Rack market
North Augusta, SC
#76 of 422 U.S. rack markets by terminals
OPIS rack city 135
Gasoline & diesel
Biodiesel
Ethanol
- terminals
- 4
- pipeline systems delivering
- 1
- refineries confirmed
- 0
- more per research or by route
- 20
- people in the trade area
- 825,170
- gal/day gasoline · estimated demand
- 1,158,685
- gal/day diesel · estimated demand
- 409,252
Terminals in this market
| Terminal | TCN | Location | Delivered by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - North Augusta Terminal | T-57-SC-2061 | North Augusta, SC | Colonial Pipeline |
| Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals | T-57-SC-2062 | North Augusta, SC | Colonial Pipeline |
| Magellan Terminals Holdings LP | T-57-SC-2059 | North Augusta, SC | Colonial Pipeline |
| U.S. Energy - North Augusta - West | T-57-SC-2063 | North Augusta, SC | Colonial 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Pipeline | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
Refineries that can supply this market
| Refinery | Location | Via | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| CITGO Lake Charles Refinery | Lake Charles, LA | Colonial Pipeline | per research |
| Calcasieu Refining Company | Lake Charles, LA | Colonial Pipeline | per research |
| Chevron Pasadena Refinery (Pasadena Refining System, Inc.) | Pasadena, TX | Colonial Pipeline, Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) | per research |
| ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery | Baytown, TX | Colonial Pipeline | per research |
| ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery | Beaumont, TX | Colonial 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 |
| Motiva Port Arthur Refinery | Port Arthur, TX | Colonial Pipeline | 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 |
| Valero Houston Refinery | Houston, TX | Colonial 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) |
| Marathon Garyville Refinery | Garyville, LA | Bengal Pipeline | inferred (same city) |
| Shell Norco Manufacturing Complex (Norco Refinery) | Norco, LA | Bengal Pipeline | inferred (same city) |
| TotalEnergies Port Arthur Refinery | Port Arthur, TX | Colonial Pipeline | inferred (same city) |
| Valero Port Arthur Refinery | Port Arthur, TX | Colonial Pipeline | inferred (same city) |
Trade area
- people in the trade area · 2025 estimate
- 825,170
- rank of 422 rack markets by people
- #138
- gallons of gasoline a day · estimate, 2025
- 1,158,685
- gallons of diesel a day · estimate, 2025
- 409,252
- counties wholly in this market
- 0
- counties shared with other markets
- 36
| County | State | Share here | People counted here | Gasoline gal/day | Diesel gal/day | County population | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richland County | SC | 33% | 141,535 | 181,469 | 59,582 | 434,956 | 67 |
| Richmond County | GA | 67% | 138,498 | 172,003 | 58,033 | 206,559 | 19 |
| Columbia County | GA | 79% | 134,438 | 127,933 | 43,190 | 169,189 | 17 |
| Lexington County | SC | 41% | 129,703 | 182,065 | 57,370 | 317,588 | 44 |
| Aiken County | SC | 23% | 42,420 | 60,961 | 20,780 | 181,515 | 19 |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 30% | 25,319 | 69,224 | 22,812 | 83,177 | 68 |
| Edgefield County | SC | 82% | 24,565 | 24,917 | 8,756 | 29,808 | 11 |
| Greenwood County | SC | 33% | 23,162 | 27,678 | 8,986 | 70,379 | 38 |
| Sumter County | SC | 21% | 21,927 | 30,664 | 10,370 | 105,067 | 93 |
| McDuffie County | GA | 71% | 15,267 | 28,685 | 13,981 | 21,640 | 32 |
| Burke County | GA | 53% | 12,897 | 20,054 | 7,983 | 24,408 | 39 |
| Saluda County | SC | 56% | 11,080 | 17,067 | 6,014 | 19,680 | 30 |
| Kershaw County | SC | 14% | 10,338 | 16,885 | 5,834 | 73,166 | 93 |
| Newberry County | SC | 25% | 9,922 | 26,065 | 9,053 | 39,561 | 50 |
| Jefferson County | GA | 60% | 9,037 | 17,010 | 7,383 | 15,011 | 47 |
| Barnwell County | SC | 32% | 6,681 | 8,709 | 2,868 | 20,653 | 39 |
| Emanuel County | GA | 28% | 6,405 | 12,863 | 5,933 | 23,147 | 74 |
| McCormick County | SC | 61% | 6,280 | 10,798 | 3,536 | 10,215 | 28 |
| Toombs County | GA | 19% | 5,134 | 6,851 | 2,300 | 27,545 | 106 |
| Lincoln County | GA | 62% | 5,030 | 5,813 | 2,532 | 8,112 | 30 |
| Washington County | GA | 25% | 4,766 | 7,248 | 2,694 | 19,453 | 66 |
| Calhoun County | SC | 33% | 4,726 | 23,567 | 8,654 | 14,188 | 68 |
