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 Detroit on Buckeye Pipeline
3.80
¢/gal · cheapest diesel · from Detroit on Buckeye Pipeline
3.80
Published line-haul rates into a terminal here, cheapest first (15 of 15 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 8 conditional tariff fees listed on each pipeline page.
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Origin Pipeline Delivery point Product ¢/bbl ¢/gal Refineries at the origin Tariff
Detroit Buckeye Pipeline FLINT gasoline, distillate 159.63 3.80 Marathon Petroleum Detroit Refinery FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Woodhaven Buckeye Pipeline FLINT gasoline, distillate 165.71 3.95 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Toledo Buckeye Pipeline FLINT gasoline, distillate 188.44 4.49 Ohio Refining Company Toledo Refinery (formerly BP-Husky); PBF Toledo Refinery FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Inkster (Joan Jct) Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO gasoline, distillate 192.06 4.57 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Findlay Buckeye Pipeline FLINT gasoline, distillate 209.42 4.99 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Detroit Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO gasoline, distillate 217.95 5.19 Marathon Petroleum Detroit Refinery FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Woodhaven Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO gasoline, distillate 223.66 5.33 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Lima Buckeye Pipeline FLINT gasoline, distillate 225.89 5.38 Cenovus Lima Refinery FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Huntington Buckeye Pipeline FLINT gasoline, distillate 237.46 5.65 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Toledo Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO gasoline, distillate 245.89 5.86 Ohio Refining Company Toledo Refinery (formerly BP-Husky); PBF Toledo Refinery FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Findlay Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO gasoline, distillate 282.91 6.74 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Lima Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO gasoline, distillate 285.55 6.80 Cenovus Lima Refinery FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Huntington Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO gasoline, distillate 289.43 6.89 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Chicago Complex Buckeye Pipeline FLINT gasoline, distillate 366.35 8.72 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1
Chicago Complex Buckeye Pipeline OWOSSO gasoline, distillate 418.76 9.97 FERC No. 446.52.0 item Table 1

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: Buckeye 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
Buckeye Pipeline 2 2 Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP; Marathon Flint

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
+2.92
¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · highest
+3.86

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
Marathon Flint +2.92 truck POET Biorefining - Caro LLC (Caro, MI) 35
Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP +3.86 truck Carbon Green Bioenergy LLC (Lake Odessa, MI) 54

Nearby rack markets

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

Rack market Miles Terminals Pipelines
Lansing, MI 39 1 1
Bay City, MI 40 1 2
Alma, MI 43 0 —
Novi, MI 47 1 1
Jackson, MI 58 3 1
Romulus, MI 65 2 2
Detroit, MI 66 6 2
Taylor, MI 66 5 1
Albion, MI 67 0 —
River Rouge, MI 68 3 —

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.