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Lancaster, PA

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

OPIS rack city 77 Gasoline & diesel Biodiesel
terminals
2
pipeline systems delivering
2
refineries confirmed
1
more per research or by route
30
people in the trade area
837,634
gal/day gasoline · estimated demand
833,495
gal/day diesel · estimated demand
250,182

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
Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring T-23-PA-1742 Sinking Spring, PA Buckeye Pipeline
Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal T-23-PA-1727 Sinking Spring, PA Buckeye Pipeline, Sunoco / Energy Transfer

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 1 0 7
Sunoco / Energy Transfer 1 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; 22 are per research; 8 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
BP Whiting Refinery Whiting, IN Wolverine Pipeline confirmed
Bayway Refinery (Phillips 66) Linden, NJ Buckeye Pipeline, Colonial Pipeline, Sunoco / Energy Transfer per research
CITGO Lake Charles Refinery Lake Charles, LA Colonial Pipeline, Explorer Pipeline per research
CITGO Lemont Refinery Lemont, IL Wolverine Pipeline per research
Calcasieu Refining Company Lake Charles, LA Colonial Pipeline per research
Cenovus Lima Refinery Lima, OH Buckeye Pipeline per research
Chevron Pasadena Refinery (Pasadena Refining System, Inc.) Pasadena, TX Colonial Pipeline, Explorer Pipeline, Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) per research
ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery Baytown, TX Colonial Pipeline, Explorer Pipeline per research
ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery Beaumont, TX Colonial Pipeline, Explorer Pipeline per research
Hunt Refining Company - Tuscaloosa Refinery Tuscaloosa, AL Colonial Pipeline per research
Krotz Springs Refinery Krotz Springs, LA Colonial Pipeline per research
Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery Galveston Bay, TX Colonial 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
PBF Toledo Refinery Toledo, OH Buckeye Pipeline, Sunoco / Energy Transfer per research
Paulsboro Refinery (Paulsboro Refining Company LLC) Paulsboro, NJ Buckeye Pipeline, Colonial Pipeline, Sunoco / Energy Transfer per research
Pemex Deer Park Refinery (Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership) Deer Park, TX Colonial Pipeline per research
Placid Refining Company Port Allen Refinery Port Allen, LA Colonial Pipeline per research
Trainer Refinery (Monroe Energy LLC) Trainer, PA Buckeye Pipeline per research
Valero Houston Refinery Houston, TX Colonial Pipeline, Explorer Pipeline per research
Valero Meraux Refinery Meraux, LA Colonial Pipeline per research
Valero St. Charles Refinery (Norco Refinery) Norco, LA Bengal Pipeline per research
Valero Texas City Refinery Texas City, TX Colonial Pipeline per research
ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery Baton Rouge, LA Bengal Pipeline, Colonial Pipeline inferred (same city)
ExxonMobil Joliet Refinery Joliet, IL Wolverine Pipeline inferred (same city)
Marathon Garyville Refinery Garyville, LA Bengal Pipeline inferred (same city)
Shell Norco Manufacturing Complex (Norco Refinery) Norco, LA Bengal Pipeline inferred (same city)
Toledo Refinery (formerly BP-Husky, now Ohio Refining Company) Toledo, OH Buckeye Pipeline, Sunoco / Energy Transfer inferred (same city)
TotalEnergies Port Arthur Refinery Port Arthur, TX Colonial Pipeline, Explorer Pipeline inferred (same city)
Valero Port Arthur Refinery Port Arthur, TX Colonial Pipeline, Explorer Pipeline inferred (same city)
Wood River Refinery Wood River, IL Explorer Pipeline inferred (same city)