| Screven County | GA | 30% | 4,340 | 6,279 | 2,751 | 14,408 | 64 |
| Bamberg County | SC | 32% | 4,093 | 6,618 | 2,349 | 12,796 | 60 |
| Jenkins County | GA | 40% | 3,506 | 5,785 | 2,556 | 8,843 | 57 |
| Wilkes County | GA | 35% | 3,299 | 5,328 | 2,319 | 9,540 | 47 |
| Candler County | GA | 28% | 3,145 | 8,303 | 5,403 | 11,275 | 85 |
| Fairfield County | SC | 15% | 3,118 | 12,102 | 4,055 | 20,340 | 72 |
| Warren County | GA | 53% | 2,769 | 12,071 | 8,196 | 5,269 | 44 |
| Johnson County | GA | 27% | 2,501 | 2,770 | 1,236 | 9,310 | 76 |
| Allendale County | SC | 32% | 2,377 | 4,349 | 1,471 | 7,355 | 56 |
| Hancock County | GA | 23% | 2,003 | 2,520 | 1,111 | 8,682 | 65 |
| Montgomery County | GA | 19% | 1,614 | 2,278 | 976 | 8,635 | 106 |
| Treutlen County | GA | 21% | 1,355 | 4,891 | 3,414 | 6,466 | 91 |
| Glascock County | GA | 41% | 1,296 | 1,496 | 652 | 3,141 | 46 |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 39% | 641 | 5,377 | 4,122 | 1,662 | 53 |
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
- 4.27
- ¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
- 1.73
- ¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
- 0.60
- ¢/gal · pipeline loss · published
- 0.44
- ¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
- 1.50
- days financed
- 11.5
Lowest route: from Moundville on Colonial Pipeline to North Augusta (FERC 99.95.0 item 250).
How the lowest adder is worked, line by line
| Line | ¢/gal | Basis | Source or working |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line-haul tariff | 1.734 | published | Colonial Pipeline FERC 99.95.0 item 250: Moundville (Hale County) → North Augusta (Edgefield County), 72.84 ¢/bbl |
| Carrying cost | 0.604 | calculated | $3.260000/gal × 5.9000% ÷ 365 × 11.467 days (3.967 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 381 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (Colonial Pipeline public statements: about 4 mph on the mainlines, 5-day shipping cycles) |
| Pipeline loss | 0.436 | published | Colonial Pipeline FERC 98.74.0 item 76, Product Loss Allocation charge: 18.31 ¢/bbl |
| Terminaling | 1.500 | estimate | Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal |
| Product adder | 4.274 | Sum of the lines above, over the origin spot price |
Every published route, lowest adder first (8 of 8). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moundville (Hale County) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 1.73 | 0.60 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 4.27 | 11.5 | — | FERC 99.95.0 item 250 |
| Collins (Covington County) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 2.25 | 0.69 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 4.87 | 13.0 | 0.60 | FERC 99.95.0 item 250 |
| Baton Rouge (E. Feliciana Parish) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 2.68 | 0.76 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 5.38 | 14.5 | 1.11 | FERC 99.95.0 item 250 |
| Baton Rouge Dock Facility (W. Feliciana Parish) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 2.68 | 0.76 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 5.38 | 14.5 | 1.11 | FERC 99.95.0 item 250 |
| Krotz Springs (St. Landry Parish) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 2.80 | 0.78 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 5.52 | 14.8 | 1.24 | FERC 99.95.0 item 190 |
| Lake Charles (Calcasieu Parish) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 3.15 | 0.84 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 5.93 | 16.0 | 1.65 | FERC 99.95.0 item 190 |
| Hebert (Beaumont - Port Arthur) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 3.32 | 0.87 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 6.13 | 16.5 | 1.86 | FERC 99.95.0 item 190 |
| Houston (Pasadena, Cedar Bayou) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 3.59 | 0.91 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 6.44 | 17.4 | 2.17 | FERC 99.95.0 item 190 |
Diesel: product adder
- ¢/gal · lowest adder
- 4.60
- ¢/gal · line-haul tariff · published
- 1.73
- ¢/gal · carrying cost · calculated
- 0.93
- ¢/gal · pipeline loss · published
- 0.44
- ¢/gal · terminaling · estimate
- 1.50
- days financed
- 11.5
Lowest route: from Moundville on Colonial Pipeline to North Augusta (FERC 99.95.0 item 250).
