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Lake Charles, LA

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

OPIS rack city 690 Gasoline & diesel
terminals
2
pipeline systems delivering
1
refineries confirmed
2
more per research or by route
1
people in the trade area
347,737
gal/day gasoline · estimated demand
533,318
gal/day diesel · estimated demand
217,939

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
CITGO - Lake Charles T-72-LA-2368 Lake Charles, LA Inland Waterways
ConocoPhillips - Westlake T-72-LA-2381 Westlake, LA no pipeline tariff on file

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 1 1 1 2

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; 1 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
CITGO Lake Charles Refinery Lake Charles, LA Inland Waterways named in a tariff
Excel Paralubes Westlake, LA named in a tariff
Calcasieu Refining Company Lake Charles, LA Inland Waterways per research

Trade area

people in the trade area · 2025 estimate
347,737
rank of 422 rack markets by people
#254
gallons of gasoline a day · estimate, 2025
533,318
gallons of diesel a day · estimate, 2025
217,939
counties wholly in this market
2
counties shared with other markets
10
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
Calcasieu Parish LA 100% 208,466 305,871 125,394 208,466 8
Beauregard Parish LA 100% 36,673 46,046 12,691 36,673 21
Vernon Parish LA 51% 22,866 26,537 7,021 45,091 54
Jefferson Davis Parish LA 61% 19,235 51,027 25,257 31,471 35
Jasper County TX 44% 14,427 29,558 13,267 33,075 47
Allen Parish LA 47% 10,742 12,828 3,411 22,672 40
Hardin County TX 16% 9,108 12,694 6,070 58,723 59
Orange County TX 9% 7,850 13,844 8,452 86,266 34
Newton County TX 60% 7,125 13,671 6,181 11,954 37
Polk County TX 10% 5,263 9,468 6,067 53,434 91
Tyler County TX 17% 3,488 5,659 2,492 20,443 65
Cameron Parish LA 53% 2,492 6,113 1,635 4,718 36

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

No published pipeline rate into a terminal here is on file yet. Markets supplied by truck, rail or water have no tariff to read.

Supply resilience

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

One pipeline system delivers here: Inland Waterways. 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
Inland Waterways 1 1 CITGO - Lake Charles

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
+17.31
¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · highest
+17.32

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
CITGO - Lake Charles +17.31 rail Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) 855
ConocoPhillips - Westlake +17.32 rail Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) 875

Nearby rack markets

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

Rack market Miles Terminals Pipelines
Beaumont, TX 47 7 2

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.