Trade area

people in the trade area · 2025 estimate
837,634
rank of 422 rack markets by people
#135
gallons of gasoline a day · estimate, 2025
833,495
gallons of diesel a day · estimate, 2025
250,182
counties wholly in this market
0
counties shared with other markets
9
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
Lancaster County PA 87% 491,750 499,254 129,127 563,159 4
York County PA 29% 137,132 117,331 42,074 473,197 25
Chester County PA 9% 51,255 51,987 11,828 557,116 31
Lebanon County PA 30% 44,324 41,911 23,864 146,380 22
Harford County MD 15% 39,461 43,062 9,310 266,446 37
Dauphin County PA 8% 22,588 24,654 10,906 293,351 35
Berks County PA 5% 21,872 21,248 9,010 440,072 31
Adams County PA 16% 17,215 17,484 6,089 107,594 50
Cecil County MD 11% 11,988 16,522 7,957 107,131 41

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
3.20
¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
0.95
¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
0.42
¢/gal · pipeline loss · estimate
0.33
¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
1.50
days financed
8.1

Lowest route: from Chelsea Jct. on Buckeye Pipeline to SINKING SPRING (FERC No. 442.42.0).

How the lowest adder is worked, line by line
Line ¢/gal Basis Source or working
Line-haul tariff 0.949 published Buckeye Pipeline FERC No. 442.42.0: Chelsea Jct. → SINKING SPRING (b), 39.84 ¢/bbl
Carrying cost 0.425 calculated $3.260000/gal × 5.9000% ÷ 365 × 8.055 days (0.555 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 53 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 3.199 Sum of the lines above, over the origin spot price

Every published route, lowest adder first (11 of 11). 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
Chelsea Jct. Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal; Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring 0.95 0.42 0.33 1.50 3.20 8.1 — FERC No. 442.42.0 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Twin Oaks Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal 1.47 0.42 0.33 1.50 3.72 8.0 0.52 FERC No. 175.36.0
Booth Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal; Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring 2.31 0.42 0.33 1.50 4.56 8.0 1.36 FERC No. 442.42.0 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Point Breeze Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal 2.41 0.43 0.33 1.50 4.66 8.1 1.46 FERC No. 175.36.0
Eagle Point Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal 2.41 0.43 0.33 1.50 4.67 8.2 1.47 FERC No. 175.36.0
Eagle Point Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal; Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring 2.67 0.43 0.33 1.50 4.92 8.2 1.72 FERC No. 442.42.0 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Macungie Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal; Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring 2.93 0.41 0.33 1.50 5.17 7.9 1.97 FERC No. 442.42.0 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Paulsboro Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal; Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring 4.27 0.43 0.33 1.50 6.52 8.1 3.32 FERC No. 442.42.0 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Linden Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal; Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring 4.27 0.46 0.33 1.50 6.55 8.7 3.35 FERC No. 442.42.0 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Fostoria Station Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal 9.30 0.64 0.33 1.50 11.77 12.2 8.57 FERC No. 215.13.0
Toledo Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal 10.66 0.65 0.33 1.50 13.13 12.3 9.94 FERC No. 216.18.0

Diesel: product adder

¢/gal · lowest adder
3.53
¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
0.95
¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
0.61
¢/gal · pipeline loss · estimate
0.47
¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
1.50
days financed
8.1

Lowest route: from Chelsea Jct. on Buckeye Pipeline to SINKING SPRING (FERC No. 442.42.0).

How the lowest adder is worked, line by line
Line ¢/gal Basis Source or working
Line-haul tariff 0.949 published Buckeye Pipeline FERC No. 442.42.0: Chelsea Jct. → SINKING SPRING (b), 39.84 ¢/bbl
Carrying cost 0.612 calculated $4.700000/gal × 5.9000% ÷ 365 × 8.055 days (0.555 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 53 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 3.531 Sum of the lines above, over the origin spot price

