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Opelousas, LA

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

OPIS rack city 730 Gasoline & diesel
terminals
3
pipeline systems delivering
2
refineries confirmed
0
more per research or by route
27
people in the trade area
609,360
gal/day gasoline · estimated demand
754,278
gal/day diesel · estimated demand
259,890

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
Anse La Butte Terminal T-72-LA-2425 Breaux Bridge, LA Inland Waterways
Breaux Bridge Terminal T-72-LA-2424 Breaux Bridge, LA Inland Waterways
Buckeye Terminals LLC - Opelousas T-72-LA-2375 Opelousas, LA 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
Inland Waterways 2 2 0 25
Colonial Pipeline 1 1 0 10

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; 25 are per research; 2 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
Buckeye Texas Hub Condensate Splitter (Corpus Christi) Corpus Christi, TX Inland Waterways per research
CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery Corpus Christi, TX Inland Waterways per research
CITGO Lake Charles Refinery Lake Charles, LA Inland Waterways per research
Calcasieu Refining Company Lake Charles, LA Inland Waterways per research
Chalmette Refinery Chalmette, LA Inland Waterways per research
Chevron Pasadena Refinery (Pasadena Refining System, Inc.) Pasadena, TX Colonial Pipeline, Marathon Pipe Line (MPLX) per research
Chevron Pascagoula Refinery Pascagoula, MS Inland Waterways per research
ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery Baton Rouge, LA Inland Waterways per research
ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery Baytown, TX Colonial Pipeline, Inland Waterways per research
ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery Beaumont, TX Colonial Pipeline, Inland Waterways per research
Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi Refinery — West Plant Corpus Christi West, TX Inland Waterways per research
Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery Galveston Bay, TX Colonial Pipeline, Inland Waterways per research
Marathon Garyville Refinery Garyville, LA Inland Waterways per research
Motiva Port Arthur Refinery Port Arthur, TX Colonial Pipeline, Inland Waterways per research
Pemex Deer Park Refinery (Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership) Deer Park, TX Colonial Pipeline, Inland Waterways per research
Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery (Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex) Westlake, LA Inland Waterways per research
Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery Sweeny, TX Inland Waterways per research
Placid Refining Company Port Allen Refinery Port Allen, LA Inland Waterways per research
Shell Norco Manufacturing Complex (Norco Refinery) Norco, LA Inland Waterways per research
Valero Corpus Christi Refinery (East & West Plants) Corpus Christi, TX Inland Waterways per research
Valero Houston Refinery Houston, TX Colonial Pipeline, Inland Waterways per research
Valero Meraux Refinery Meraux, LA Inland Waterways per research
Valero St. Charles Refinery (Norco Refinery) Norco, LA Inland Waterways per research
Valero Texas City Refinery Texas City, TX Colonial Pipeline, Inland Waterways per research
Vertex Mobile (Saraland) Refinery Saraland, AL Inland Waterways per research
TotalEnergies Port Arthur Refinery Port Arthur, TX Colonial Pipeline, Inland Waterways inferred (same city)
Valero Port Arthur Refinery Port Arthur, TX Colonial Pipeline inferred (same city)

Trade area

people in the trade area · 2025 estimate
609,360
rank of 422 rack markets by people
#180
gallons of gasoline a day · estimate, 2025
754,278
gallons of diesel a day · estimate, 2025
259,890
counties wholly in this market
4
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
Lafayette Parish LA 100% 257,949 279,852 86,744 257,949 8
St. Landry Parish LA 100% 80,765 109,687 41,253 80,765 19
Vermilion Parish LA 100% 57,671 49,014 13,267 57,671 40
Acadia Parish LA 100% 57,032 90,862 42,909 57,032 24
Iberia Parish LA 63% 42,060 48,845 12,385 66,846 50
St. Martin Parish LA 59% 30,316 52,565 20,718 51,106 27
Evangeline Parish LA 70% 22,386 21,199 6,435 31,980 37
St. Mary Parish LA 30% 13,910 19,145 4,720 46,552 57
Jefferson Davis Parish LA 39% 12,236 32,460 16,067 31,471 49
Avoyelles Parish LA 30% 11,386 12,053 3,565 37,941 54
Pointe Coupee Parish LA 42% 8,146 16,748 4,420 19,520 36
Allen Parish LA 32% 7,343 8,769 2,332 22,672 54
Iberville Parish LA 15% 4,345 9,404 4,066 29,579 38
West Feliciana Parish LA 25% 3,821 3,684 1,012 15,134 52

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 Hebert on Colonial Pipeline
1.55
¢/gal · cheapest diesel · from Hebert on Colonial Pipeline
1.55
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 5 conditional tariff fees listed on each pipeline page.
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Origin Pipeline Delivery point Product ¢/bbl ¢/gal Refineries at the origin Tariff
Hebert (Beaumont - Port Arthur) Colonial Pipeline Opelousas (St. Landry Parish) gasoline, distillate 65.00 1.55 ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery FERC 99.95.0 item 40
Houston (Pasadena, Cedar Bayou) Colonial Pipeline Opelousas (St. Landry Parish) gasoline, distillate 77.52 1.85 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 40

Supply resilience

pipeline supply
Limited
pipeline systems delivering
2
terminals on two or more pipelines
0
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
Inland Waterways 2 2 Anse La Butte Terminal; Breaux Bridge Terminal
Colonial Pipeline 1 1 Buckeye Terminals LLC - Opelousas

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
+17.36
¢/gal over Chicago ethanol · highest
+17.37

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
Buckeye Terminals LLC - Opelousas +17.36 rail Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) 927
Breaux Bridge Terminal +17.37 rail Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) 952
Anse La Butte Terminal +17.37 rail Arkalon Ethanol LLC (Liberal, KS) 954

Nearby rack markets

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

Rack market Miles Terminals Pipelines
Baton Rouge, LA 53 4 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.