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Imperial, CA

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

OPIS rack city 900 Gasoline & diesel Biodiesel
terminals
1
pipeline systems delivering
1
refineries confirmed
0
more per research or by route
4
people in the trade area
907,826
gal/day gasoline · estimated demand
1,012,326
gal/day diesel · estimated demand
328,542

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
Sfpp LP - Imperial Terminal T-33-CA-4763 Imperial, CA Kinder Morgan SFPP

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
Kinder Morgan SFPP 1 1 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. 0 are confirmed or named in a tariff; 4 are per research; 0 are inferred because the refinery shares a city with a tariff origin. Capacity, contracts and who actually ships are not known from tariffs.
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Refinery Location Via Link
Chevron El Segundo Refinery El Segundo, CA Kinder Morgan SFPP per research
Marathon Los Angeles Refinery (Carson Operations; formerly Tesoro Los Angeles Refinery) Carson, CA Kinder Morgan SFPP per research
PBF Energy Torrance Refinery Torrance, CA Kinder Morgan SFPP per research
Valero Wilmington Refinery (formerly Ultramar Wilmington Refinery) Wilmington Refinery, CA Kinder Morgan SFPP per research

Trade area

people in the trade area · 2025 estimate
907,826
rank of 422 rack markets by people
#127
gallons of gasoline a day · estimate, 2025
1,012,326
gallons of diesel a day · estimate, 2025
328,542
counties wholly in this market
1
counties shared with other markets
3
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
Riverside County CA 25% 638,774 626,818 153,033 2,544,916 71
Imperial County CA 100% 181,411 281,218 97,285 181,411 19
Yuma County AZ 37% 82,620 76,738 41,521 224,449 96
La Paz County AZ 31% 5,102 27,631 36,720 16,711 108

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.

Cost to serve this market by pipeline

¢/gal · cheapest gasoline · from Watson on Kinder Morgan SFPP
2.66
¢/gal · cheapest diesel · from Watson on Kinder Morgan SFPP
2.66
¢/gal · cheapest jet fuel · from Watson on Kinder Morgan SFPP
2.66
Published line-haul rates into a terminal here, cheapest first (2 of 2 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 1 conditional tariff fees listed on each pipeline page.
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Origin Pipeline Delivery point Product ¢/bbl ¢/gal Refineries at the origin Tariff
Watson Kinder Morgan SFPP Imperial gasoline, distillate, jet fuel 111.76 2.66 Marathon Los Angeles Refinery (Carson Operations; formerly Tesoro Los Angeles Refinery); PBF Energy Torrance Refinery Cal PUC No. 160 item 310
East Hynes Kinder Morgan SFPP Imperial gasoline, distillate, jet fuel 111.76 2.66 Valero Wilmington Refinery (formerly Ultramar Wilmington Refinery) Cal PUC No. 160 item 310

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: Kinder Morgan SFPP. 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
Kinder Morgan SFPP 1 1 Sfpp LP - Imperial Terminal

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
+27.50
¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · highest
+27.50

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
Sfpp LP - Imperial Terminal +27.50 rail Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) 1,214

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.