Every published route, lowest adder first (11 of 11). 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
Chelsea Jct. Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal; Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring 0.95 0.61 0.47 1.50 3.53 8.1 — FERC No. 442.42.0 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Twin Oaks Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal 1.47 0.61 0.47 1.50 4.05 8.0 0.52 FERC No. 175.36.0
Booth Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal; Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring 2.31 0.61 0.47 1.50 4.89 8.0 1.36 FERC No. 442.42.0 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Point Breeze Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal 2.41 0.62 0.47 1.50 5.00 8.1 1.47 FERC No. 175.36.0
Eagle Point Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal 2.41 0.62 0.47 1.50 5.00 8.2 1.47 FERC No. 175.36.0
Eagle Point Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal; Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring 2.67 0.62 0.47 1.50 5.26 8.2 1.73 FERC No. 442.42.0 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Macungie Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal; Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring 2.93 0.60 0.47 1.50 5.49 7.9 1.96 FERC No. 442.42.0 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Paulsboro Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal; Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring 4.27 0.62 0.47 1.50 6.85 8.1 3.32 FERC No. 442.42.0 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Linden Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal; Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring 4.27 0.66 0.47 1.50 6.89 8.7 3.36 FERC No. 442.42.0 effective 2025: check for a newer filing
Fostoria Station Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal 9.30 0.93 0.47 1.50 12.19 12.2 8.66 FERC No. 215.13.0
Toledo Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal 10.66 0.93 0.47 1.50 13.56 12.3 10.03 FERC No. 216.18.0
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 Chelsea Jct. on Buckeye Pipeline
0.95
¢/gal · cheapest diesel · from Chelsea Jct. on Buckeye Pipeline
0.95
Published line-haul rates into a terminal here, cheapest first (13 of 13 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 15 conditional tariff fees listed on each pipeline page.
Origin Pipeline Delivery point Product ¢/bbl ¢/gal Refineries at the origin Tariff
Chelsea Jct. Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) gasoline, distillate 39.84 0.95 Trainer Refinery (Monroe Energy LLC) FERC No. 442.42.0
Twin Oaks Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County gasoline, distillate 61.64 1.47 FERC No. 175.36.0
Booth Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) gasoline, distillate 97.08 2.31 FERC No. 442.42.0
Point Breeze Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County gasoline, distillate 101.20 2.41 FERC No. 175.36.0
Eagle Point Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County gasoline, distillate 101.20 2.41 FERC No. 175.36.0
Eagle Point Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) gasoline, distillate 111.99 2.67 FERC No. 442.42.0
Macungie Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) gasoline, distillate 122.97 2.93 FERC No. 442.42.0
Linden Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) gasoline, distillate 179.20 4.27 Bayway Refinery (Phillips 66) FERC No. 442.42.0
Paulsboro Buckeye Pipeline SINKING SPRING (b) gasoline, distillate 179.20 4.27 Paulsboro Refinery (Paulsboro Refining Company LLC) FERC No. 442.42.0
Delmont, Westmoreland County Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello (Laurel Pipeline) propane 303.00 7.21 Pa. P.U.C. No. 16 (Supplement No. 10) item [C] table
Fostoria Station Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County gasoline, distillate 390.50 9.30 FERC No. 215.13.0
Delmont, Westmoreland County Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello (Laurel Pipeline) butane 410.41 9.77 Pa. P.U.C. No. 16 (Supplement No. 10) item [C] table
Toledo Sunoco / Energy Transfer Montello, Berks County gasoline, distillate 447.73 10.66 Toledo Refinery (formerly BP-Husky, now Ohio Refining Company); PBF Toledo Refinery FERC No. 216.18.0

Supply resilience

pipeline supply
Limited
pipeline systems delivering
2
terminals on two or more pipelines
1
terminals with no pipeline tariff
0

Two pipeline systems deliver here: one can cover for the other where a terminal is on both.

If a pipeline system goes down

Pipeline system Terminals it reaches here With no other pipeline Which
Buckeye Pipeline 2 1 Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring
Sunoco / Energy Transfer 1 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
+17.37
¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · highest
+18.15

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
Lucknow-Highspire Terminals - Sinking Spring +17.37 truck Western New York Energy LLC (Medina, NY) 264
Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.p. - Montello (Reading) Terminal +18.15 truck Western New York Energy LLC (Medina, NY) 280

Nearby rack markets

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

Rack market Miles Terminals Pipelines
Sinking Springs, PA 22 1 2
Middletown, PA 27 1 1
Harrisburg, PA 35 3 1
Reading, PA 39 3 2
Wilmington, DE 46 5 2
Paulsboro, NJ 52 8 3
Macungie, PA 55 6 2
Baltimore, MD 59 9 1
Philadelphia, PA 61 7 2
Pennsauken, NJ 63 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.