How the lowest adder is worked, line by line
| Line | ¢/gal | Basis | Source or working |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line-haul tariff | 1.734 | published | Colonial Pipeline FERC 99.95.0 item 250: Moundville (Hale County) → North Augusta (Edgefield County), 72.84 ¢/bbl |
| Carrying cost | 0.927 | calculated | $5.000000/gal × 5.9000% ÷ 365 × 11.467 days (3.967 in transit, 2.50 waiting on the cycle, 5.00 in terminal inventory); transit estimated: 381 pipeline miles at 4.0 mph (Colonial Pipeline public statements: about 4 mph on the mainlines, 5-day shipping cycles) |
| Pipeline loss | 0.436 | published | Colonial Pipeline FERC 98.74.0 item 76, Product Loss Allocation charge: 18.31 ¢/bbl |
| Terminaling | 1.500 | estimate | Flat estimate: no fee on file for this terminal |
| Product adder | 4.597 | Sum of the lines above, over the origin spot price |
Every published route, lowest adder first (8 of 8). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moundville (Hale County) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 1.73 | 0.93 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 4.60 | 11.5 | — | FERC 99.95.0 item 250 |
| Collins (Covington County) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 2.25 | 1.05 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 5.24 | 13.0 | 0.64 | FERC 99.95.0 item 250 |
| Baton Rouge (E. Feliciana Parish) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 2.68 | 1.17 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 5.79 | 14.5 | 1.19 | FERC 99.95.0 item 250 |
| Baton Rouge Dock Facility (W. Feliciana Parish) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 2.68 | 1.17 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 5.79 | 14.5 | 1.19 | FERC 99.95.0 item 250 |
| Krotz Springs (St. Landry Parish) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 2.80 | 1.20 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 5.93 | 14.8 | 1.33 | FERC 99.95.0 item 190 |
| Lake Charles (Calcasieu Parish) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 3.15 | 1.29 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 6.38 | 16.0 | 1.78 | FERC 99.95.0 item 190 |
| Hebert (Beaumont - Port Arthur) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 3.32 | 1.33 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 6.59 | 16.5 | 2.00 | FERC 99.95.0 item 190 |
| Houston (Pasadena, Cedar Bayou) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) only point in the city | 4 terminals | 3.59 | 1.40 | 0.44* | 1.50 | 6.93 | 17.4 | 2.33 | FERC 99.95.0 item 190 |
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 ULSD_DIESEL_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 Moundville on Colonial Pipeline
- 1.73
- ¢/gal · cheapest diesel · from Moundville on Colonial Pipeline
- 1.73
| Origin | Pipeline | Delivery point | Product | ¢/bbl | ¢/gal | Refineries at the origin | Tariff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moundville (Hale County) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) same city (inferred) | gasoline, distillate | 72.84 | 1.73 | Hunt Refining Company - Tuscaloosa Refinery | FERC 99.95.0 item 250 |
| Collins (Covington County) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) same city (inferred) | gasoline, distillate | 94.48 | 2.25 | Valero Meraux Refinery | FERC 99.95.0 item 250 |
| Baton Rouge (E. Feliciana Parish) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) same city (inferred) | gasoline, distillate | 112.71 | 2.68 | ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery; Placid Refining Company Port Allen Refinery | FERC 99.95.0 item 250 |
| Baton Rouge Dock Facility (W. Feliciana Parish) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) same city (inferred) | gasoline, distillate | 112.71 | 2.68 | FERC 99.95.0 item 250 | |
| Krotz Springs (St. Landry Parish) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) same city (inferred) | gasoline, distillate | 117.52 | 2.80 | Krotz Springs Refinery | FERC 99.95.0 item 190 |
| Lake Charles (Calcasieu Parish) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) same city (inferred) | gasoline, distillate | 132.25 | 3.15 | Calcasieu Refining Company; CITGO Lake Charles Refinery | FERC 99.95.0 item 190 |
| Hebert (Beaumont - Port Arthur) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) same city (inferred) | gasoline, distillate | 139.60 | 3.32 | ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery | FERC 99.95.0 item 190 |
| Houston (Pasadena, Cedar Bayou) | Colonial Pipeline | North Augusta (Edgefield County) same city (inferred) | gasoline, distillate | 150.92 | 3.59 | Pemex Deer Park Refinery (Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership); ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery; Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery; Chevron Pasadena Refinery (Pasadena Refining System, Inc.); Valero Houston Refinery; Valero Texas City Refinery | FERC 99.95.0 item 190 |
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: Colonial 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Pipeline | 4 | 4 | Buckeye Terminals, LLC - North Augusta Terminal; Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals; Magellan Terminals Holdings LP; U.S. Energy - North Augusta - West |
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
- +23.79
- ¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · highest
- +23.80
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Energy - North Augusta - West | +23.79 | rail | ADM Decatur IL (Decatur, IL) | 783 |
| Buckeye Terminals, LLC - North Augusta Terminal | +23.80 | rail | ADM Decatur IL (Decatur, IL) | 792 |
| Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals | +23.80 | rail | ADM Decatur IL (Decatur, IL) | 793 |
| Magellan Terminals Holdings LP | +23.80 | rail | ADM Decatur IL (Decatur, IL) | 792 |
Nearby rack markets
Rack markets within 75 miles (straight line): where a buyer here could also lift.
| Rack market | Miles | Terminals | Pipelines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aiken, SC | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| Anderson, SC | 71 | 0 | — |
| Belton, SC | 71 | 2 | 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.